Speech Technology eWeekly - November 30, 2022

Features

Accents Still Elude Speech Recognition Systems, But for How Long?

Speech technology vendors are more aware of accent and dialect discrepancies and are working to address them.

Speech Technology News

Aivo Launches Video Conversational AI

Aivo's Video Conversational AI, developed with Synthesia, is a AI-generated video avatar to interact with customers. (Featured on DestinationCRM.com.)

3M Adds Templates to Fluency for Imaging

Enhancements to 3M Fluency for Imaging allow radiologists to insert information into dictated reports.

Deepgram Raises $47 Million

Deepgram's $47 million in new funding will help it further develop AI Speech Understanding.

USF Professors Look to Commercialize Here I Am Voice Alibi Technology

Researchers at the University of South Florida are licensing a patented technology that can confirm  individuals' identities and locations using their voices.

Talkdesk Launches Automation Designer

Talkdesk Automation Designer is a low-code tool to customize contact center systems.

WhatsApp to Offer Voice Notes Feature

WhatsApp is beta-testing a capability that will allow platform users to record voice notes as status updates.