Abstract: Speech impairment may lead to social exclusion where its victims are kept isolated with feelings which negatively affect their morale as is demonstrated on these disabled populations. The ...

What if your next phone call with customer support didn’t feel like a frustrating maze of robotic prompts but instead like a natural, empathetic conversation? Imagine an AI that not only understands ...

NEW YORK/JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Federal Reserve officials appeared lukewarm on Thursday to the idea of an interest rate cut next month, as investors geared up for U.S. central bank ...

As previewed earlier this year, Gemini in Google Docs will now let you “create audio versions of your documents.” On the web, go to the Tools menu for a new “Audio” option in-between Voice typing and ...

When using the client.speech_to_text.convert API with diarization enabled, the returned word-level timestamps occasionally become "stuck" - multiple consecutive words are assigned identical start and ...

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Here's a closer look at the programming behind my animatronic mouth. Using Arduino, Python, and a few open-source libraries, I take a typed sentence and convert it into an animation sequence.

Creating engaging videos often requires a professional-sounding voiceover. However, not everyone has the time, experience, or equipment to record high-quality audio. This is where Wondershare ...

As AI systems become more capable, speech is fast becoming the default way we communicate with machines. French AI startup Mistral has jumped into the audio race with its first open model, aiming to ...

"We have improved @Grok significantly," Elon Musk wrote on X last Friday about his platform's integrated artificial intelligence chatbot. "You should notice a difference when you ask Grok questions." ...