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Cognitive Services APIs: Vision What exactly are Cognitive Services and what are they for? Cognitive Services are a set of machine learning algorithms that Microsoft has developed to solve problems in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The goal of Cognitive Services is to democratize AI by packaging it into discrete components that are easy for developers to use in their own apps. Web and Universal Windows Platform developers can consume these algorithms through standard REST calls over the Internet to the Cognitive Services APIs. The Cognitive Services APIs are grouped into five categories… Vision—analyze images and videos for content and other useful information. Speech—tools to improve speech recognition and identify the speaker. Language—understanding sentences and intent rather than just words. Knowledge—tracks down research from scientific journals for you. Search—applies machine learning to web searches. So why is it worthwhile [ more… ]

Windows 10 Tip: Stay organized with Task View and Snap Here’s how to get started with Task View: To open Task View, simply click the Task View icon next to the Cortana Search Box, or hit Windows key + Tab. You’ll see all your open windows so you can easily switch to a different one; or, at any time hold down Alt and press Tab to toggle between all your opened apps. Use Snap to set two windows to fill the screen:    When you hit Windows key + either of the side arrow keys, you’ll enable Snap – a feature that snaps one window to exactly half of your screen. Snap Assist will automatically show you your remaining opened windows, so you can choose which app to fill the second half of the screen. To view even more, try [ more… ]

How-to: Spectator View, a new tool to help others see what you see in HoloLens Hello everyone! I wanted to take a quick moment to announce an exciting new tool we have developed to help bring to life the apps and experiences you have created for Microsoft HoloLens. Since our launch last year, one of the pieces of feedback we have heard from many folks is, “How can I create a way for people to see what someone sees when they are wearing a HoloLens from a third-person perspective? I want people to not only see what I see when wearing a HoloLens, I want people to feel like they are part of the experience!” Today, I am excited to share with you that we have answered these questions with the release of documentation that will allow you to build [ more… ]