Metav-...oice 😉 - Speechly
Unity, the game engine platform that powers Cuphead and Pokemon Go, will allow its user to control their experience via voice. This is all thanks to Speechly, which has released an API to integrate voice AI into metaverse, gaming and AR/VR applications.
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Bye bye, Toni - Variety
The world of voice salutes Toni Reid, VP of Alexa and Echo devices since 2014, as she moves onto the Alphabet side of things. In fact, from the end of April, she has officially started working as product manager for YouTube.
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Out with the “Hey”s, In with the 👀 - Voicebot
You might soon be able to awake your friendly Google Assistant by simply looking at (the camera built into the screen of your) Nest Hub Max. Sadly, the new project name seems to have moved from the Zoolander-inspired “Blue Steel” code name to the more somber “Look and Talk”.
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It seems like it was just yesterday that Jeff Bezos pitched the first Amazon Echo device… I mean, not that *we* were there, but the moment warrants some nostalgia. Anyways, if you’re feeling like taking a trip down voice AI memory lane, AI has gathered some of the highlights from 2011 to today.
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Albania says hi to AI - Voicebot
While not the first to embrace voice tech, the country can certainly be considered one of the pioneers in adopting an assistant to support its citizenry. The development of the AI, which the Albanian PM foresees will be concluded within a year, is surprising not the least because the Albanian language is not commonly present in voice assistant libraries.
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A literally “MASSIVE” language dataset - Voicebot
MASSIVE (yes, aggressively written in all caps) is the name that Amazon has aptly given to the 51-language dataset it has launched to support multilingual Alexa development. The idea behind is that a single machine learning model will be fed information in all kinds of languages. As it understands the principle of languages, it will be able to fill in the gaps in the training data and teach the AI to speak in those languages.
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Your home (assistant) away from home - LinkedIn
End of last year, Amazon has launched Alexa Smart Properties, its voice assistance hospitality program in Europe, allowing hotels and other facilities to integrate Alexa into their room and management systems. Guests are able to perform standard Alexa actions such as checking the weather and playing music. Furthermore, they can carry out hotel-specific tasks such as controlling the temperature of the room, as well as getting tourist information and checking out, all through voice.
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Is Voice Plateauing? - Voicebot
Voicebot is at it again with new stats and reflections on the voice tech market and an interesting graph on its adoption speed across three different devices: cars, smartphones and smart speakers. While, in the U.S., adoption seems to grow at a lower speed than it used to, things might change if new exciting uses and applications come along.
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“Who decides where the innovation goes?” - Wevolver
This was the question that Dr. Bajorek asked herself, while working on her PhD in speech language technologies. This is where she got inspired to make it her mission to bring more women into the voice and conversational AI "room". From 2018 to today, Dr. Barjorek’s nonprofit Women in Voice has rapidly grown into its present 21 chapters spreaded throughout 15 countries globally.
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