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Kashyap Kompella
founder, RPA2AI Research and AI Profs
Articles by Kashyap Kompella
Generative AI’s 6 Paradoxes for Customer Service
30 Aug 2024
The tensions and undercurrents in the wake of genAI should be better understood.
Medical Diagnosis Applications Are the Frontier of Speech Tech
09 Jul 2024
AI-based voice apps can help in the early diagnosis of disorders such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.
Voice Cloning Using Artificial Intelligence Is a Pandora’s Box
14 May 2024
It is the best of times, it is the worst of times for this powerful technology.
Audiovisual Speech Recognition Takes ASR to the Next Level
13 Mar 2024
Humans rely on audio and visual cues to comprehend speech, and ASR should do the same.
Generative AI and Speech Technology: Proceed with Caution
27 Dec 2023
With great power comes great responsibility.
The Need for Explainable AI in Speech Technology
06 Oct 2023
As artificial intelligence becomes more widely adopted, it will have to be more responsible.
Recognizing Atypical Speech Is ASR’s Achilles’ Heel
22 Jun 2023
Accessibility can't be an afterthought.
Voice Assistant Technology Struggles with Monetization
08 Mar 2023
Alexa, Siri, and the like are popular but not profitable.
The Brain-Computer Interface: The Frontier of Speech Tech
11 Oct 2022
BCI offers hope for assistive technologies that help people who can no longer articulate speech.
The Rise (and Risks) of Speech Synthesis Applications
04 Aug 2022
The use cases for synthetic voice abound, but companies will need to guard against malicious actors.
Why Speech Tech Is Key to a Well-Rounded Metaverse
11 Apr 2022
Voice adds an exciting fourth dimension to 3-D virtual worlds.
NLP and Data Statements: Let’s Speak the Right Language(s)
08 Dec 2021
‘Natural' language processing must not mean ‘English' language processing
Building the Next Generation of ASR: Speech Emotion Recognition Apps
07 Sep 2021
Getting rich real-world data is critical, but it's only half the battle.
Speech Emotion Recognition: The Next Step in the User Experience
05 Mar 2021
Enhancing speech technology's emotional quotient will do wonders for human-machine interactions. The first in a two-part series.
Digital Assistants and Privacy: Artificial Intelligence Weighs in
30 Nov 2020
AI has some thoughts about whether it knows too much about you
Mitigating Bias in Speech Recognition Systems
01 Aug 2020
The fault, dear Siri, is not in our voices, but in our choices
Voice Interfaces and Contactless Interactions
01 May 2020
A shift in our preferences toward eliminating or reducing touchpoints seems inevitable
Consumer Voice Apps and Smart Devices Lead the Way for Speech Tech
07 Feb 2020
Interface and data security challenges remain, however
Smart Speakers Should Embrace Privacy by Design
09 Dec 2019
Privacy concerns are to be expected with always-on devices that are passively listening to your most intimate conversations. But media reports of employees and contractors of Amazon and Apple listening to such voice recordings have escalated such concerns.
Security Threats to Speech Apps in the Age of Deep Fakes
16 Sep 2019
As machine learning marches forward, we are becoming aware of the dangers of "deep fakes" generated by deep learning algorithms. Not surprisingly, machines can be both the problem and the solution.
What’s Your Enterprise Strategy for Voice Applications?
01 Jul 2019
It matters who your target is