Samuel L. Jackson is Alexa’s First Celebrity Voice, But it Will Cost You a Dollar Samuel L. Jackson can be your voice assistant for only a dollar. Amazon announced at its hardware event last week.. AI 30 Sep 5
Competing in the Voice Market: Brands Struggle with Strategy Whether it’s a funky shaped speaker in the living room, a microphone icon on a smartphone screen or a tap.. AI 28 Sep 2
French Ministry of Education to Bring Voice Assistants into the Classroom The French Ministry of Education this past summer released a call for proposals concerning “the conception, creation, and supply of.. AI 27 Sep 2
Meet the Only Voice Assistant That Speaks Greek, Serbian, Albanian, and Bulgarian A Greek tech company could beat out Amazon and Google when it comes to the voice assistant market in the.. AI 26 Sep 7
SoapBox Labs is Schooling Voice AI to Understand Children SoapBox Labs is teaching voice assistants to understand the way children speak. The Irish startup seeks to make voice technology.. AI 25 Sep 8
People Want Voice Assistants to Mirror Them: Study Voice assistants that imitate the conversational style of the user are more trustworthy and likable, according to a new study.. AI 23 Sep 3
Emotion AI Will Enhance Jobs, Not Replace Them In breathless editorials, on television news programs, and on social media, there’s an increasing fervor over AI and its impact.. AI 21 Sep 2
Amazon’s Alexa Now Speaks Hindi and Hinglish Two years after launching Alexa in India, Amazon’s voice assistant now speaks Hindi, the language spoken by more than 500.. AI 19 Sep 5
Oracle Adds Voice Assistant to Enterprise Apps Oracle has debuted a new voice assistant as part of its suite of business applications at its OpenWorld event this.. AI 19 Sep 3
Descript Acquires Lyrebird and Lands $15 Million in Funding From Andreessen Horowitz and Redpoint TechCrunch reported this morning that Descript has acquired synthetic voice generation company Lyrebird and closed a $15 million funding round.. AI 18 Sep 2