Speech Technology eWeekly - July 01, 2026

Speech Technology News

Cash Flows in to Speech Company Coffers

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

Retell AI Launches Conductor

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

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.

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.