New Delhi: As per a tweet by Microsoft India, it has introduced Hindi and English (India) to Neural Text-to-Speech service. These two are among the 15 new dialects added to the service, enabled with state-of-the-art AI audio quality.
Microsoft's Neural TTS can be used to make interactions with chatbots and virtual assistants more natural and engaging.
It is also being used to convert digital texts such as e-books into audiobooks and being deployed for in-car navigation systems, the company said in a statement.
"Through the inclusion of English (India) and Hindi in Neural TTS, we are demonstrating our continued commitment to refining speech and voice-based services for personal and business use in India," said Sundar Srinivasan, General Manager, Microsoft India (R&D) Pvt Ltd.
Organizations in sectors like telecom, media, and entertainment, retail, manufacturing, and product/ service development are using Neural TTS.
Udaan, India's largest online business-to-business (B2B) marketplace, is using text-to-speech in Azure to develop conversational interfaces for their voice assistants, Microsoft said.
Neural TTS is a part of Microsoft Azure Cognitive Services and converts text to lifelike speech for a more natural interface.
The service also provides customizable voices, fine-tuned auto control, and flexible deployment from cloud to edge. Overall, Microsoft TTS supports 110 voices and over 45 languages and variants.