Silicon Valley is driving users to ditch keyboards and spend hours talking to their tech

A growing number of software developers in Silicon Valley are dictating coding instructions for hours at a time instead of ...

The best text-to-speech tools: Expert tested

Speechify is a solid alternative for folks who want realistic text-to-speech on mobile for everything from web pages to e-books, while ElevenLabs has some of the best natural-sounding voices for voice ...
MacStories

Clawdbot Showed Me What the Future of Personal AI Assistants Looks Like

For the past week or so, I’ve been working with a digital assistant that knows my name, my preferences for my morning routine ...
IEEE

Text-to-Speech With Lip Synchronization Based on Speech-Assisted Text-to-Video Alignment and Masked Unit Prediction

Abstract: Text-to-speech (TTS) with lip synchronization (TTSLS) is the task of generating a speech signal synchronized with the lip movements in a video given the text transcription and the video ...
Geeky Gadgets

5 Best Free Speech-to-Text APIs in 2025 Compared & Tested

What if you could transform hours of audio into precise, actionable text with just a few lines of code? In 2025, this is no longer a futuristic dream but a reality powered by innovative speech-to-text ...
WPLG

Here is the text of Maria Corina Machado’s Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech

APTOPIX Norway Nobel Peace The daughter of the Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Ana Corina Sosa, accepts the award on behalf of her mother, Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, during the ...
Nature

The brain’s speech centre responds to universal and specific features of language

More than 7,000 languages are spoken around the world, but the human brain becomes highly specialized to process speech in an individual’s own language. Recordings from human brains reveal the shared ...
InfoQ

Voices Enables Fast Text-to-Speech for Java Applications

A monthly overview of things you need to know as an architect or aspiring architect. Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with ...
Foreign Policy

Trump to U.N.: ‘Your Countries Are Going to Hell’

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Bloomberg L.P.

Musk’s Neuralink Plans Speech Trial, Nonmedical Brain Implant

Neuralink Corp., Elon Musk’s brain implant company, plans to launch a clinical trial in the US in October aiming to use its device to translate thoughts into text, potentially opening up new ...
Pratt Institute

Text Processing and Analysis with Python

Unlock automatic understanding of text data! Join our hands-on workshop to explore how Python—and spaCy in particular—helps you process, annotate, and analyze text. This workshop is ideal for data ...
The Hill

Bondi in hot water over hate speech comments

Attorney General Pam Bondi is under scrutiny over her comments about cracking down on certain rhetoric in the wake of the killing of Charlie Kirk, marking the latest controversy of her own making.