"Audio search is evolving! Neural embeddings, cross-modal AI, & edge computing boost accuracy, semantic understanding, & privacy. #AI #VoiceTech #EdgeComputing" https://milvus.io/ai-quick-reference/what-are-effective-strategies-for-user-studies-in-audio-search-system-evaluation

🌟 Excited to share Thorsten-Voice's YouTube channel! 🎥 🗣️🔊 ♿ 💬

Thorsten presents innovative TTS solutions and a variety of voice technologies, making it an excellent starting point for anyone interested in open-source text-to-speech. Whether you're a developer, accessibility advocate, or tech enthusiast, his channel offers valuable insights and resources. Don't miss out on this fantastic content! 🎬

follow hem here: @thorstenvoice
or on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThorstenMueller YouTube channel!

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Goode @thorstenvoice, just found your channel and I'm impressed! Your work on TTS is fantastic and so important for accessibility in the FLOSS community. Keep it up! #AccessibilityMatters #FLOSS #TTS #OpenSource #Inclusivity #FOSS #Coqui #AI #CoquiAI #VoiceAssistant #Sprachassistent #VoiceTechnology #KünstlicheStimme #MachineLearning #Python #Rhasspy #TextToSpeech #VoiceTech #STT #SpeechSynthesis #SpeechRecognition #Sprachsynthese #ArtificialVoice #VoiceCloning #Spracherkennung #CoquiTTS #voice #a11y #ScreenReader

ScotRail's new AI announcer Iona, called an AI lassie, faces passenger criticism for its robotic voice. ScotRail uses phonetics for tricky names, but the tech sparks debate on AI, jobs & authentic accents. #AI #ScotRail #VoiceTech

DoorDash discontinued its AI-powered voice ordering service for restaurants in April 2025, less than two years after its August 2023 launch. #DoorDash #AI #VoiceTech #RestaurantTech #FoodTech #Automation #TechNews #AITrends

Kokoro TTS – Free Text to Speech Converter with Multilingual AI Voices

https://kokoroai.org

#HackerNews #KokoroTTS #FreeSpeech #MultilingualAI #TextToSpeech #VoiceTech

Spotify's AI DJ now takes voice commands. Chat with it to change genres, moods, or pick artists. This premium upgrade is rolling out in 60+ markets. #Spotify #AIDJ #VoiceTech

How Google Gemini/Assistant can help you celebrate Mother’s Day

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It’s almost Mother’s Day, and if you still haven’t gotten mom a gift yet — you need to get on that, right now. Whether you need to pull together some last minute plans or just want to find the right way to make mom’s day, Google Assistant is here to help.

• Hey Google, remind me to call Mom on Sunday: If your mom lives in a different time zone, use this feature to make sure to call until it’s too late. You can set these types of reminders well into the future, too. If this is on Sunday itself, have a busy morning? Don’t forget the big day. Ask your Assistant on Android or iOS phone to ‘Hey Google, remind me to call Mom’
• Pulling together your last minute plans? Ask your Assistant on Nest speaker, “What should I do for mom?”
• Looking for the perfect activity? Ask your Google Assistant on Android or iOS phone to “Find me nearby tea shops”
• Pick her up some flowers on your way to celebrate. Ask your Assistant “Where’s the nearest flower shop?” or If flowers at a park are more her style, ask “Where’s the nearest botanical garden?”
• Hey Google, show me a recipe for (favorite dish): If you’re hosting mom on the special day, who doesn’t love a homemade dinner? Google Assistant on the Nest Hub can display step-by-step recipes for you to follow along with. You can even use your voice or wave your hand to pause and resume the recipe as you’re cooking.
• Hey Google, play my Mother’s Day playlist: The perfect addition, ask your Assistant on Google Nest Audio.
• Hey Google, play a trivia game: To celebrate Mother’s Day with a family game night, ask your Assistant on Nest speaker.
• Hey Google, make a group call: Help mom feel closer to all of her friends and family with an easy group call. People can join the group call with their phone, smart speaker, smart display, laptop, or any device that’s compatible with Google Duo.
• Hey Google, book a table at [restaurant] for Mother’s Day: Mother’s Day brunch is a big tradition in many families, so it’s best to have a table waiting for you on that busy Sunday.

https://youtu.be/JE5QU3W9DY0

Google Wants to Help You Out This Mother’s Day

https://youtu.be/qQxt94efi3w

Mother’s Day is on the second Sunday of May every year, so you still have plenty of time to think up the perfect gift idea. With Google’s smart speakers you can manage a full smart home configuration of lighting, security, and entertainment devices that may be appealing to your mom, If she will be interested in a smart home upgrade.

We all love looking back at family photos, but often the process of preserving and sharing our photos isn’t as fun as it is snapping them. If you’re that person who takes hundreds of photos at family gatherings (and sometimes forgets to share them), Google Nest Hub can give you a helping hand this Mother’s Day.

The hub doubles as a digital photo frame that automatically refreshes the photos that are displayed, and features your best shots. Whether you’re taking photos or curating collections to make mum or gran smile, here are a few ways Nest Hub can help you celebrate your most treasured memories together:

Automatically organize and share your memories with live albums… 

We take lots of photos and videos with the important people in our lives, but sharing those memories can take time. To help you curate and share your most treasured family memories, live albums with Google Photos lets you see your best and latest shots on the Hub automatically. Just choose the people (and pets) you want to see, and Google Photos will automatically add photos of them to your album as you take them (avoiding duplicates and blurry shots).

… and keep mum and gran in the loop 

If your mum or gran loves constant photo updates of what your family gets up to, Hub can help you keep her in the loop. Instead of sending her photos via message every day, you can set up a live album on her Hub device with your Photos account so she can see your special moments as they happen. You still have full control of which photos she can see – only the highlights with certain people, or the ones you’ve selected as favorites.

Search and replay the memories with a simple voice command 

Say goodbye to endless scrolling on your phone to find photos you’re looking for! When you’re at home with family, say “Hey Google, show my photos with mom from last November” or “Show my photos with gran in the Woods” to bring up some of your favorite memories for everyone to enjoy.

Beyond the magic of Photos, Nest Hub can also give mum the gift of inspiration. It can play her favorite music, guide her through recipes – and give her a yoga class!

Our mothers are our first “original helpers”. The goal is to get your mom some help around the house with an Assistant device.  If you’re still struggling to find the right gift, perhaps these deals on smart speakers will help.

Google Nest products are discounted for Mother’s Day

• Google Nest Mini is $47.49 (usually $49.99) at Walmart
• Google Nest Audio is $69.98 (usually $99) at Walmart

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It’s a gift that many moms are sure to love, so pick up a Google Nest Audio or Nest Mini, slack a bow on the box, and consider your Mother’s Day gift shopping to be done.

It goes without saying that a gift should not be the only thing you do to honor your mother for Mother’s Day. Let her know she is remembered, buy some flowers, send a card, spend some time exclusively with her or show up in person first and just tell her what’s in your heart; let the gift be an addition to whatever you’re already doing for her instead of everything you’re doing for her. Life is unpredictable, and these things shouldn’t go unsaid. As one daughter put it, “Mom, you did good.” For someone, who is fascinated by superheroes, here’s what I would say: You’re my Hero.

https://youtu.be/5H6LGT_hM3A

Mother’s, who’ve helped us grow as people. Who with love and imagination battled monsters living under our bed. Who showed us the wonder of the world and encouraged us to find our unique place in it. Who celebrated the weird in each of us and who challenged us to take chances, but err on the side of kindness. Who, whether in memory or in each moment, continue helping us grow each day. Thank you for all the patience, wisdom and teaching us what is most important in life.

Whether you’re spending the day at home or out and about, Google Assistant can help add to your celebrations this Mother’s Day.

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Call centers are being rescued… by bots. And no, it’s not sci-fi. 🤖

Remember the chaos of traditional call centers? Long wait times, frustrated customers, overwhelmed agents… the whole vibe was off.

But with no-code AI platforms like Voiceflow, that’s all changing.

✅ Drag and drop interfaces
✅ Natural Language Understanding (NLU)
✅ Seamless API integrations
✅ 24/7 support without burnout

The result? Happier customers. Empowered teams. And voice assistants that actually get your business.

Industries from healthcare to retail are already building these bots, without writing a single line of code.

Want to see why it’s easier than you think?

#ConversationalAI #VoiceTech #CustomerExperience #CallCenterAI #NoCode #AIForCX #VoiceAutomation #AIstrategy #DigitalTransformation #PromptEngineering #AItools #CustomerSupport #AIInnovation #Voiceflow #IVR #CXDesign

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🎙️ Tired of TTS tools messing up numbers?
Perspective Voices is a simple web app that reads your text naturally — even prices, dates & phone numbers.
✅ Powered by Google, ElevenLabs, & OpenAI
📄 Upload a doc or type text, get clean audio fast.
🚀 Launching soon: https://techopolis.kit.com
#TTS #Accessibility #VoiceTech #PerspectiveVoices #AI

Have you ever wondered how AI-Powered Voice Systems Actually Work? Check out my article on LinkedIn!

#ConversationalAI #VoiceTech #IVR #AIImplementation #PromptEngineering #HumanFirstAI #Twilio #ElevenLabs #OpenAI

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Check out my article about how how AI is reshaping VOICE, IVR & Public Sector Engagement!

#ConversationalAI #VoiceTech #IVR #AIinFinance #PublicSafetyAI #PromptEngineering #Twilio #ElevenLabs #ChatGPT

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🔥 New YouTube video alert! I'm taking a First Look at some interesting open source TTS projects: Kokoro, Fish, Llasa & Spark. 🤔

Come explore the latest voice technology with me.

https://youtu.be/mZgLVVNvoEk?si=PSzRzphyI07sed_k

#opensource #tts #voicetech #community

Sesame AI’s Hyper-Realistic Voice Assistant Nears $1B Valuation as Sequoia, Spark Eye $200M Investment

#AI #AIVoice #SesameAI #VoiceTech #ConversationalAI #AIAssistants #SpeechSynthesis #SequoiaCapital

https://winbuzzer.com/2025/04/01/sesame-ais-hyper-realistic-voice-assistant-nears-1b-valuation-as-sequoia-spark-eye-200m-investment-xcxwbn/

Developers are concerned about the future of monetizing Alexa's voice experiences, as Amazon prepares to launch Alexa+—without many of the 160K current skills. Will this reshape the Alexa ecosystem? 🤔🔮 #Alexa #VoiceTech #Developers #TechNews #Monetization #Amazon #AI #VoiceExperience

🤖 AI
🔴 Anthropic Developing Voice Mode for Claude

🔸 Anthropic is working on voice features for its Claude chatbot.
🔸 CPO Mike Krieger confirmed internal voice prototypes are in progress.
🔸 Talks with Amazon and ElevenLabs are ongoing but no deal yet.

#Anthropic #Claude #AI #VoiceTech #Innovation

Anthropic CPO Mike Krieger reveals the company is gearing up for enterprise features & voice product launches with multiple partners. Big things ahead! #AI #MachineLearning #TechNews #EnterpriseTech #VoiceTech #Innovation #AICommunity #Anthropic

🤖 AI
🔴 Google Integrates Chirp 3 in Vertex AI

🔸 Chirp 3 offers speech-to-text and HD text-to-speech features with 8 new voices in 31 languages.
🔸 Use cases include voice assistants, audiobooks, and video voice-overs.
🔸 CEO Thomas Kurian highlighted safety measures to prevent misuse.
🔸 Google expands Vertex AI alongside Gemini, Imagen, and Veo 2.

#Google #Chirp3 #AI #VoiceTech #VertexAI

🎙️ Just built a real-time mic transcriber using Vosk and Cursor! Live-updates transcripts in Notepad++ for quick copying into your LLM—feels like magic! ✨ #AI #VoiceTech #Python https://youtu.be/QcQX9RboAOw

MLCommons and Hugging Face have launched a multilingual speech dataset with over one million hours of audio #AI #AIResearch #HuggingFace #MLCommons #MachineLearning #NLP #SpeechDataset #SpeechRecognition #VoiceRecognition #VoiceTech

https://winbuzzer.com/2025/02/01/mlcommons-and-hugging-face-launch-huge-speech-dataset-with-more-than-a-million-hours-of-audio-xcxwbn/