Weekly Digest: Updates from Meta, AssemblyAI, Apple, Deepgram, and others
Let’s watch this once more. The possibilities of <2 seconds translation are incredible.
Top Updates 💪
Meta AI launches Audiobox, the first foundational audio model supporting both voice and text prompts
AssemblyAI raised $50M Series C round to build more Speech AI models
Introduced in iOS 17, Apple's Personal Voice feature lets you record your voice and then use it to speak what you type during a phone call
Deepdub, startup with ties to HBO Max and Fox, launches royalty program for AI voice clones
Deepgram launches Aura, a fast conversational TTS for real-time AI agents
Noteworthy 📝
Cloud AI and Local AI could coexist - per Windows’s Chief
How Do Noise Canceling Headphones Work?
Zoom fatigue is not burnout. It’s boreout. New study: when meetings are virtual, we’re not overwhelmed—we’re understimulated.
Resemble AI launches new real-time Deepfake audio detector
Read AI expands to scheduling, project management, audio recap
Respeecher raises $1M to add a few studios to its media and gaming clients
MacWhisper transcription now up to 3x faster on Macs with Apple silicon
SoundHound AI acquires SYNQ3 to expand its Customer Service solutions and create the largest Voice AI provider for restaurants
How to scale your voice assistant: Interview with FedEx’s Paul Pugal
Whispp to launch new real-time assistive Voice technology, helping millions with voice disabilities speak in their natural voice
Demos 😎
Dubbing AI: Real-Time Voice Changer app
Meta AI translation demo
Lip sync + voice cloning + subtitles
Xound AI sound enhancement system
Google AI presents Translatotron 3: A novel, unsupervised Speech-to-speech translation architecture
How to convert PDFs into Audiobooks using OpenAI’s TTS API