Creating a service instance for Watson Speech services from the web client

After you install Watson Speech services, you must create at least one Watson Speech services service instance in the operands project. If you are a Cloud Pak for Data user, you can use the web client to create service instances. The web client guides you through the process of creating service instances.

Who needs to complete this task?
To create a service instance from the web client, you must have the Create service instances permission in Cloud Pak for Data.
When do you need to complete this task?
Complete this task only if you want to create a service instance from the web client.
Alternative methods for creating a service instance

Before you begin

This task assumes that the following prerequisites are met:

Prerequisite Where to find more information
Watson Speech services is installed. If this task is not complete, see Installing Watson Discovery.

Procedure

To create a service instance:

  1. From the IBM Cloud Pak® for Data web client menu, click Services > Instances.
  2. From the instances page, click New instance.
  3. From the service's catalog page, select the service for which you want to create an instance, Watson Speech to Text or Watson Text to Speech.
  4. From the catalog page for the service, click New instance.
  5. From the Create service instance page, complete the following fields: Instance name, Description (optional), and Deployment. Then, click Create.
  6. Wait a few seconds for the new instance to be provisioned, and then reload the page.
  7. When the new service instance is created, the web client displays information about the instance on the About this instance page. Under Access information, the page includes the instance's URL (which includes its service instance ID) and the bearer token that you need to authorize requests to the instance.
    Example image that shows detailed information for a new Speech to Text instance.

What to do next

The service instance is ready to use. To get started with Watson Speech services, see Watson Speech services on Cloud Pak for Data.