Microsoft quietly launched a set of new machine-learning APIs in beta under the “Project Oxford” moniker yesterday and today it’s How-Old.net demo for this service went viral. This site lets you ...

Azure Cognitive Services is letting developers create natural-sounding speech even without a lot of expertise in machine learning. Here's how. Traditionally, when a computer has attempted to convert ...

Microsoft has shown off its latest research in text-to-speech AI with a model called VALL-E that can simulate someone's voice from just a three-second audio sample, Ars Technica has reported. The ...

At its Build developer conference in Seattle this week, Microsoft is putting a lot of emphasis on its AI and machine learning services. For the most part, that means launching new services and ...

Thanks to the AI features in Microsoft's cloud, text-to-speech technology can render more realistic results than ever. Imagine being able to have any text read to you like a book. No, not by your mama ...

Since beginning in 2003, the Microsoft Imagine Cup has tasked students the world over with developing technology aimed at solving real-world problems. In this, its 10th year, students were asked to ...

Microsoft has been stepping up its game around connecting its Azure cloud services to Internet of Things (IoT) devices. But few may realize the company also is simultaneously working to bring its ...

Microsoft officially announced Wednesday its intentions to acquire Tellme Networks and that it plans to integrate the Mountain View, Calif., company’s speech-recognition technology into some of ...

In July of this year, Microsoft made it official that Bing is more than just a search engine. It also is a dev platform, providing coders with controls, development kits and the back-end services ...

Microsoft Corp. is leaning more heavily on its ISV partner SpeechWorks International Inc. as Microsoft works to create the speech hooks that will encourage developers to use Microsoft's platforms for ...