Microsoft Azure AI text-to-voice service upgrade: new male voice and more language support
CTOnews.com August 9, Microsoft Azure provides many cloud-based services and features for enterprises, one of which is Azure AI text-to-speech, which uses machine learning and artificial intelligence to convert text input into realistic voice.
In 2021, Microsoft launched Jenny Multilingual, a female voice that can naturally speak many different languages. Today, Microsoft announced that Azure AI text to voice will be upgraded. Not only added more language support, but also added a male voice-Ryan Multilingual.
This addition not only provides users with more choices, but also enables them to create an inclusive and diverse user experience, Microsoft said in a blog post. By introducing male voice, Azure text-to-speech ensures that the technology can adapt to different scenarios and user preferences, enabling developers to design solutions that resonate with a wider range of end users. In addition, both new sounds have the function of automatic language prediction, which can automatically identify the input language according to the input text and adjust the speech output accordingly, thus eliminating the need for manual marking. In addition
This update expands the number of supported languages from 14 to 41, as follows:
Ar-EG
Ar-SA
Ca-ES
Cs-CZ
Da-DK
De-AT
De-CH
De-DE
En-AU
En-CA
En-GB
En-HK
En-IE
En-IN
En-US
Es-ES
Es-MX
Fi-FI
Fr-BE
Fr-CA
Fr-CH
Fr-FR
Hi-IN
Hu-HU
Id-ID
It-IT
Ja-JP
Ko-KR
Nb-NO
Nl-BE
Nl-NL
Pl-PL
Pt-BR
Pt-PT
Ru-RU
Sv-SE
Th-TH
Tr-TR
Zh-CN
Zh-HK
Zh-TW
In addition, CTOnews.com notes that Microsoft says it has developed a new system that automatically changes the pronunciation, intonation and phonology of its AI voice to best match the specific language it enters. Microsoft said: this breakthrough allows users to easily switch between different languages in text input, creating a more immersive and real multilingual experience.
The new male voice, language support and adaptive systems are currently being publicly previewed in Azure's eastern United States, western Europe and Southeast Asia.
