Emotion Detection and Recognition Market to Be Worth $43.29 Billion by 2031

The emotion detection and recognition market is expected to grow by 8.2 percent through the next five years, MarketsandMarkets predicts.

SoundWise Launches Free Forever AI Audio and Video Transcription

SoundWise's browser-based AI transcription service combines unlimited free local processing, 10 times faster cloud transcription, support for 98 languages, and broad audio and video format compatibility without per-minute fees.

Retell AI Launches Conductor

Retell AI Conductor features a graph-native review interface for production voice agents.

Cash Flows in to Speech Company Coffers

Venture capital firms are investing heavily in speech vendors, signaling a reawakening of the voice interface market.

Timekettle Introduces X1 Meeting Interpreter Hub

Timekettle X1 Meeting Interpreter Hub brings real-time AI translation to global meetings of up to 50 participants.

Canary Speech Brings Canary Ambient to the Zoom App Marketplace

Canary Ambient on Zoom brings real-time vocal biomarker insights to telehealth visits.

TELUS Digital and ElevenLabs Partner to Scale Voice AI

Partnership with TELUS Digital brings voice AI ElevenAgents to enterprise customer experience.

Phone Calls Are Still Not Accessible to Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing People

Rogervoice survey finds 60 percent of Americans feel phone calls not accessible.

Vitally Therapy AI Launches AI Wellness App Featuring Live Avatar Video Conversations

Vitally Therapy's new product is a complete conversational wellness hub.

AI Translation and Captioning Emerge at College Graduations

Wordly has seen increasing adoption of its translation and caption services during higher education graduations.

Vallige Introduces Val, a Smart Companion to Support Families Living with Dementia

Val is a voice-enabled companion to help dementia patients and their caregivers.

Bland Raises Funds to Advance Voice AI

Bland has surpassed $100 million in funding to advance Voice AI for complex, high-stakes conversations.

Klick Labs Partners with Mayo Clinic on Vocal Biomarker Research

Klick's clinical studies will involve multiple departments and study areas.

Krisp Launches Voice Translation v3

Krisp Voice Translation v3 is now self-serve via API, with new quality controls.

DentScribe Launches DentScribe Perio Charting 3.0

DentScribe Perio Charting 3.0 is specifically designed to understand periodontal terminology and workflows.

Treble Technologies and Hugging Face Benchmark ASR Models

Treble and Hugging Face launch the Far Field ASR (FFASR) Leaderboard, a community-driven benchmark of ASR models under realistic far-field acoustic conditions.

Modulate Expands Velma with Voice-Native Real-Time Conversation Intelligence

Modulate has released its flagship Velma model through its developer API.

Broadvoice Launches GoEngage and AI Analyst

Broadvoice GoEngage and AI Analyst bring voice AI and conversational insights to GoContact. (Featured on SmartCustomerService.com.)

Eltropy Expands Voice Authentication Ecosystem with Illuma, IDgo, and Pindrop

Eltropy is expanded its partnership ecosystem to expand voice authentication across consumer interactions for credit unions and community banks.

Greenhouse Acquires Ezra AI Labs

Greenhouse completes its acquisition of Ezra AI Labs, bringing conversational AI to the hiring process.