Speech and Translation

1. What does speech-to-text (STT) primarily do?

Convert audio into text Translate text into speech Synthesize sound from text Generate audio from images

2. In Azure's speech services, what is a key difference between real-time transcription and batch transcription?

Real-time is cheaper than batch Batch transcription occurs asynchronously Real-time transcription is always inaccurate Batch transcription is only for meetings

3. What role does SSML (Speech Synthesis Markup Language) play in text-to-speech (TTS) systems?

It controls the AI models used in STT It formats text into speech for pronunciation control It translates spoken languages into text It is used to generate audio from images

4. What is the composable pattern outlined for real-time multilingual service delivery using Azure services?

Translate → STT → TTS STT → TTS → translate STT → translate → TTS TTS → STT → translate

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