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Practical Guide to Azure Cognitive Services
Practical Guide to Azure Cognitive Services

Practical Guide to Azure Cognitive Services: Leverage the power of Azure OpenAI to optimize operations, reduce costs, and deliver cutting-edge AI solutions

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  • Minimize costs and maximize operations by automating mundane activities using AI tools
  • Ideate solutions using real-world examples for manufacturing process improvement with AI
  • Master TCO and ROI analysis for implementing AI solutions, automating operations, and ideating innovative manufacturing solutions with real-world examples

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Azure Cognitive Services and OpenAI are a set of pre-built artificial intelligence (AI) solution APIs that can be leveraged from existing applications, allowing customers to take advantage of Microsoft’s award-winning Vision, Speech, Text, Decision, and GPT-4 AI capabilities. With Practical Guide to Azure Cognitive Services, you’ll work through industry-specific examples of implementations to get a head-start in your production journey. You’ll begin with an overview of the categorization of Azure Cognitive Services and the benefits of embracing AI solutions for practical business applications. After that, you’ll explore the benefits of using Azure Cognitive Services to optimize efficiency and improve predictive capabilities. Then, you’ll learn how to leverage Vision capabilities for quality control, Form Recognizer to streamline supply chain nuances, language understanding to improve customer service, and Cognitive Search for next-generation knowledge-mining solutions. By the end of this book, you’ll be able to implement various Cognitive Services solutions that will help you enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and improve the customer experience at your organization. You’ll also be well equipped to automate mundane tasks by reaping the full potential of OpenAI.

Who is this book for?

This book is for data scientists, technology leaders, and software engineers looking to implement Azure Cognitive Services with the help of sample use cases derived from success stories. Experience with Python as well as an overall understanding of the Azure Portal with related services such as Azure Data Lake Storage and Azure Functions will help you make the most of this book.

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  • Master cost-effective deployment of Azure Cognitive Services
  • Develop proven solutions from an architecture and development standpoint
  • Understand how Cognitive Services are deployed and customized
  • Evaluate various uses of Cognitive Services with different mediums
  • Disseminate Azure costs for Cognitive Services workloads smoothly
  • Deploy next-generation Knowledge Mining solutions with Cognitive Search
  • Explore the current and future journey of OpenAI
  • Understand the value proposition of different AI projects

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C. E. Joakim Oct 29, 2023
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I really like how the author created a series of practical and real-world scenarios for the use of Azure Cognitive Services. No 'hello world' examples here. Just nice realistic examples that build from chapter to chapter. I really like the REST-based API of these PaaS services, too; quite easy to use.
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David Euijoon Kim Aug 19, 2024
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“Practical Guide to Azure Cognitive Services” is like having a knowledgeable friend walk you through the maze of Azure’s AI offerings. As someone who’s always been fascinated by AI but sometimes overwhelmed by the technical jargon, this book was a breath of fresh air. The authors make complex concepts feel approachable, guiding you step-by-step with real-world examples that genuinely resonate.What I loved most was how the book balances theory with hands-on practice. You’re not just reading about Azure Cognitive Services; you’re actually building and experimenting alongside the text. It feels like a workshop in book form, where each chapter is a new project to tackle. By the end, I felt empowered, like I could take on any AI project with confidence.This book isn’t just for the tech-savvy; it’s for anyone eager to dive into AI and cloud computing. Whether you’re a beginner or looking to deepen your knowledge, you’ll find this guide to be both informative and incredibly supportive.If you’re curious about the possibilities of Azure and want a resource that’s both practical and encouraging, I highly recommend this book. It’s been a game-changer for me, and I’m sure it will be for you too.
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Deep P. May 29, 2023
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Practical Guide to Azure Cognitive Services by Packt is a comprehensive guide to using Azure Cognitive Services to build AI-powered applications. The book covers a wide range of topics, including: -The different types of Azure Cognitive Services -How to use Azure Cognitive Services in your applications -Best practices for building AI-powered applications -Real-world examples of Azure Cognitive Services in useThe book is written in a clear and concise style, and the author does a great job of explaining complex concepts in a way that is easy to understand. The book is also well-organized, with each chapter building on the previous one.I highly recommend Practical Guide to Azure Cognitive Services to anyone who wants to learn more about using Azure Cognitive Services to build AI-powered applications. The book is a valuable resource for developers, architects, and anyone else who is interested in learning more about AI.Here are some additional thoughts on the book: - I appreciated the way the author explained complex concepts in a way that was easy to understand. - I also enjoyed the real-world examples of Azure Cognitive Services in use. These examples helped me to understand better how Azure Cognitive Services can be used to solve real-world problems.Overall, I thought Practical Guide to Azure Cognitive Services was an excellent resource for learning more about Azure Cognitive Services. I would highly recommend it to anyone interested in learning more about AI.
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Preston K. Parsard Jan 18, 2024
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I really enjoyed learning the comprehensive treatment of cognitive services topics from the presentation of the concepts, applicability to fictitious but solid use cases of the Ocean Smart company, and the practical guidance, including even code samples to actually implement our own custom version of the solution. Additionally, both cost awareness and other potential gotchas or feature gaps were highlighted to provide a complete and objective discussion of each service. Kudos to the authors, publishers and everyone else who either inspired contributed to this great work and thank you! :-) - Preston K. Parsard
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Chris in CA Jun 20, 2023
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If I had this book before I started working with Cognitive Services, I could have saved a lot of time and effort. Having an actual book with chapters is sooo much better than trying to learn this stuff by scraping together blog posts, YouTube clips, and googling documentation.The authors have a breezy, readable style, yet they're very thorough. They start high-level by helping you cost-justify your ACS project, then explain the principles behind each service, then walk you through case studies of an actual company.Don't be intimidated when you see the book weigh in at over 700 pages: the individual chapters are short, and there's lots of screenshots and diagrams. I purchased the Kindle edition so I could get away from my desk and just read, and was pleasantly surprised to discover I'm entitled to a free PDF download version, so I can have their screenshots up on my screen while I work through the examples.Disclaimer, I'm primarily interested in text processing (Knowledge Mining, Cognitive Search, Content Moderator, Form Recognizer), and just skimmed the Vision, Speech, etc.This book gave me a huge boost and I would definitely read more from these authors.
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