Announcing a renaissance in computer vision AI with Microsoft’s Florence foundation model

By Dustin Ward

Extract robust insights from image and video content with Azure Cognitive Service for Vision We are pleased to announce the public preview of Microsoft’s Florence foundation model, trained with billions of text-image pairs and integrated as cost-effective, production-ready computer vision services in Azure Cognitive Service for Vision. The improved Vision Services enables developers to create cutting-edge,…

Microsoft named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide General-Purpose Computer Vision AI Software Platform 2022 Vendor Assessment

By Dustin Ward

I am thrilled to announce that Microsoft has been recognized as a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide General-purpose Computer Vision AI Software Platform 2022 Vendor Assessment (doc #US49776422, November 2022). The IDC MarketScape vendor analysis model is designed to provide an overview of the competitive fitness of ICT suppliers in a given market. The…

Microsoft Azure CLX: A personalized program to learn Azure

By Dustin Ward

The rise of cloud computing has created demand for proven cloud experts. That’s why we’ve launched the Microsoft Azure Connected Learning Experience (CLX) program, designed to help aspiring learners and IT professionals become Microsoft Azure cloud pros. CLX is a personalized and self-paced journey that culminates in a certificate of completion—allowing you to maximize learning…

Improve speech-to-text accuracy with Azure Custom Speech

By Dustin Ward

With Microsoft Azure Cognitive Services for Speech, customers can build voice-enabled apps confidently and quickly in more than 140 languages. We make it easy for customers to transcribe speech to text (STT) with high accuracy, produce natural-sounding text-to-speech (TTS) voices, and translate spoken audio. In the past few years, we are inspired by the ways…