Windows 11 update brings two new natural voices: ‘Jenny’ and ‘Aria’ | ZDNet
Microsoft continues to focus on accessibility in new Windows 11…
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Synthetic Voices Want to Take Over Audiobooks
When voice actor Heath Miller sits down in his boatshed-turned-home studio in Maine to record a new audiobook narration, he has already read the text through…
YouTube announces 135 creators in its 2022 Black Voices Fund
YouTube is announcing 135 creators who will take part in the #YouTubeBlack Voices Fund, including a slate of 40 in the US and Canada. The fund provides…
New method to make AI-generated voices more expressive
Credit: University of California - San Diego
Researchers…
African Voices Must Lead the Global Climate Conversation
Next fall, an African country, most likely Egypt, will host COP27—the 27th UN Climate Change conference. This will come on the heels of two more…
LG sends voices to you from above with its new soundbar
LG has announced a new 9.1.5-channel Dolby Atmos and DTS:X soundbar featuring a novel upward firing center speaker that bounces dialogue off the celling…
LG’s next Dolby Atmos soundbar bounces voices off the ceiling for better clarity
LG has unveiled another early CES 2022 product – the LG S95QR Dolby Atmos Soundbar – two weeks ahead of the big technology event. What sets next year’s…
Disney’s text-to-speech TikTok voices censored words like “gay” and “lesbian”
TikTokers have demonstrated that Disney’s text-to-speech TikTok voice, meant to sound like Rocket the Raccoon, would refuse to read words like “gay,”…
Chrome OS adds more natural voices for ‘Select-to-speak’ accessibility feature
Dyslexia affects as much as and is one of the most common learning disabilities. It’s for that reason accessibility features like the " tool in Chrome OS…