Creating Voice Interfaces with Watson Speech to Text and Text to Speech W7L162G

• Anyone looking to automate transcribing speech to text or text to speech by using IBM Watson Speech to Text and Text to Speech Technology
• Practicing AI specialists looking to add speech capabilities to their existing AI-powered services like chatbots
• Practicing Data Scientists looking to get insights from speech and text analysis
• Business leaders looking to interpret the capabilities of IBM Watson Speech to Text and Text to Speech
• Anyone looking to know the process of integrating speech to text or text to speech with a chatbot like Watson Assistant and apply this technology to solve related domain problems

After completing this course, you should be able to:

• Describe the purpose, value, and some potential benefits of Speech Recognition
• Interpret the various components of IBM Watson Speech Services
• Identify some common business use cases for Watson Speech Services
• Explain at a high level the capabilities of Watson Speech Services
• Describe the key capabilities of IBM Watson Speech to Text including customization capabilities
• Create an instance of Watson of IBM Watson Speech to Text
• Leverage the Watson Speech to Text API service to create a prototype that converts speech to text
• Improve the transcription of the prototype by using a trained customized language model
• Leverage Watson Language Translator to get transcriptions in multiple languages
• Describe the key capabilities of Text to Speech including customization capabilities
• Create an instance of Watson Text to Speech
• Leverage the Watson Text to Speech API service to create a prototype that converts speech to text
• Improve the transcription of the prototype by using a trained customized model
• Integrate a deployed Watson Assistant (chatbot) with IBM Watson Speech Services to enable voice conversations

Before taking this course, you should have:

• Basic Python
• Basic knowledge of RESTful API
• General use of IBM Cloud and an IBM Cloud account
• Login to Cloud Pak for Data account

The following services within the IBM Cloud are extensively used for this course. Prior setup is recommended. This setup is not mandatory, as a detailed walk-through of creating instances and accessing the following services are covered in the course.

• IBM Watson Speech to Text – Plus Plan
• IBM Watson Text to Speech – Plus Plan
• IBM Watson Language Translator – Light Plan
• IBM Watson Studio
• IBM Watson Assistant – Light Plan

• Introducing Speech Recognition and Watson Speech Services
• In-depth analysis of Watson Speech to Text
• In-depth analysis of Watson Text to Speech
• Adding a voice interface to your chatbot