Adding multi-language support for Azure AI applications quickly
Thereis a growing demand for applications which support speech, language identification, translation or transliteration from one language to another. Common questions that customersencounteras they considerpossible solutionsare: How do we identify which language is being spoken/typed by the user? How dowetranslate one language to another for the user? Is there a way to transliterate text from one language to another? Canwedetermine the intent ofauser utterance? How do we incorporate natural language understanding intoourchatbot application for multiple languages? Complexproblems such as thesecannowbesolved using advancedAPIsthat are readily available without having to reinvent the wheel–no machine learning expertise required! This blogstarts off with a brief introductiontomachine translation andthen explores various topics like identifying thelanguageandhow to perform translation/transliteration ofspokenortyped textusing Microsoft’s Translator Text API.In addition,wealso discuss how translated or transliterated text can be integrated with LIUS.
