Google Meet API in preview, Galaxy Live Translate for Calls, ElevenLabs at $1B?
Voice AI is getting everywhere, from restaurants to cars, and from adtech to bulldozers.
Top Updates 💪
Most rated open-source TTS projects: Coqui, TortoiseTTS, Piper, Bark
Google Meet API is now rolling out for developer preview
Galaxy phones will use AI to translate phone calls in real-time. Audio translations will be “in real-time as you speak” and will work on-device
Zoho integrates Krisp’s real-time noise-cancellation technology
MSI integrates VoiceMod’s real-time voice-changing technology
CallMiner launches semantic search on chat interactions
Close CRM launches a call assistant
MacOS Sonoma will have a feature called Live Speech which lets you type what you want to say and reads it aloud in FaceTime
Noteworthy 📝
Biden's AI chief says 'voice cloning' is what keeps him up at night
Zoom Clips (async video) is now generally available
A new study revealed just how easily people can be tricked by AI-generated voices, with only one in 50 able to tell the difference
YouTube’s latest AI experiments include a new chatbot that’s designed to summarize comments and ask questions re the video
Perion Network revealed WAVE, an audio adtech that creates and reads scripts in human voice for ad spots served on podcasts, radio, and music streaming services
Conversational AI company Native Voice has teamed with Walmart to bring Voice AI to vehicles
New study: TTS market is set to experience a significant growth rate
Vonage vs. Google Voice: Head-to-Head Comparison.
Conversation Intelligence: What’s in it for Service Providers in 2023?
Foresight Intelligence today introduced new AI-powered features. Users can now use Voice interface to ask for real-time information about the equipment, such as bulldozers, excavators, and trucks
Startups & Funding 🚀
ElevenLabs valuation soars from $100M to $1B?
Limeline - AI meeting assistant
Castmagic - Turn audio into content
Demos 😎
How to build a Call Summary for Customer Service calls on top of AWS
Using FFmpeg with Google Cloud Speech-to-Text
Latency metrics of top TTS products:
Science Corner 🔭
Researchers developed AI algorithms that let users pick which sounds filter through their headphones in real-time