How To Create A Cognitive Service In Azure

How to Create a Cognitive Service in Azure?

In this article, you will learn about Azure Cognitive Services and its applications with a step-by-step tutorial to create a cognitive service in Azure. This service will enable developers to create Artificial Intelligence applications. 

Microsoft Azure

Azure is a cloud computing service developed by Microsoft which enables organizations and individuals to build, test, deploy and manage their applications in a high availability and rapidly scalable platform with unparalleled security offerings and benefits in comparison to the traditional on-premises infrastructure.

Azure Cognitive Services

Azure Cognitive Services enables organizations to build cognitive intelligence for applications with client library SDKs and REST APIs. Azure Cognitive Services allows developers to integrate cognitive features into applications with no prior knowledge of Machine Learning, Data Science, and Artificial Intelligence skillset. From Computer Vision to Natural Language Processing and Conversational AI, Azure Cognitive Services enables all kinds of applications.  

API

Application Programming Interface (API) is basically just an interface through which two systems - software applications or hardware-software intermediary can communicate with each other. 

REST API

REST stands for representational state transfer. RESTful API is an architectural style for an application programming interface (API) that enables the access and use of data using HTTP requests. 

To create applications such as face detection systems, object detection, face recognition, speech applications such as text to speech and vice versa, Anomaly Detection, or even search applications, Cognitive Services makes it easy for it all. Let us learn to create a cognitive service in azure now.  

SDK

SDK stands for Software Development Kit which are powerful tools, that enable application development. It contains all the development tools to create software in one installable package. 

Step 1

Login to your Microsoft Azure. Once you have a subscription, the home page will look similar to as shown here,

Step 2

Click on Create a resource.

Now, Type in Cognitive Service in the Search Bar of the Marketplace and select the Cognitive Services,

Step 3

Click on Create on the Cognitive Services page.

Step 4

Fill in the details. Remember, the Name must be Unique. Choose the Region nearest to you and Standard S0 Pricing Tier for now. Check the box and then click on Review + Create. 

The System will run to validate your request.  

Step 5

Once Validation is Passed, Click on Create.  

The Submitting deployment bar in the notification will come in the process.  

Step 6

Once the Deployment is Complete, a similar page can be viewed.  

The Notification will pop up with your Deployment Success. 

Step 7

Click on Go to resource, to Check out the Deployment.  

You’ll be taken to Quick Start Page. Read the details on the page to learn more about the Cognitive Services provided by Azure.  

Step 8

Click on the Overview to access the Keys page.  

Check out the Manage keys to obtain the keys for your application.  

Step 9

The Keys and Endpoint page will appear.  

You can click on the Copy icon on the left to copy-paste the keys and Endpoints to your required application to access the Cognitive Services of Azure that you’ve now created. 

In this article, we learned about Azure Cognitive Services and the hands-on tutorial to create a cognitive service on Azure. The service thus created, will enable developers to use this service to create applications with AI capabilities from image classification, object detection, face detection, face recognition, natural language processing applications, and a lot more.