Get introduced to the world of artificial intelligence with this accessible and practical
guide. Build applications that make intelligent use of language and user interaction to better
compete in today¿s marketplace. Discover how your application can deeply understand and
interpret content on the web or a user¿s machine intelligently react to direct user
interaction through speech or text or make smart recommendations on products or services that
are tailored to each individual user. With Microsoft Cognitive Services you can do all this
and more utilizing a set of easy-to-use APIs that can be consumed on the desktop web or
mobile devices. Developers normally think of AI implementation as a tough task involving
writing complex algorithms. This book aims to remove the anxiety by creating a cognitive
application with a few lines of code. There is a wide range of Cognitive Services APIs
available. This book focuses on some of the most useful and powerful ways that your application
can make intelligent use of language. Artificial Intelligence for .NET: Speech Language and
Search will show you how you can start building amazing capabilities into your applications
today. What You'll Learn Understand the underpinnings of artificial intelligence through
practical examples and scenarios Get started building an AI-based application in Visual Studio
Build a text-based conversational interface for direct user interaction Use the Cognitive
Services Speech API to recognize and interpret speech Look at different models of language
including natural language processing and how to apply them in your Visual Studio application
Reuse Bing search capabilities to better understand a user¿s intention Work with recommendation
engines and integrate them into your apps Who This Book Is For Developers working on a range of
platforms from .NET and Windows to mobile devices. Examples are given in C#. No prior
experience with AI techniques or theory is required.
