Merge pull request #178370 from mswellsi/speechsdk119

First draft of Speech SDK 1.19.0 release notes

Author: v-lmcdonald

articles/cognitive-services/Speech-Service/releasenotes.md

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 # Speech Service release notes
 
+## Speech SDK 1.19.0: 2021-Nov release  
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+**Note**: Get started with the Speech SDK [here](speech-sdk.md#get-the-speech-sdk). The Speech SDK on Windows depends on the shared Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio. Download it [here](https://support.microsoft.com/help/2977003/the-latest-supported-visual-c-downloads).  
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+#### Highlights 
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+- Speaker Recognition service is generally available (GA) now. Speech SDK APIs are available on C++, C#, Java and Javascript. With Speaker recognition you can accurately verify and identify speakers by their unique voice characteristics. See the [document](speaker-recognition-overview.md) for more details. 
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+- Ubuntu 16.04 reached end of life back in April of 2021. In conjunction with Azure DevOps and Github we have dropped support for Ubuntu 16.04 in this release.  Please migrate Ubuntu 16.04 workflows to Ubuntu 18.04 or newer.   
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+- OpenSSL linking in Linux binaries changed to dynamic. Linux binary size has been reduced about 50%. 
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+- Mac M1 ARM based silicon support added. 
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+#### New features 
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+- **C++/C#/Java**: New APIs added to enable audio processing support for speech input with Microsoft Audio Stack. Documentation [here](audio-processing-overview.md).
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+- **C++**: New APIs for intent recognition to facilitate more advanced pattern matching. This includes List and Prebuilt Integer entities as well as support for grouping intents and entities as models (Documentation, updates, and samples are under development and will be published in the near future). 
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+- **Mac**: Support for ARM64 (M1) based silicon for Cocoapod, Python, Java and NuGet packages [Related customer issue](https://github.com/Azure-Samples/cognitive-services-speech-sdk/issues/1244).
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+- **iOS/Mac**: iOS and MacOS binaries are now packaged into xcframework [Related customer issue](https://github.com/Azure-Samples/cognitive-services-speech-sdk/issues/919).
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+- **iOS/Mac**: Support for Mac catalyst [Related customer issue](https://github.com/Azure-Samples/cognitive-services-speech-sdk/issues/1171). 
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+- **Linux**: New tar package added for CentOS7 [About the Speech SDK](speech-sdk.md).
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+- **Javascript**: VoiceProfile & SpeakerRecognizer APIs made async/awaitable. 
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+- **Javascript**: Support added for US government Azure regions. 
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+- **Windows**: Support playback on Universal Windows Platform (UWP). 
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+#### Bug fixes 
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+- **Android**: OpenSSL security update (updated to 1.1.1l version) for Android packages. 
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+- **Python**: Fix bug selecting speaker device on Python fails. 
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+- **Core**: Automatically reconnect when a connection attempt fails. 
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+- **iOS**: Audio compression disabled on iOS packages due instability and bitcode build problems when using Gstreamer. Details [here](https://github.com/Azure-Samples/cognitive-services-speech-sdk/issues/1209).
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+#### Samples [GitHub](https://github.com/Azure-Samples/cognitive-services-speech-sdk)
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+- **Mac/iOS**: Updated samples and quickstarts to use xcframework package. 
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+- **.NET**: Samples updated to use .NET core 3.1 version. 
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+- **Javascript**: Added sample for voice assistants. 
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 ## Text-to-speech 2021-October release
 **New languages and voices addes for Neural TTS**
 - **49 new languages and variants introduced** - 98 new voices in 49 new locales are added into the neural TTS languages list: Adri in `af-ZA` Afrikaans (South Africa), Willem in `af-ZA` Afrikaans (South Africa), Mekdes in `am-ET` Amharic (Ethiopia), Ameha in `am-ET` Amharic (Ethiopia), Fatima in `ar-AE` Arabic (United Arab Emirates), Hamdan in `ar-AE` Arabic (United Arab Emirates), Laila in `ar-BH` Arabic (Bahrain), Ali in `ar-BH` Arabic (Bahrain), Amina in `ar-DZ` Arabic (Algeria), Ismael in `ar-DZ` Arabic (Algeria), Rana in `ar-IQ` Arabic (Iraq), Bassel in `ar-IQ` Arabic (Iraq), Sana  in `ar-JO` Arabic (Jordan), Taim  in `ar-JO` Arabic (Jordan), Noura in `ar-KW` Arabic (Kuwait), Fahed in `ar-KW` Arabic (Kuwait), Iman in `ar-LY` Arabic (Libya), Omar in `ar-LY` Arabic (Libya), Mouna in `ar-MA` Arabic (Morocco), Jamal in `ar-MA` Arabic (Morocco), Amal in `ar-QA` Arabic (Qatar), Moaz in `ar-QA` Arabic (Qatar), Amany in `ar-SY` Arabic (Syria), Laith in `ar-SY` Arabic (Syria), Reem in `ar-TN` Arabic (Tunisia), Hedi in `ar-TN` Arabic (Tunisia), Maryam in `ar-YE` Arabic (Yemen), Saleh in `ar-YE` Arabic (Yemen), Nabanita in `bn-BD` Bangla (Bangladesh), Pradeep in `bn-BD` Bangla (Bangladesh), Asilia in `en-KE` English (Kenya), Chilemba in `en-KE` English (Kenya), Ezinne in `en-NG` English (Nigeria), Abeo in `en-NG` English (Nigeria), Imani in `en-TZ` English (Tanzania), Elimu in `en-TZ` English (Tanzania), Sofia in `es-BO` Spanish (Bolivia), Marcelo in `es-BO` Spanish (Bolivia), Catalina in `es-CL` Spanish (Chile), Lorenzo in `es-CL` Spanish (Chile), Maria in `es-CR` Spanish (Costa Rica), Juan in `es-CR` Spanish (Costa Rica), Belkys in `es-CU` Spanish (Cuba), Manuel in `es-CU` Spanish (Cuba), Ramona in `es-DO` Spanish (Dominican Republic), Emilio in `es-DO` Spanish (Dominican Republic), Andrea in `es-EC` Spanish (Ecuador), Luis in `es-EC` Spanish (Ecuador), Teresa in `es-GQ` Spanish (Equatorial Guinea), Javier in `es-GQ` Spanish (Equatorial Guinea), Marta in `es-GT` Spanish (Guatemala), Andres in `es-GT` Spanish (Guatemala), Karla in `es-HN` Spanish (Honduras), Carlos in `es-HN` Spanish (Honduras), Yolanda in `es-NI` Spanish (Nicaragua), Federico in `es-NI` Spanish (Nicaragua), Margarita in `es-PA` Spanish (Panama), Roberto in `es-PA` Spanish (Panama), Camila in `es-PE` Spanish (Peru), Alex in `es-PE` Spanish (Peru), Karina  in `es-PR` Spanish (Puerto Rico), Victor  in `es-PR` Spanish (Puerto Rico), Tania in `es-PY` Spanish (Paraguay), Mario in `es-PY` Spanish (Paraguay), Lorena in `es-SV` Spanish (El Salvador), Rodrigo in `es-SV` Spanish (El Salvador), Valentina in `es-UY` Spanish (Uruguay), Mateo in `es-UY` Spanish (Uruguay), Paola in `es-VE` Spanish (Venezuela), Sebastian in `es-VE` Spanish (Venezuela), Dilara in `fa-IR` Persian (Iran), Farid in `fa-IR` Persian (Iran), Blessica in `fil-PH` Filipino (Philippines), Angelo in `fil-PH` Filipino (Philippines), Sabela in `gl-ES` Galician (Spain), Roi in `gl-ES` Galician (Spain), Siti in `jv-ID` Javanese (Indonesia), Dimas in `jv-ID` Javanese (Indonesia), Sreymom in `km-KH` Khmer (Cambodia), Piseth in `km-KH` Khmer (Cambodia), Nilar in `my-MM` Burmese (Myanmar), Thiha in `my-MM` Burmese (Myanmar), Ubax in `so-SO` Somali (Somalia), Muuse in `so-SO` Somali (Somalia), Tuti in `su-ID` Sundanese (Indonesia), Jajang in `su-ID` Sundanese (Indonesia), Rehema in `sw-TZ` Swahili (Tanzania), Daudi in `sw-TZ` Swahili (Tanzania), Saranya in `ta-LK` Tamil (Sri Lanka), Kumar in `ta-LK` Tamil (Sri Lanka), Venba in `ta-SG` Tamil (Singapore), Anbu in `ta-SG` Tamil (Singapore), Gul in `ur-IN` Urdu (India), Salman in `ur-IN` Urdu (India), Madina in `uz-UZ` Uzbek (Uzbekistan), Sardor in `uz-UZ` Uzbek (Uzbekistan), Thando in `zu-ZA` Zulu (South Africa), Themba in `zu-ZA` Zulu (South Africa).