Speech Technology eWeekly - June 14, 2023

Features

2023 Vertical Markets Spotlight: Speech Technology in Travel and Hospitality

Voice brings concierge service to bookings and hotel stays.

Speech Technology News

Microsoft Gives a Voice to Bing Chat

Bing Chatbot can now have a voice conversation with users thanks to the addition of speech-to-text capabilities.

3Play Media Finds AI Has Led to Significant Improvements in Speech Recognition

Study finds great advances in accuracy, but even the best engines performed below industry standards.

SyncWords Launches Platform for In-Player Live AI Captioning, Subtitling, and Dubbing

SyncWords now enables translation, captioning, and dubbing directly within streaming media players.

Storytel Partners with ElevenLabs on VoiceSwitcher

Storytel and ElevenLabs are teaming up to develop audiobook AI voices and a VoiceSwitcher solution for customizing voices at scale.

ROI4Presenter Launches Pitch Avatar

ROI4Presenter's new Pitch Avatar is a virtual assistant for creating avatars to make presentations.

Industry Voices

What Does Scaling Mean for the Speech-to-Text Industry?

Speech-to-text services have gained accuracy, but scaling will require additional compute power.