The following table gives some details about a few lesser-known APIs:
|
Provider |
API |
Group |
|
IBM Watson |
Watson Virtual Recognition |
Computer vision and image processing |
|
Watson Text to Speech |
Natural language processing |
|
|
Watson Natural Language Classifier |
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|
Watson Conversation |
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|
Watson Natural Language Understanding |
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|
AT&T |
AT&T Speech |
Natural language processing |
|
Wit.ai |
Speech |
Natural language processing |
|
Message |
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|
Entities |
Now, among this ocean (well, almost) of APIs, how do you choose a particular provider for a specific task? It can be tricky and demands a discussion. In this section, we are going to discuss some of the strategies that can effectively help us to make these decisions.