Join Ulysses Maclaren from SSW TV in an insightful interview with Michelle Standford, Developer Engagement Lead at Microsoft Asia Pacific. Michelle shares her experience with the Azure AI Speech Studio, discussing its capabilities, customization options, and real-world applications. From creating custom speech models to emotional nuances and personalization, dive into the intriguing possibilities offered by this innovative tool.


00:00 | Introduction
01:16 | Azure AI Studio
02:40 | Speech Studio
04:23 | Text to speech avatar
09:41 | Prepare training data


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About the speakers

About the speakers

Michelle Sandford

Tedx Speaker, developer community mentor, Microsoftie and international conference Speaker. I live at the heart of the coding community and help drive awareness and engagement as a developer advocate and technology evangelist. I advocate for STEM, the Games Industry and Developers. I present at around 50 Conferences and Events around the world on Technology, Learning to Code, Open Source and Building Bots. I judge hackathons and encourage the next generation into technology careers.

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