The .Net SDK uses the Watson Developer Cloud services, a collection of REST APIs and SDKs that use cognitive computing to solve complex problems.

• Before you begin
• Installing the Watson .NET Standard SDK
• Documentation
• Questions
• Open Source @ IBM
• License
• Contributing

Ensure you have the following prerequisites:

• An IBM Bluemix account. If you don't have one, sign up.
• Install Visual Studio for Windows or Visual Studio Code for OSX or Linux.
• Install .NET Core.

You can get the latest SDK packages through NuGet. Installation instructions can be found in the ReadMe of each package.

• Speech to Text
• Text to Speech
• Conversation

• Language Translator
• Tone Analyzer
• Personality Insights

Or manually [here][latest_release].

Click here for documentation by release and branch.

If you are having difficulties using the APIs or have a question about the IBM Watson Services, please ask a question on [dW Answers][dw-answers] or [Stack Overflow][stack-overflow].

Find more open source projects on the IBM Github Page.

This library is licensed under Apache 2.0. Full license text is available in LICENSE.

See CONTRIBUTING.md.

[latest_release]: https://github.com/watson-developer-cloud/dotnet-standard-sdk/releases/latest [dw-answers]: https://developer.ibm.com/answers/questions/ask/?topics=watson [stack-overflow]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/ask?tags=ibm-watson