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Python for Programmers
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Python for Programmers

by Paul Deitel, Harvey Deitel
March 2019
Intermediate to advanced
640 pages
23h 40m
English
Pearson
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13. IBM Watson and Cognitive Computing

Objectives

In this chapter, you’ll:

  • See Watson’s range of services and use their Lite tier to become familiar with them at no charge.

  • Try lots of demos of Watson services.

  • Understand what cognitive computing is and how you can incorporate it into your applications.

  • Register for an IBM Cloud account and get credentials to use various services.

  • Install the Watson Developer Cloud Python SDK to interact with Watson services.

  • Develop a traveler’s companion language translator app by using Python to weave together a mashup of the Watson Speech to Text, Language Translator and Text to Speech services.

  • Check out additional resources, such as IBM Watson Redbooks that will help you jump start your custom Watson ...

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