# Microsoft STT & Cognitive Services

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## Notes

* Heather is using a new Microsoft tool that does live transcription at the bottom of a projected screen
* Microsoft Translator API:&#x20;
* Voice-to-text API used in VR sci-fi game Starship Commander
* Promo video showing voice-to-text used in combination with image recognition to describe world to blind user
* Video Indexer
* <https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/services/cognitive-services/>
* <http://www.pivothead.com/>&#x20;


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