Voice AI English Tutor Startup ELSA Closes $15M Funding Round Educational app developer ELSA (English Language Speech Assistant) has closed raised a $15 million Series B funding round led by.. AI 5 Feb 3
WeWalk Smart Cane Guides Visually Impaired During Pandemic With Voice Assistant and Ultrasonics Canes have enabled people with impaired vision to travel safely on their own for a very long time. British tech.. AI 4 Feb 5
Deepgram Raises $25M to Expand Enterprise Speech Recognition Platform Speech recognition technology startup Deepgram has raised $25 million as part of a Series B funding round led by Tiger.. AI 4 Feb 2
Microsoft Debuts Synthetic Speech Platform ‘Custom Neural Voice’ Microsoft has unveiled the Custom Neural Voice service and begun accepting applications from customers interested in a synthetic voice built.. AI 4 Feb 5
Facebook Makes Multilingual Speech Recognition Model Open Source Facebook AI has released a massive speech recognition database and training tool called Multilingual LibriSpeech (MLS) as an open-source data.. AI 3 Feb 4
Google Upgrades Voice Access to Detect Unlabeled Android Icons Google has upgraded the Voice Access app for Android to spot and control icons on the screen, even if they.. AI 2 Feb 3
Microsoft is Adding New Cortana Voice AI Features to Outlook and Teams Microsoft is adding new voice AI features to its iOS mobile apps built around its Cortana voice assistant. The updates.. AI 2 Feb 4
Ford Cars Will Integrate Google Android and Google Assistant Starting in 2023 Millions of Ford Motor Company vehicles will run Google’s Android Automotive OS (operating system), including Google Assistant, starting in 2023... AI 1 Feb 6
Safari Enables ‘SpeechRecognition’ by Default in Tech Preview Release Apple’s Safari browser is testing making speech recognition a default, possibly as a prelude to supporting the popular Web Speech.. AI 1 Feb 3
Mozilla Officially Shuts Down Firefox Voice Browser Extension Mozilla officially announced the end date for Firefox Voice, pulling the plug on the Firefox Voice and Firefox Voice Fill.. AI 1 Feb 4