The Verge

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

AI speech synthesis is quick, easy, and uncannily good Cloning your voice using artificial intelligence is simultaneously tedious and simple: hallmarks of a technology that’s just about mature and ready to go public. Voice clones aren’t perfect, but they’re improving fast. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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The Verge

MARCH 6, 2021

Just like the Move, it will support voice commands for either Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant. Connecting to both at once will allow you to play a song from your phone or another device nearby to the Roam over Bluetooth — and that music can then also be played across the rest of your Sonos multi-room system. Measuring 6.5

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The Verge

APRIL 2, 2021

Until recently, the default voice for Apple’s Siri assistant has been stereotypically female-sounding. However, studies have found that having AI assistants default to female-sounding voices can reinforce harmful stereotypes , so Apple has tried to fix that in its upcoming iOS 14.5, When you update your phone to iOS 14.5,

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TechSpot

MAY 2, 2024

As 9to5Google highlights, the tech giant is rolling out audio emoji in its phone app for some reason. The feature is launching with six sound effects including clapping (applause), laughing, party, crying (trombone), sting (ba dum tss), and poop (a fart noise). Read Entire Article

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Today, a startup called Infinitus is coming out of stealth to apply this concept to the world of healthcare — specifically, to speed up the process of voice communication between entities in the fragmented U.S. hours each day to being on the phone. healthcare industry. There are 900 million calls of these kinds made in the U.S.,

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

JULY 16, 2011

Thanks to the inspiration of my nptech colleague Joel Remigio , I am now experimenting with a Google Voice phone number! Historically, I have disliked using phones, mostly because: 1) My hearing is not the greatest. 3) I don't like listening to voice mail , because the messages always sound garbled to me.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Google goes back to its old tricks, mostly for the better The amount of effort Google seems to put into its Pixel phones while simultaneously ensuring that they look and feel mundane never ceases to astonish me. The Pixel 5 has a simple rear-mounted fingerprint sensor that harkens back to Android phones from 2018, not 2020.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Sit quietly for a moment and pay attention to the different sounds around you. These are all noises Cochlear.ai , a Seoul-based sound recognition startup, is training its SaaS platform to identify. will use its Series A on hiring over the next 18 months and to increase the dataset of sounds used to train its deep learning algorithms.

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TechSpot

MARCH 6, 2023

The Washington Post reports that a Canadian couple in their 70s recently received a phone call from what sounded like their grandson claiming he was in jail and needed bail money. They withdrew a maximum 3,000 Canadian dollars from one bank and were about to take the same amount out. Read Entire Article

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The Verge

JUNE 25, 2020

These improvements range from new features like sound recognition to improvements to Apple’s existing accessibility features like its VoiceOver screen reader. iOS 14 comes with support for Sound Recognition in Accessibility. Your phone can now listen for specific sounds – a baby crying, smoke alarm, water running, etc. –

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Earlier this year, Nvidia released RTX Voice, a beta software to process audio and suppress almost all background noise, and it worked amazingly well. My colleague Jon Porter made the sound of his clacking mechanical keyboard completely disappear. Nvidia Broadcast is a follow-up to the RTX Voice beta.

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TechSpot

JUNE 13, 2024

Japanese investment giant SoftBank is developing an AI that aims to alter a caller's voice if they begin shouting at customer service or call center employees. The company plans to release the tool sometime next year. Read Entire Article

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2021

Eileen on sound bites: “If you are watching an interview on TV and some brilliant sound bite rolls off the person’s tongue, chances are very high that did not happen by accident. Eileen on energy levels: “You want to change up the sound of your voice and the visual variety of the slides, so people stay with you.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Spatial audio crams an immersive, surround sound-like experience into a set of earbuds or headphones. And it accurately keeps the sound source anchored to your iPhone or iPad, so if you turn your head, you’ll notice that the audio stays in front of you. Yep, sounds like spatial audio.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Google launched a new app called Relate, a voice assistant that recognizes impaired speech. Google launched a beta app today that people with speech impairments can use as a voice assistant while contributing to a multiyear research effort to improve Google’s speech recognition. Image: Google.

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The Verge

JUNE 4, 2020

New to the M4 model is a long-requested option to connect to two Bluetooth devices (like a phone and a laptop) simultaneously. There’s also an interesting new Adaptive Sound Control feature that allows users to set custom settings profiles for different locations (like a library or a coffee shop) through Sony’s companion app.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Boses Ultra Open Earbuds, meanwhile, lead a burgeoning category of hearables that let in outside sound instead of tuning you out, with a comfy design that clips to the side of the ear. As with the innovations in wearables, its another way youll be able to leave the phone in your pocket for a while longer.

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The Verge

APRIL 18, 2022

In a new update , Telegram announced it’s letting users set any sound as their notification tone. You can use short audio files uploaded from your phone and save voice messages as notification tones from a chat. Telegram says it currently supports audio files and voice messages under 300KB and less than five seconds long.

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The Verge

AUGUST 6, 2020

But competitors haven’t been sitting idle: Bose’s Noise Canceling Headphones 700 are neck and neck with Sony for noise cancellation and have better microphones for voice calls. And aside from a few tweaks Sony made to how it upscales music, the 1000XM4s sound just like their predecessors — a very good thing, trust me. Look familiar?

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Mashable Tech

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

You can actually hear real-time translations through your Buds when using the Interpreter feature on a Galaxy phone. Samsung upgraded these with SSC HiFi and UHQ audio codecs, which support 24-bit/96kHz high-resolution sound. They’re now on sale for $134.99 First off, the AI features are wild. In a noisy environment?

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The Verge

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Siri can now be set as the default voice assistant in the Ecobee SmartThermostat. The Apple voice assistant arrives via a free software update allowing you to say “Hey Siri” to the thermostat to set the temperature, send an intercom message, and use all of Siri’s smart speaker features. Image: Ecobee. Welcome to the future.

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The Verge

JULY 28, 2020

Google and Samsung are in discussions for a deal that would give the US tech giant’s services more prominence on Samsung phones at the expense of those from the Korean manufacturer, according to a report by Bloomberg. The deal would reportedly involve promoting the Google Assistant and the Play Store over Samsung’s own alternatives.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 15, 2021

A mood-setting novelty speaker that doesn’t slouch on sound Every so often, you get a reminder that Weird Sony is still alive and well. It’s fair to say that the $350 LSPX-S3 Glass Sound Speaker is exactly that kind of product. There’s no muddiness whatsoever to the sound. It might feel a little out of place in some contexts.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Next year’s Qualcomm processor will allow these cameras to always scan for your face, even when you’re not using the phone. Your phone’s front camera is always securely looking for your face, even if you don’t touch it or raise to wake it.” The front-facing camera on a Samsung smartphone. Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

But what you may not have anticipated was that $41m of these dollars flowed through mobile phones via “premium text messages.” As it turns out, The Red Cross used but one of several common methods to generate revenue from mobile phone owners. Text to voice donations. This, you expected. The Red Cross received 4.1

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Judi Sohn

AUGUST 1, 2011

After reading reviews and getting opinions from friends on social media, as well as time spent just playing with different phones in the AT&T store, I decided on the Samsung Infuse 4G. It’s incredible how light and thin this phone is. No hoops to jump through in order to switch seamlessly to Google Voice and back.

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Blue Avocado

DECEMBER 10, 2024

A client tried that a few months ago, producing 26 pages of good-looking but empty words and research citations that sounded great, but didn’t exist. Once funded, keep the funder informed, not just with the mandatory reports, but also by emails or phone calls. Your Voice Matters!

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The Verge

OCTOBER 13, 2021

There’s also a built-in microphone for taking calls and interacting with the voice assistant on your phone. Bose still sells the much pricier Portable Smart Speaker for $400 with built-in voice capabilities, but you can do better for less money than that.). Image: Bose. Controls are located at the top.

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The Verge

MAY 21, 2020

Google is also adding features to Live Transcribe , Bluetooth support to Sound Amplify, and better navigation options to Voice Access. It works via Google Assistant, so anything you can ask for with your voice can be typed in. Android’s Sound Amplify feature lets people use their phones to amplify and clarify audio.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

For many of us, calling a doctor’s office, an insurance carrier, customer support, or indeed any kind of administrative office has become an exercise in frustration — especially these days, when increased demand and cuts in staffing have made phone waits interminable.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

They’ve switched from an open-air design to a sealed fit; have better sound, thanks to that decision (and a partnership with THX); and they offer adequate active noise cancellation. For Samsung , it’s the clever new speech detection feature that enables ambient sound as soon as you start talking. In Apple’s case, that’s Spatial Audio.

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The Verge

JULY 1, 2020

Whether your top priority is sound quality, comfort, battery life, voice call quality, or noise cancellation, the current field of products is full of great options. For people who demand the absolute best sound quality, Sennheiser is the go-to. If you’re after something sportier, that’s where the Powerbeats Pro win out.

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The Verge

JULY 29, 2020

The criteria for picking the best noise-canceling headphones hasn’t changed: the most important measures are how well they can eliminate outside noise, sound quality, battery life, whether they support simultaneous pairing to multiple devices, and comfort. The WH-1000XM3 sound more punchy and fuller than the Noise Canceling Headphones 700.

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Judi Sohn

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

An iPhone purchased 3 years ago can be upgraded to the latest operating system, but an Android phone purchased 3 months ago is stuck with an evolving operating system nearly 2 complete versions behind. My phone launched in May 2011 with Android 2.2 And to make it worse it varies per phone. My phone is not rooted.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 24, 2023

It sounds simple. Silence that inner commentator whose chatter is louder than any voice in the room. Put your phone away, or better yet, don’t bring it into the room. Tone of voice, body language, and facial expression are clues to what or how people want to communicate. What’s the first lesson of Leadership 101?

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The Verge

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Google’s latest smart speaker has good sound and an attractive price Four years is an eternity in the modern tech product world, but that’s exactly how long it’s been since Google’s first smart speaker, the Google Home , was released. Still, the Nest Audio’s shape is hard to describe without accidentally sounding pejorative.

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The Verge

JUNE 3, 2021

They retain the same enjoyable sound quality, and hands-free “Hey Google” access to Google Assistant and features like real-time language translation are still useful tricks to have at your disposal. The Bluetooth connection does seem to be stronger regardless of which pocket your phone is in. That’s a good thing.

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