Xamarin.Forms and Azure Cognitive Services

Introduction

Microsoft Cognitive Services are a set of APIs, SDKs, and services available to developers to make their applications more intelligent by adding features such as facial recognition, speech recognition, and language understanding. This article provides an introduction to the sample application that demonstrates how to invoke some of the Microsoft Cognitive Service APIs from Xamarin.Forms applications.

Speech Recognition

Azure Speech Service is a cloud-based API that provides algorithms to process spoken language. This article explains how to use the Azure Speech Service to transcribe speech to text in a Xamarin.Forms application.

Spell Check

Bing Spell Check performs contextual spell checking for text, providing inline suggestions for misspelled words. This article explains how to use the Bing Spell Check REST API to correct spelling errors in a Xamarin.Forms application.

Text Translation

The Microsoft Translator API can be used to translate speech and text through a REST API. This article explains how to use the Microsoft Translator Text API to translate text from one language to another in a Xamarin.Forms application.