Short notes on Azure Media Indexer

The documentation on Azure Services is getting better. As I work with Azure & keep reading and watching videos about its ever growing & improving services (currently, 59 are listed on the Azure Status page), I keep discovering new facts. I plan to note down the most essential information for each service to have a executive summary style list that can be reviewed often.

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* Azure Media Indexer is a media processor that leverages natural language processing (NLP) technology from Microsoft Research to make media files and content searchable.

* By utilizing the output files of Azure Media Indexer in conjunction with a search engine like SQL Server or Apache Lucene/Solr, developers can create a full-text search experience.

* For companies delivering large quantities of digestible media, using the Azure Media Indexer is the most comprehensive way to organize and classify media.

* The service helps generate captioning, subtitles & transcription with 95% accuracy.

* The subtitles can be generated in TTML (Time Text Markup Language) & WebVTT formats.

* By converting speech to text, the video content can be made discoverable.

* The pricing for the Azure Media Indexer service starts at 10$ per hour.

* The minimum job duration is 5 minutes, any shorter jobs will be rounded up and billed accordingly