Extend bing speech API with custom grammar

Question

I'm developing a webapp and I'm using Microsoft Cognitive Services to add speech to text capabilities. In particular I'm using Bing Speech API

My users use acronyms and no-native English words to refers to some domain specific items. Vanilla Bing Speech API doesn't recognise that acronyms.

Is it possible to add custom words/grammar in Bing Speech API? Is there a web API alternative to Bing that can be customised with custom words/grammar? Workaround?

Thanks

Answer 1

No, it is not possible to extend the Bing Speech API itself with custom words/grammar. However it is possible to create a custom language model, and use this with a Custom Speech Service. To implement your specific vocabulary. It is for the moment limited to using a REST API with this service. The Custom Speech Service endpoints work with the same SDK as Bing Speech API.