Microsoft Speech to Text

The Microsoft Speech-to-Text Service can quickly and accurately transcribe audio to text in more than 30 languages. Customize models to enhance accuracy for domain-specific terminology.

Supported Content Types

• Mp3

Possible use cases

• Extracting Music lyrics from a song.
• Create meeting notes based on recorded audio.

Service Setup

1. Open the Project Detail View of the project you would like to add the service to.
2. Click on the Add Service button in the command bar.
3. Select Microsoft Speech-to-Text Service from the available Service Types.

   

   4. A new Service Configuration Wizard will open: (When navigating the Wizard, please make sure to use the Next Step button in the command bar to save any changes made).

   

   Step 1 *- Allows configuration of various service settings, including the name and description. The default settings are sufficient for most use cases.
   • Step 2 - Verification of any documents that have been processed.

     Service Configuration Settings

The Microsoft Speech-to-Text Service can be configured by the user as a flexible solution. The following Settings are available:

Setting	Type	Required Type	Description
ArchivingStrategy		Optional	Days before documents get deleted.
AccessKey		Optional	Override the Access Key to the configured Microsoft cloud service.
BaseURL		Optional	Override the URL to the configured Microsoft cloud service.
BatchSize		Hidden	Processing batch size.
DocumentProcessedStatus		Optional	Document status used to denote that a document has been processed.
Enabled		Hidden	Enable or disable the service.
ExecuteBeforeProcess			When set up as a child service, specify whether this service should be executed before the parent service gets executed.
ExecuteAfterProcess			When set up as a child service, specify whether this service should be executed after the parent service gets executed.
Password		Optional	Used for service authentication. Custom Code can be used to set the password. Can be set per document.
RemoveComments		Optional	Remove human comments from a document.

Add and Process Documents

1. In the Microsoft Speech-to-Text Service click on the Inbox button.
2. Select the Status you want to upload and use Status None or Received for new documents that have not been processed yet.
3. Select an optional category if you know the category for the document, if you don’t want to select one just click on “No selection”.
4. Find the files on your Local machine and upload them. The demos test files can be found at the following link: Click here.
5. After all the documents have been uploaded you can check the documents to be processed, click on Processed Checked to process the documents.

It is recommended to only process a few documents at a time, especially if it is a new service to properly test if you receive the results you want before processing everything.

View Processed Documents

1. In the Microsoft Speech-to-Text Service click on the Outbox button.
2. You can view the Processing results by opening a processed doc for verification.