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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!

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or on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThorstenMueller YouTube channel!

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

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

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

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

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/

AI voice tech is revolutionizing accessibility—but is it for everyone? Let’s talk alternatives, inclusivity, and what the future holds. Tune in here: https://bit.ly/4a0EXpG
#AIAccessibility #VoiceTech #InclusiveDesign

Just downloaded Google Gemini for iPhone! In Live Mode, one of the voices sounds exactly like Gloria from *Midnight Burger*! #GoogleGemini #MidnightBurger #VoiceTech

I’m listening to Chapter One of the textbook for the Philosophy module I have just started at University. It is a printed book, but I was also given it in PDF format.
I’m using ElevenReader to read it on my iPhone. The voice quality is amazing, the best I have heard in almost 40 years.
#Philosophy #UniversityLife #AccessibleTech #ElevenLabs #VoiceTech #BlindCommunity #PDF #iPhone

OpenAI expands its Advanced Voice Mode with five new voices, now rolling out to ChatGPT Plus and Teams users! Next week, enterprise and education users will join the fun. Get ready for a more dynamic conversational experience! #OpenAI #ChatGPT #VoiceTech #AIInnovation

What is Moshi AI Voice Chatbot and How is it Different than GPT-4o?

See here - https://techchilli.com/artificial-intelligence/moshi-ai-voice-chatbot/

OpenAI ha dovuto fare un post per spiegare che la voce di Sky usata nell’attuale assistente vocale non sia quello di Scarlett Johansson ma quello di una vocalist. #ChatGPT #AI #VoiceTech

https://kiro.it/vociChatgpt

"What voice do you use on your devices? On my iPhone and iPad, it's Zoe. Surface laptop? Microsoft Jenny. Pixel tablet? No idea! Reading Kindle books, I use the Voiceover voice on my iPhone and iPad. #VoiceTech #Accessibility #TechLife #Accessibility #Blind

Parloa raises $66M in Series B funding led by Altimeter Capital. Exciting developments ahead as the German conversational AI firm expands U.S. operations and advances voice-first customer service technology.

Whispp, an AI-powered app, gives a voice to those with speech disorders like stuttering. It converts speech into natural voice or whispers, reducing stuttering frequency by 85%. CEO Castermans highlights its impact on communication and quality of life. #VoiceTech #Empowerment

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jenniferkitepowell/2024/03/30/heres-how-voice-assisted-ai-technology-can-give-people-a-voice-again/?sh=3ca300484ecc