Learning Microsoft Cognitive Services by Leif Larsen

Key FeaturesExplore the capabilities of all 21 APIs released as part of the Cognitive Services platformBuild intelligent apps that combine the power of computer vision, speech recognition, and language processingGive your apps human-like cognitive intelligence with this hands-on guideBook DescriptionMicrosoft has revamped its Project Oxford to launch the all new Cognitive Services platform—a set of 21 APIs to add speech, vision, language, and knowledge capabilities to apps.This book will introduce you to all 21 APIs released as part of Cognitive Services platform and show you how to leverage their capabilities. More importantly, youll see how the power of these APIs can be combined to build real-world apps that have cognitive capabilities. The book is split into three sections: computer vision, speech recognition and language processing, and knowledge and search.You will be taken through the vision APIs at first as this is very visual, and not too complex. The next part revolves around speech and language, which are somewhat connected. The last part is about adding real-world intelligence to apps by connecting them to Knowledge and Search APIs.By the end of this book, you will be in a position to understand what Microsoft Cognitive Service can offer and how to use the different APIs.What you will learnIdentify a person through visual inspection and audioReduce user effort by utilizing AI-like capabilitiesUnderstand how to analyze images and text in different mannersFind out how to analyze images using Vision APIsAdd video analysis to applications using Vision APIsUtilize Search to find anything you wantAnalyze text to extract information and explore the structure of the textAbout the AuthorLeif Henning Larsen is a software engineer based in Norway. After earning a degree in computer engineering, he went on to work with the design and configuration of industrial control systems, for the most part, in the oil and gas industry. Over the last few years, he has worked as a developer, developing and maintaining geographical information systems, working with .NET technology. In his spare time, he develops mobile apps and explores new technologies to keep up with a high-paced tech world.You can find out more about him by checking his blog (http://blog.leiflarsen.org/) and following him on Twitter (https://twitter.com/leif_larsen) and LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/lhlarsen).Table of ContentsGetting Started with Microsoft Cognitive ServicesAnalyzing Images to Recognize a FaceAnalyzing VideosLetting Applications Understand CommandsSpeak with Your ApplicationUnderstanding TextExtending Knowledge Based on ContextQuerying Structured Data in a Natural WayAdding Specialized SearchesConnecting the PiecesLUIS Entities and IntentsAdditional Information on Linguistic AnalysisLicense Information