Speech Technology eWeekly - August 12, 2026

Speech Technology News

Researchers Propose Alternatives to Word-Error Rate

WER improperly weighs all words in a sentence the same, researchers assert.

Speech Processing Solutions Launches Philips SpeechLive Legal AI Assistant

New SpeechLive Legal AI Assistant enables customizable document drafting powered by speech recognition tuned for legal terminology.

Insta360 Launches AI Voice Assistant for GO Ultra

Ask by Voice turns the Go Ultra into a voice assistant for travelers with real-time translation, voice and photo Q&A.

ElevenLabs Launches Dubbing v2 API

ElevenLabs' Dubbing v2 now provides direct speech-to-speech AI dubbing across 92 languages.