Microsoft India today showcased several of its own and third-party solutions that use Microsoft Cognitive Services and bring the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to users and organizations through vision, speech, language, knowledge and search scenarios. Over 370 enterprise customers in India already use these cognitive APIs from Microsoft. Microsoft is working with over 650 partners to bring AI solutions to benefit large, medium and small enterprises in the country.  Microsoft Cognitive Services is a collection of intelligent APIs that allow systems to see, hear, speak, understand and interpret human needs using natural methods of communication. Developers can use these APIs to make their applications across platforms more intelligent, engaging and discoverable. Available at www.microsoft.com/cognitive, it includes APIs on

• Vision: From faces to feelings, allow apps to understand images and video
• Speech: Hear and speak to users by filtering noise, identifying speakers, and understanding intent
• Language: Process text and learn how to recognize what users want
• Knowledge: Tap into rich knowledge amassed from the web, academia, or your own data
• Search: Locate relevant information among billions of web pages, images, videos, and news with the power of Bing APIs