Stephen Hawking is probably the first name that comes to mind when text to speech (TTS) voice assistive technology is mentioned. Hawking was diagnosed with a motor neuron disease known as amyotrophic ...

Not so long ago, generative AI could only communicate with human users via text. Now it's increasingly being given the power of speech -- and this ability is improving by the day. On Thursday, AI ...

New research shows models can be directly edited to hide selected voices, even when users specifically ask for them. A technique known as “machine unlearning” could teach AI models to forget specific ...

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Podcast recording and editing platform Podcastle is now joining other companies in the AI-powered, text-to-speech race by releasing its own AI model called Asyncflow v1.0. An API for developers will ...

[Cal Bryant] hacked together a home automation system years ago, which more recently utilizes Piper TTS (text-to-speech) voices for various undisclosed purposes. Not satisfied with the ...

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There are several AI tools available that can generate humanlike speech. Some AI voices can whisper, laugh, and perform other expressive feats. TTS tools vary in terms of level of realism and their ...

OpenAI is bringing new transcription and voice-generating AI models to its API that the company claims improve upon its previous releases. For OpenAI, the models fit into its broader “agentic” vision: ...

Aug 14 (Reuters) - A man with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) who had lost his ability to speak has been able to communicate with a Blackrock Neurotech text-to-speech brain implant, researchers ...

Voice-to-text speech technology quality has improved over the years and Apple is keeping up with the technology by introducing advancements in Mac OS X to support this technology. Mac OS X Lion ...