Are you talking to me? Azure AI brings iconic characters to life with Custom Neural Voice

Welcome to the AT&T Experience Store in Dallas, where a life-size, high-definition Bugs Bunny greets you by name and tells you he needs your help to find several golden carrots hidden throughout the store. Thanks to 5G, augmented reality, artificial intelligence and a Custom Neural Voice created with Microsoft Azure AI technology, Bugs follows your directions to navigate the store in search of carrots, chatting with you in real time.

The technology that makes such a conversation flow naturally is the neural text-to-speech capability within Speech, an Azure Cognitive Service, and it is now generally available.