Microsoft announces adding male voice to Azure AI, enhancing text-to-speech capabilities

Microsoft announced in a blog post published on August 9 that it will add multiple voice options to Azure AI’s text-to-speech feature

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According to reports, the Azure AI text-to-speech function currently only supports female voices (Jenny Multilingual), and the voice is relatively monotonous compared with competitors. In order to provide more choices, Microsoft decided to launch a series of new voice options, including male voice (Ryan Multilingual), to meet customer needs for "an inclusive and diverse user experience." In addition, Microsoft also plans to add more sound options in the future

▲ Picture from Microsoft Azure AI Blog

Microsoft said that both Jenny Multilingual and the latest addition Ryan Multilingual have "automatic language prediction capabilities", and Azure AI can automatically recognize languages ​​based on the text entered by the user, thereby producing "smooth and coherent speech output"

According to Microsoft, Azure AI currently provides 41 language services in three regions: Eastern United States, Western Europe and Southeast Asia. If IT House readers want to experience the text-to-speech function of Azure AI, they can register for the voice service here and visit the Speech Studio Voice Gallery for testing

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