Automated speech processing specialist iSpeech has launched iSpeech for Publishers, a new set of tools and services that make it possible for content creators and aggregators to have articles or postings “read” to them by life-like voices.
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SVOX Downloads Expose a Gender Gap for TTS
SVOX AG reveals interesting details about the mix of “voices” that have been downloaded from the Android marketplace to support navigation applications, ebook reading, game playing, speech-to-speech translation and other talking apps.
Hey, It’s All Pattern Recognition: TTS, QR Codes and Mobile Devices Simplify Museum Tours
Public museums in Bologna, Italy, are launching a novel way to initiate audio tours.
Watson’s Jeopardy Appearance Showcases Human-like Speech Synthesis
I’m really looking forward to watching the TV game show Jeopardy tonight, when “Watson,” a computer that’s been fine-tuned by the scientists at IBM’s R&D lab, takes on two of the best players in the history of the game.
Google’s Latest Acquisition Brings Text-to-Speech Luminaries into its Fold
In a recent blog post Mike Cohen, who manages the Speech Technology efforts at Google, invokes images of Captain Kirk and the crew of the Starship Enterprise to provide a vision of the ideal way to interact with computers.
SnapTranslate App for iPhone: Snap a Picture, Hear the Translation
We just received a press release from speech-processing specialist Loquendo to draw our attention to an iPhone application from PONS GmbH, a Stuttgart-based publisher of translation software and dictionaries.
Recombinant Communications Brings New Life to Text-to-Speech
Featured Research The advent of Recombinant Communications has the potential to breathe new life into some well-established voice processing technologies – including text-to-speech (TTS) rendering. New applications “read” Tweets, email and text messages easily. New platforms allow tuning of output… Read More ›
TTS Update: Scottish Company, CereProc to Supports Roger Ebert on Oprah
The cause of life-like Text-to-Speech rendering is about to take a giant step forward when film critic Roger Ebert appears on Oprah.
RC (Recombinant Communications) Spells New Life for TTS (Text-to-Speech)
Life-like text-to-speech rendering is one of those evergreen, yet elusive, opportunities for advancement in speech processing.