BBC voice assistant on Windows 10 uses Microsoft's Azure AI

The BBC launched a new vox assistant today that strives to understand people with dissimilar accents. It's called "Beeb" and it's bachelor in beta through the Microsoft Shop. Beeb utilizes Microsoft'southward Azure AI services for its infrastructure, which allows the BBC to build up an banana without having to create its own AI.

Equally pointed out past Engadget, many digital assistants struggle with accents. The UK has a wide range of accents that can vary dramatically later on travelling just a few miles. Beeb strives to understand these accents better than other digital assistants.

Windows Insiders based in the Britain should be able to download the beta app from the Microsoft Shop, though we had a hard time getting information technology on our systems. In its initial release, Beeb supports listening to on-demand radio, music mixes, podcasts, news, and weather updates. You tin besides ask it to tell jokes, which it will gladly provide from BBC comedy writers. It likewise has facts selected by QI's Sandi Toksvig.

At least for now, the app doesn't seem like it's trying to compete with digital assistant giants like Alexa and Google Assistant. Instead, information technology allows people in the United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland to heed to BBC content using an assistant that understands accents better than the competition.

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Beeb Beta

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A digital assistant that understands you

This digital assistant is built on Azure AI and it understands diverse accents.

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