Speech Technology eWeekly - October 04, 2023

Features

2023 Speech Industry Award Winner: Microsoft’s VALL-E Breaks the Mold in AI Training

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: NVIDIA Is Making Voice AI Better for Almost Everyone

NVIDIA saw blowout second-quarter results, surging margins, and incredible demand, which prompted one analyst from Constellation Insights to conclude that "it's clear the company has little competition and a lot of pricing power."

Speech Technology News

Spotify Tests Voice Translation Feature

Spotify is testing a feature that translates podcasts into other languages while keeping the speaker's voice.

Forward Thinking

Conversational Assistants and Privacy

Guiding principles (and potential issues) for our AI-powered future.