Category: text to speech

Google Assistant now reads replies from third-party messaging apps

Post author By Randall
Post date August 4, 2019
Categories In Android, chat, gear, Google, Google Assistant, Internet, io, Messaging, Mobile, Tech, text to speech, text-to-speech, voice assistant

[ad_1] The feature might not be widely available as of this writing, so don’t be surprised if Assistant scratches its head when you ask for an answer. This could be a huge upgrade for some people whenever it does arrive, though. The read-aloud feature is particularly useful when you’re driving, cooking or otherwise have your […]

Microsoft AI creates realistic speech with little training

Post author By Randall
Post date May 26, 2019
Categories In Ai, deep learning, gear, Internet, machine learning, Microsoft, neural network, personal computing, personalcomputing, Robots, Science, Tech, text to speech

[ad_1] The system relies in part on Transformers, or deep neural networks that roughly emulate neurons in the brain. Transformers weigh every input and output on the fly like synaptic links, helping them process even lengthy sequences very efficiently — say, a complex sentence. Combine that with a noise-removing encoder component and the AI can […]