OpenAI bets big on audio, and more this week!

Voice AI weekly digest

Top Updates 💪

• OpenAI bets big on audio as Silicon Valley declares war on screens (TechCrunch)

• Dialpad launches an Agentic AI Platform for customer service (CX Today)

• Wispr CEO: What a post-keyboard office might look like (Computerworld)

• Plaud Note Pro is an AI recorder that they carry everywhere (TechCrunch)

• Updates to Qwen Model Series and Fun-Audio-Chat-8B (Alizila)

• Krisp launches Live Captions for Call Center agents (Krisp Blog)

• Voice AI surges into 2026: Breakthroughs reshape business sectors (WebProNews)

• Viaim to showcase the future of AI audio & note-taking tech (AmeyawDebrah)

• Pronounce: AI-powered speech coaching that fits your schedule (Martech Zone)

• How Voice AI technology is transforming business communication (MetaPress)

• Mobvoi TicNote, officially launched in the Philippines (TechPinas)

• Kinyo S06 AI smart translation TWS wireless headphones review (iGeekphone)

• Carnegie Mellon’s AI-driven speech reconstruction tool aims to bridge gap for children’s speech disorders (TribLIVE Community)

• Voice AI startup Humelo builds emotion-aware speech engine (MK)

• Speech Typing aims to democratize digital accessibility (TrendHunter)

• Making voice AI work: Achieve zero hallucinations in contact centers (UC Today)

• Voice AI is the new interface, but is India’s infrastructure ready? (CXO Today)

• Transforming written content into natural speech (Critical Hit)

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Engineering Corner 😎

• Voice agents with Amazon Nova Sonic (DEV)

• Building production-ready voice agents (Shekhar Gulati)

• How to calculate ROI for voice AI agents in eCommerce (DEV)

• The best AI-powered dictation apps of 2025 (TechCrunch)

• FunASR: Last updates (PyPI)

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