This project demonstrates how to transcribe audio from your media.

• With this tool, you can then tidy up the transcribed text into bite-sized chunks and feed back into Azure Custom Voice service.

• In a few simple steps you can recreate the voice and make the original speaker say anything you want!

• You can take as little as ten minutes audio from friends, family or a video of your favourite star.

• This project shows how to use Azure Speech service, to transcribe speech to text.

• You can use many types of media, because the project will strip the Wave (sound) file out of a video like mp4 or mov, whatever NAudio is compatible with.

• You then curate the snippets and feed them back into Azure Custom Voice service, to generate a surprisingly similar sounding voice!

• Then, you can feed text back in, to generate your own audio files using the custom voice!

• You can also export the "timed text" in a couple of popular formats. The TTML format will work with the baked in Windows 10 "Films & TV" app.

All you need is a FREE Azure subscription and a FREE Speech Service key.

Read all about this project on TechNet Wiki

This Cognitive Services implementation example is a contribution to the Microsoft IT Implementer initiative. Demystifying the latest tech and demonstrating how to actually implement it yourself!

I am also very proud to have been awarded the MVP (Most Valuable Professional) award for three years.

But of course, just passing on fun stuff that I learn along the way, is the main driver and a great pleasure.

Pete Laker
Microsoft Azure MVP, Microsoft IT Implementer, TechNet Wiki Community Council