At its annual Inspire conference, Microsoft announced a number of new AI features headed to Azure, perhaps the most notable of which is Vector Search. Available in preview through Azure Cognitive ...

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Microsoft Corp. today introduced a trio of artificial intelligence models optimized to process images and audio. The algorithms are available through Microsoft Foundry, an Azure service that ...

The latest Canary build of Windows 11 (Preview build 26020) debuts the ability to create and map custom voice commands to one or more actions like opening a folder or triggering a key combination.

Windows 11's latest preview build, 22635.2915 (KB5033456), introduces significant upgrades to Voice Access, showcasing Microsoft's continued focus on accessibility features. The Beta channel release ...

Microsoft has added seven more realistic-sounding AI text-to-speech voices in different languages that can be used by Azure AI customers along with several updates to previous voices. In September, ...

Microsoft has released three proprietary AI models — MAI-Transcribe-1, MAI-Voice-1, and MAI-Image-2 — marking a strategic move to reduce reliance on OpenAI and compete directly with major rivals. The ...

Microsoft unveiled three new artificial intelligence models offering speech-to-text transcription as well as voice and image generation. The software giant said Thursday it's working to deploy the ...

According to ARS Technica, the speech can match the timbre of the voice and the emotional tone of the speaker. In addition, it can also match the room's acoustics. Microsoft calls VALL-E a "neural ...

Microsoft has launched three proprietary AI models — MAI-Transcribe-1, MAI-Voice-1, and MAI-Image-2 — marking a strategic step toward reducing reliance on OpenAI. The models target speech-to-text, ...