Voice Is Poised to Take a Quantum Leap
05 Nov 2024
Exploring quantum computing's expected impact on the speech technology market.
10 Tips for Maximizing Content for Voice Search
06 Nov 2023
A quarter of the world's population uses voice search, and the numbers are only going to rise.
The Top Speech Technologies and Vendors: The 2023 Speech Industry Awards
13 Sep 2023
AI, AI, and more AI: The technology is disrupting everything, and it's found everywhere in our speech industry achievements for 2023.
2023 Speech Industry Award Winner: Microsoft’s VALL-E Breaks the Mold in AI Training
13 Sep 2023
VALL-E, one of Microsoft's latest forays into artificial intelligence, is a transformer-based text-to-speech model that can re-create any voice from just a three-second sample clip.
2023 Speech Industry Award Winner: OpenAI and Its ChatGPT Upended Everything
13 Sep 2023
When it comes to new technologies, few have had as much of an impact as generative artificial intelligence, ushered in by OpenAI in November 2022 with its ChatGPT launch.
2023 Speech Industry Award Winner: SoundHound AI Brings Speech Breakthroughs to the Mainstream
13 Sep 2023
SoundHound AI, based in Santa Clara, Calif., this year launched, among other things, Chat AI, a voice-enabled digital assistant with generative artificial intelligence; and Smart Answering, which uses voice AI to handle inbound customer calls.
2023 Vertical Markets Spotlight: A Speech Technology Special Report
12 May 2023
Our roundup of the speech innovation taking place in eight important industry verticals.
2023 Vertical Markets Spotlight: Speech Technology in Consumer Electronics
12 May 2023
Interoperability's been the biggest challenge, but standards are emerging.
2023 Vertical Markets Spotlight: Speech Technology in Government
12 May 2023
Public-sector entities can improve customer service, delivery of benefits and services, efficiency, transparency, and more.
2023 Vertical Markets Spotlight: Speech Technology in Restaurants
12 May 2023
Staffing shortages prompt a greater use of voice ordering automation.
2023 Vertical Markets Spotlight: Speech Technology in Retail
12 May 2023
Voice shopping from home and at retail kiosks is proliferating.
The Top Speech Technologies and Vendors: The 2022 Speech Industry Awards
15 Sep 2022
Advances in AI, machine learning, natural language processing, and more fueled speech industry progress in the past year.
Vertical Markets Spotlight: Speech in Retail
13 Jun 2022
Purchases and checkouts top the uses for retailers' voice assistants.
Vertical Markets Spotlight: Speech in Travel and Hospitality
13 Jun 2022
Post-COVID surge challenges properties.
Vertical Markets Spotlight: A Special Report
13 Jun 2022
Speech Technology magazine's roundup of the speech innovation taking place in eight industry verticals.
The 2022 State of Intelligent Virtual Assistants
17 Feb 2022
More IVA building blocks are being put into place.
The Top Speech Technologies and Vendors: The 2021 Speech Industry Awards
02 Aug 2021
Advances in AI, machine learning, natural language processing, and more fueled speech industry progress in the past year.
2021 State of the Speech Technology Industry
04 Feb 2021
The latest developments and trends in seven important sectors
The State of Speech Engines
04 Feb 2021
Developments come fast in a rapidly changing environment
The State of Intelligent Virtual Assistants
04 Feb 2021
Industry looks to tackle interoperability standards as it rings in the new year