The top 3 reasons why you should add voice features to your website
There are many reasons why one should implement voice features into their website. Voice features are tools used to convert written text on a website, to spoken words. The voice features on ResponsiveVoice are created by the newest of technologies and are therefore very dynamic. But why should you bother adding voice features to your […]
The online market share, and how to get it
A couple of decades ago, when the phenomenal internet was on the rise, many companies benefit ted from the trend. Companies started to go online and immediately found themselves in a position of competitive advantage. With one simple website, people were able to research on how to spend their money online for the first time. […]
Assistive Technology Impact on College Examinations
Assistive technology has come a long way from as simple as pencil grips and magnifying glass to eye recognition software and voice output technologies. In addition, ATs have also made a significant contribution in improving how learning is communicated in the classroom. New developments in eLearning showed that assistive technology can also improve college examination […]
AI Speech Synthesis Evolution – Baidu and Realistic Human Text to Speech and More!
Baidu is truly challenging Google! Recently, Baidu announced that it plans to open source its software for self-driving cars to accelerate its development. Just a few months back, this tech titan released its new innovation in the text-to-speech technology that’s way ahead of Google’s Wavenet. Baidu’s project is called Deep Voice and unlike WaveNet, Deep […]
Spectronics – Inclusive Learning Technologies for the Physically Challenged
Text-to-speech or TTS may have established its presence in the technology market as one of the most innovative platforms dedicated for assistive purposes.TTS is more and more being used in the education sector in which the technology is primarily utilized to assist the physically challenged with their learning. One example of a company dedicating its […]
Text-to-Speech and Assistive Technology for Libraries
Assistive technologies have come a long way from guiding drivers on the road with the use of speech-enabled GPS devices to enabling endless possibilities for the visually impaired in communicating and learning. Libraries in America are acknowledging the need for integrating assistive technologies to accommodate the visually impaired patrons. One example is the New Jersey […]
Text-to-Speech: Upgraded Alexa
One of the most distinct features of any TTS application is the voice that reads the text on the device. Amazon, the largest online retail company in the world has gone far and wide with the use of its own TTS technology named Alexa. The AI-powered assistant is considered to be one of the most […]
Text-to-Speech and Immersive Reading
The publishing industry has evolved from the traditional paper medium to digital text to the text-to-speech version and the latest trend, immersive reading. This new publishing platform offers a reading experience that does not only use the eyes, but the sense of hearing as well. Multiple digital media tools are utilized with the aim to […]
Google’s Deepmind AI Fakes Some Of The Most Realistic Human Voices Yet
There’s a growing trend of people relying more and more on AI personal assistants like Siri from Apple, Alexa from Amazon, Cortana from Microsoft and the Google Assistant. Apple and Microsoft are using concatenative text to speech programs where they make recordings of real human voices, rearranged them and combined in small bits. The result […]