Introduction
Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the world in many ways, from enhancing customer experiences to automating business processes.
But how can you leverage the power of AI without having to build it from scratch? The answer is Azure Cognitive Services, a collection of cloud-based APIs that provide ready-made solutions for common AI scenarios.
In this series of blogposts, we will explore what Azure Cognitive Services are, what they can do for you, and how you can use them in your projects. Whether you are a developer, a business owner, or just curious about AI, this series will help you understand and appreciate the capabilities of Azure Cognitive Services.
Structure
In this series of blogposts, we will explore the different categories of Azure Cognitive Services and how they can help you create amazing AI solutions. Azure Cognitive Services are divided into five categories:
Each category offers a range of services that provide specific functionality for common AI scenarios. For example, vision services can analyze images and videos, speech services can convert speech to text and vice versa, language services can understand natural language and generate text, decision services can help you make informed choices and optimize outcomes, and web search services can provide rich and relevant information from the web.
For each category, we will write a blogpost that explains
- what it does,
- how it works,
- what are some common use cases
- the pricing of each of the services.
We will also include some code snippets or screenshots to show how to use the service in your projects. Additionally, we will share how it integrates within an existing Azure data platform. We will end each blogpost with a summary of the main points and a teaser for the next category.
We hope you enjoy this series of blogposts and learn more about Azure Cognitive Services. Stay tuned for the next blogpost, where we will dive into speech services and see how they can help you analyze your documents with AI.
So stay tuned and get ready to learn more about this amazing technology!
