Topic: text-to-speech
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Google Docs Adds AI Audio Summaries with Gemini
Google Docs has launched AI-powered audio summaries, a new feature that generates brief spoken overviews of documents to enable quicker comprehension without reading. The tool is accessible via the Tools menu, offering customizable playback speeds and voice styles, and is powered by Google's Gemi...
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Twilio's Conversation Relay: The End of IVR Systems?
Twilio's Conversation Relay replaces traditional IVR systems with AI-driven voice agents that enable natural, real-time phone conversations, eliminating rigid menu trees. The platform offers flexibility by allowing businesses to choose their preferred speech-to-text, text-to-speech engines, and A...
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ScamAgent: How AI Is Fueling a New Era of Fraudulent Calls
AI-driven scams are evolving to use multi-turn conversations that bypass traditional safety systems by breaking malicious intent into incremental, seemingly harmless steps. These advanced scams can adapt their approach based on victim responses, altering tone and tactics, and are increasingly rea...
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Beyond Neuralink: The Future of Brain Tech
Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) enable individuals with mobility challenges, like ALS patient Brad Smith, to control devices such as laptops and webcams through thought, replacing less effective systems like eye-tracking. Users often innovate by combining BCIs with consumer technology, such as w...
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Customize Your NotebookLM Audio Overviews In-App: A Quick Guide
NotebookLM's mobile app has introduced enhanced customization for its Audio Overview tool, allowing users to adjust audio length and include guiding prompts for more tailored outputs. The update includes significant performance improvements, such as a 95% reduction in buffering times and easier a...
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Roblox Unveils Short-Form Video Feed & AI Creator Tools
Roblox introduced a new short-form video feature called "Roblox Moments" for users aged 13 and above, enabling gameplay recording, editing, and sharing within a community feed. The platform is increasing monetization for developers by raising the DevEx rate, allowing creators to earn 8.5% more wh...
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Google Translate Adds 'Advanced' and 'Fast' Mode Options
Google Translate now offers two translation modes, Advanced for high accuracy in complex tasks and Fast for quicker results, with the choice available directly in the app interface. The Advanced mode is currently limited to text translation in select languages and does not appear to require a pai...
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