51 Speech courses delivered Live Online

Makaton awareness: Taster session for museums  Wednesday 30 April, 10am-12pm  Are you interested in finding out more about Makaton and learning some useful everyday words to use in your museum?  About this training  According to The Makaton Charity, over 100,000 children and adults use Makaton symbols and signs, either as their main method of communication or a way to support speech. This includes young children and people with learning disabilities.   The Makaton Charity explain that, “Makaton is a unique language programme that uses symbols, signs and speech to enable people to communicate. It supports the development of essential communication skills such as attention and listening, comprehension, memory, recall and organisation of language and expression.”  During this virtual introduction session, The Makaton Charity trainer will:  provide general information about Makaton and how it may be used in different settings to support language development and communication, enable attendees to learn approximately 30 useful everyday signs and symbols, alongside 12 more words which have been tailored for museum settings. This virtual training session will be delivered over two hours by The Makaton Charity.  Who should attend?  This training is aimed at staff at museums, galleries and heritage sites who are interested in making their organisations more welcoming to Makaton users. 

Duration 4 Days 24 CPD hours This course is intended for Software engineers concerned with building, managing and deploying AI solutions that leverage Azure AI Services, Azure AI Search, and Azure OpenAI. They are familiar with C# or Python and have knowledge on using REST-based APIs to build computer vision, language analysis, knowledge mining, intelligent search, and generative AI solutions on Azure. AI-102 Designing and Implementing an Azure AI Solution is intended for software developers wanting to build AI infused applications that leverage?Azure AI Services,?Azure AI Search, and?Azure OpenAI. The course will use C# or Python as the programming language. Prerequisites Before attending this course, students must have: Knowledge of Microsoft Azure and ability to navigate the Azure portal Knowledge of either C# or Python Familiarity with JSON and REST programming semantics Recommended course prerequisites AI-900T00: Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals course 1 - Prepare to develop AI solutions on Azure Define artificial intelligence Understand AI-related terms Understand considerations for AI Engineers Understand considerations for responsible AI Understand capabilities of Azure Machine Learning Understand capabilities of Azure AI Services Understand capabilities of the Azure Bot Service Understand capabilities of Azure Cognitive Search 2 - Create and consume Azure AI services Provision an Azure AI services resource Identify endpoints and keys Use a REST API Use an SDK 3 - Secure Azure AI services Consider authentication Implement network security 4 - Monitor Azure AI services Monitor cost Create alerts View metrics Manage diagnostic logging 5 - Deploy Azure AI services in containers Understand containers Use Azure AI services containers 6 - Analyze images Provision an Azure AI Vision resource Analyze an image Generate a smart-cropped thumbnail 7 - Classify images Provision Azure resources for Azure AI Custom Vision Understand image classification Train an image classifier 8 - Detect, analyze, and recognize faces Identify options for face detection analysis and identification Understand considerations for face analysis Detect faces with the Azure AI Vision service Understand capabilities of the face service Compare and match detected faces Implement facial recognition 9 - Read Text in images and documents with the Azure AI Vision Service Explore Azure AI Vision options for reading text Use the Read API 10 - Analyze video Understand Azure Video Indexer capabilities Extract custom insights Use Video Analyzer widgets and APIs 11 - Analyze text with Azure AI Language Provision an Azure AI Language resource Detect language Extract key phrases Analyze sentiment Extract entities Extract linked entities 12 - Build a question answering solution Understand question answering Compare question answering to Azure AI Language understanding Create a knowledge base Implement multi-turn conversation Test and publish a knowledge base Use a knowledge base Improve question answering performance 13 - Build a conversational language understanding model Understand prebuilt capabilities of the Azure AI Language service Understand resources for building a conversational language understanding model Define intents, utterances, and entities Use patterns to differentiate similar utterances Use pre-built entity components Train, test, publish, and review a conversational language understanding model 14 - Create a custom text classification solution Understand types of classification projects Understand how to build text classification projects 15 - Create a custom named entity extraction solution Understand custom named entity recognition Label your data Train and evaluate your model 16 - Translate text with Azure AI Translator service Provision an Azure AI Translator resource Specify translation options Define custom translations 17 - Create speech-enabled apps with Azure AI services Provision an Azure resource for speech Use the Azure AI Speech to Text API Use the text to speech API Configure audio format and voices Use Speech Synthesis Markup Language 18 - Translate speech with the Azure AI Speech service Provision an Azure resource for speech translation Translate speech to text Synthesize translations 19 - Create an Azure AI Search solution Manage capacity Understand search components Understand the indexing process Search an index Apply filtering and sorting Enhance the index 20 - Create a custom skill for Azure AI Search Create a custom skill Add a custom skill to a skillset 21 - Create a knowledge store with Azure AI Search Define projections Define a knowledge store 22 - Plan an Azure AI Document Intelligence solution Understand AI Document Intelligence Plan Azure AI Document Intelligence resources Choose a model type 23 - Use prebuilt Azure AI Document Intelligence models Understand prebuilt models Use the General Document, Read, and Layout models Use financial, ID, and tax models 24 - Extract data from forms with Azure Document Intelligence What is Azure Document Intelligence? Get started with Azure Document Intelligence Train custom models Use Azure Document Intelligence models Use the Azure Document Intelligence Studio 25 - Get started with Azure OpenAI Service Access Azure OpenAI Service Use Azure OpenAI Studio Explore types of generative AI models Deploy generative AI models Use prompts to get completions from models Test models in Azure OpenAI Studio's playgrounds 26 - Build natural language solutions with Azure OpenAI Service Integrate Azure OpenAI into your app Use Azure OpenAI REST API Use Azure OpenAI SDK 27 - Apply prompt engineering with Azure OpenAI Service Understand prompt engineering Write more effective prompts Provide context to improve accuracy 28 - Generate code with Azure OpenAI Service Construct code from natural language Complete code and assist the development process Fix bugs and improve your code 29 - Generate images with Azure OpenAI Service What is DALL-E? Explore DALL-E in Azure OpenAI Studio Use the Azure OpenAI REST API to consume DALL-E models 30 - Use your own data with Azure OpenAI Service Understand how to use your own data Add your own data source Chat with your model using your own data 31 - Fundamentals of Responsible Generative AI Plan a responsible generative AI solution Identify potential harms Measure potential harms Mitigate potential harms Operate a responsible generative AI solution

This programme helps communicators to prepare for and deliver an effective speech. Here, you learn to motivate people by speaking to them in terms of the benefits they will receive by taking action. Each instructional segment is followed by participant speeches that put the newly-learned skills into action. We cover public speaking fear and how to move forward despite it, as well as increasing enthusiasm. This builds speaker confidence. By organising information clearly for the audience, participants grow in their conviction and are perceived more as experts. Delegates will be able to: Work through fear of public speaking; Build confidence and enthusiasm by creating meaningful, memorable speeches; Develop greater abilities for thinking and speaking with less preparation; Minimise self-defeating speech and behavior; and Present ideas to, and inspire the audience. Online Format—Introduction to Public Speaking is a 4-hour interactive virtual class. Register for this class and you will be sent ONLINE login instructions prior to the class date. Working with Dr. Atkins of Improving Communications has been a very positive experience. Everything about the program is exemplary! Managers have made it a point to tell me how pleased they are with the improvements made in the communications skills of the participants. The Professional Development Workshop is an extremely effective program. The participants are looking forward to follow-up sessions with Dr. Atkins and we recommend his programs. Heather Ragone, Training ManagerNetwork General

Improving Communications UK offers an Advanced Presentation Skills course designed to enhance public speaking abilities and improve the use of presentation software. This course provides delegates with the opportunity to refine their skills in a supportive environment. As delegates deliver their presentations, they are coached on key areas such as body language, posture, word choice, confidence, eye contact, volume, and reducing verbal tics and filler words. This comprehensive approach ensures that delegates can effectively engage their audience and convey their message with clarity and confidence. The course also focuses on enhancing content and visual aids, typically using software like PowerPoint. Delegates learn how to: Clearly state their purpose Reduce text on slides Create user-friendly messages Select impactful graphics to support their message By the end of the course, delegates will be able to deliver organised and engaging presentations that motivate audiences, craft streamlined messages, enhance their stage presence, and convince listeners with compelling evidence in speech and visuals. This course is ideal for those seeking to improve their presentation skills and make a lasting impact. The Advanced Presentation Skills course is a 4-hour interactive virtual class for up to six delegates. Upon registration, delegates will receive online login instructions prior to the class date. This format allows for a personal and interactive learning experience from the comfort of one's own home.

Is your learner ready to transition to a Speech Generating Device? Do you need help selecting a device and/or preparing your learner for the transition? This training will help get your questions answered! With the current influx of communication devices and apps to the market how do we ensure that basic functional communication skills are maintained and taught right from the beginning? Speech Generating Devices (SGDs) were first introduced for people with motor difficulties like cerebral palsy and now these devices are being introduced to our learners with autism and other related communication difficulties. for these populations, language and cognition are often compromised and basic social and communication skills have not always been mastered prior to the introduction of a device. Because of this, the way we teach the use of SGDs needs to be specifically tailored to fit the needs of each individual paying attention to devices capabilities vs. user capabilities. This full-day workshop will describe procedures for analysing a learner's current PECS skills to determine candidacy for transitioning to a Speech Generating Device (SGD), choosing a device, and teaching functional use of the device, and why we must teach the basic principles of communication to our learner first to ensure positive outcomes are achieved. *Participants should bring a Speech Generating Device (SGD) to the training for use during a variety of activities. WATCH VIDEO TOPICS COVERED INCLUDE Review of the PECS Protocol The unique challenges of learners with complex communication needs Procedures for analysing current PECS skills Determining candidacy for transitioning from PECS to a Speech Generating Device The 5 criteria for appropriate device selection Preparing the learner for the transition Using elements of the PECS protocol to teach functional SGD use Problem solving SGD use Tuition Includes: Detailed Handout with space for note taking, Delegate Practise Bag and Certificate of Attendance. CEUs: 5.5 BACB CEUs; Satisfactory completion of this course requires participants to be present for the duration of the course and to participate in all student responding activities (e.g. questions, role play, quizzes, and surveys). Pyramid Educational Consultants is an approved BACB ACE Provider for Learning (Type 2) Continuing Education Credits. The BACB does not warrant, endorse, sponsor, approve, or partner with the event, organisation, or instructor.

KNOW THE RULES! POOR GRAMMAR SHOWS A LACK OF ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND ULTIMATELY CAN SLOW DOWN COMMUNICATIONS AS WELL AS PRODUCTIVITY. Business people who know grammar judge others based on their correct (or incorrect) usage. Be the professional who is able to be clear and correct in writing. Business Grammar & Usage: ENGLISH BOOT CAMP is the answer for today’s business competitive environment. Interactive instruction and collaboration with your fellow attendees means that you will master the skills and apply your new knowledge to the classroom exercises and activities. When you return to work, you’ll have new confidence about what is right and wrong, when it comes to writing. Attendees Will Be Able To: Know the Parts of Speech and their correct uses; Understand Sentence Structure, including applying rules for Subject-Verb and Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement; Be able to create Plurals and Possessives accurately and with certainty; Review and use the rules of Spelling, Mechanics (Capitalization, Abbreviation, Number Use), and Punctuation; Create original email / documents to employ newly-learned class material.   Online Format—Business Grammar and Usage is a 4-hour interactive virtual class for up to ten people. Register for this class and you will be sent ONLINE login instructions prior to the class date. It was great to have the opportunity to learn some new techniques and to gain more awareness of how I present myself. The most immediately applicable uses have been in reducing my “ums” and “ahs” and in trying to come to my point in a more succinct way. I’ve been cultivating this awareness in one-on-one settings; meetings and individual conversations. Christina Vargas

Duration 1 Days 6 CPD hours This course is intended for The Azure AI Fundamentals course is designed for anyone interested in learning about the types of solution artificial intelligence (AI) makes possible, and the services on Microsoft Azure that you can use to create them. You don?t need to have any experience of using Microsoft Azure before taking this course, but a basic level of familiarity with computer technology and the Internet is assumed. Some of the concepts covered in the course require a basic understanding of mathematics, such as the ability to interpret charts. The course includes hands-on activities that involve working with data and running code, so a knowledge of fundamental programming principles will be helpful. This course introduces fundamentals concepts related to artificial intelligence (AI), and the services in Microsoft Azure that can be used to create AI solutions. The course is not designed to teach students to become professional data scientists or software developers, but rather to build awareness of common AI workloads and the ability to identify Azure services to support them. Prerequisites Prerequisite certification is not required before taking this course. Successful Azure AI Fundamental students start with some basic awareness of computing and internet concepts, and an interest in using Azure AI services. Specifically: Experience using computers and the internet. Interest in use cases for AI applications and machine learning models. A willingness to learn through hands-on exp... 1 - Fundamental AI Concepts Understand machine learning Understand computer vision Understand natural language processing Understand document intelligence and knowledge mining Understand generative AI Challenges and risks with AI Understand Responsible AI 2 - Fundamentals of machine learning What is machine learning? Types of machine learning Regression Binary classification Multiclass classification Clustering Deep learning Azure Machine Learning 3 - Fundamentals of Azure AI services AI services on the Azure platform Create Azure AI service resources Use Azure AI services Understand authentication for Azure AI services 4 - Fundamentals of Computer Vision Images and image processing Machine learning for computer vision Azure AI Vision 5 - Fundamentals of Facial Recognition Understand Face analysis Get started with Face analysis on Azure 6 - Fundamentals of optical character recognition Get started with Vision Studio on Azure 7 - Fundamentals of Text Analysis with the Language Service Understand Text Analytics Get started with text analysis 8 - Fundamentals of question answering with the Language Service Understand question answering Get started with the Language service and Azure Bot Service 9 - Fundamentals of conversational language understanding Describe conversational language understanding Get started with conversational language understanding in Azure 10 - Fundamentals of Azure AI Speech Understand speech recognition and synthesis Get started with speech on Azure 11 - Fundamentals of Azure AI Document Intelligence Explore capabilities of document intelligence Get started with receipt analysis on Azure 12 - Fundamentals of Knowledge Mining with Azure Cognitive Search What is Azure Cognitive Search? Identify elements of a search solution Use a skillset to define an enrichment pipeline Understand indexes Use an indexer to build an index Persist enriched data in a knowledge store Create an index in the Azure portal Query data in an Azure Cognitive Search index 13 - Fundamentals of Generative AI What is generative AI? Large language models What is Azure OpenAI? What are copilots? Improve generative AI responses with prompt engineering 14 - Fundamentals of Azure OpenAI Service What is generative AI Describe Azure OpenAI How to use Azure OpenAI Understand OpenAI's natural language capabilities Understand OpenAI code generation capabilities Understand OpenAI's image generation capabilities Describe Azure OpenAI's access and responsible AI policies 15 - Fundamentals of Responsible Generative AI Plan a responsible generative AI solution Identify potential harms Measure potential harms Mitigate potential harms Operate a responsible generative AI solution Additional course details: Nexus Humans AI-900T00 - Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the AI-900T00 - Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.

Call centre training course description A theory based course covering the major technologies found in call centres today. What will you learn ACD IVR CRM CTI Diallers Call centre training course details Who will benefit: Anyone needing to know about technologies used in call centres. Prerequisites: Telecommunications Introduction Introduction to data comms and networking Duration 2 days Call centre training course contents Overview What are call centres? What are contact centres, Inbound call centres, outbound call centres, blended call centres, Call centre architectures. Telephony and telecomms basics PSTN, switching, PBXs, call routing. Data basics OSI, IP, VoIP. Routing, queuing and matchmaking Principles, distribution, sequencing. ACDs PBX features, Users, call processing, agent features, supervisor features, ACD telephones, ACD calls vs PBX calls, agent positions, ACD groups, routing calls, skills based routing. IVR Types, architectures, choice and control, best practices, IVR input technologies, IVR output technologies, speech recognition, call routing, IVR sizing, web based self service. CRM Contact management, databases, integration, use in call centres, benefits and features. Call centre integration Media types, VoIP, unified messaging, VoiceXML. CTI Simple CTI, 1st and 3rd party integration, CTI benefits and applications in call centers. Diallers History, campaigns, campaign types, Call Progress Detectors, Preview and Predictive Dialling. Management tools Measuring, managing, optimising, recorders, forecasting call centre resources.

GSM training course description GSM is in widespread use today. This seminar gives an comprehensive overview of GSM. What will you learn Explain what GSM is. Describe the architecture of the GSM network. Describe the GSM protocol stack. GSM training course details Who will benefit: Anyone who needs to know more about GSM. Prerequisites: Telecommunications Introduction Duration 2 days GSM training course contents Introduction History of GSM, analogue networks, digital networks, PCS1900. GSM services Telephony, digital encoding, data rates, Group 3 fax, SMS, Supplementary services. GSM architecture Mobile station Mobile Equipment (ME), Subscriber Identity Module (SIM). Base Station Subsystem Base Transceiver Station (BTS), Base Station Controller (BSC). Network Subsystem Mobile Services Switching Centre (MSC), Home Location Register (HLR), Visitor Location Register (VLR), Equipment Identity Register (EIR), Visitor Location register (VLR), Authentication Centre (AuC) Radio Link Aspects Bands, FDMA, TDMA, Traffic channels, Control channels, Speech coding, Channel coding and modulation, Multipath equalisation, Frequency hopping. GSM signalling SS7 overview, GSM SS7 nodes, Base Station Subsystem Application Part (BSSAP), Transaction Capabilities Application Part (TCAP), Mobile Application Part (MAP). Interfaces Um, Abis and A interfaces. Mobility and call processing in GSM Attach & location update process, mobile originate, mobile termination, handovers. GSM services Tele services, Bearer services, supplementary services, SMS, security. GSM futures GPRS, UMTS.

Learners will be introduced to Voice Alarm (VA) systems as part of the fire alarm solutions.