Azure AI Language vs. Azure AI Speech

We thought that the language recognition and recording would be ideal for our needs. We did a lot of set up and testing but eventually decided to take another route as we were up against tight deadlines and limited skilled resource for the task. Had we had more time and the project was longer we would have pursued with using the product as it would definitely have been a useful. The experience gained was useful and we will keep the product in mind for the future.

Incentivized

Excellent for voice enabled apps built in security so speech data does not go outside Flexible deployment on the cloud Speech translation in real time scenarios Using customised keywords to activate IoT devices

Incentivized

• The data is pre configured that means the AI models that are used by features are not customizable. One needs to send data and have to use the output of the feature in our application
• Availability of customizations in order to adjust some specific requirements
• Availability of Language studio so that one can avoid coding

Incentivized

• Deployment is easy since its available on the cloud.
• It is directly as a service and no expertise in AI or ML is needed by the development team.
• Security of data since Azure promises that it does not store the data of the customers that is used by the service.

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• The application is hard to use for new users
• Data Integration is complex in nature
• For Mid - sized organizations, the pricing is on higher end

Incentivized

• The software is not user-friendly- it has a complicated interface and requires a lot of training to set up.
• The pricing is also costly - so for an individual user, not on a company plan, this is not affordable.

Incentivized

Key Phrase Extraction Question answering Availability of Customizations

Incentivized

Having used both this service and IBM Watson's Text to Speech, I can safely say that IBM's product comes out on top but this is a close call as both products are very good in their own right. That being said, this Azure service lacks some of the extra functionality that can be found in other products such as broader multi-language support. This product is also more costly than some other alternatives which is a con in my opinion. Azure does, however, come out on top in regards to customer support and general support of the product as it is supported by Microsoft which also means that it integrates well with other parts of the Microsoft suite.

Incentivized

• Usage of more than one language in one specific API call
• Question Answering Feature
• Key Phrase Extraction, hence one need to read the entire phrase to understand the context

Incentivized

• The platform provides solutions for project information and easy management of client contacts.
• Reliable tools for quick reporting and the predictive data offered are quite relevant.
• Multiple data migration and easy to schedule through the platform.