News tagged with voice
UH students develop prototype device that translates sign language
Too often, communication barriers exist between those who can hear and those who cannot. Sign language has helped bridge such gaps, but many people are still not fluent in its motions and hand shapes.
Jun 01, 2012 |
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Monkey lip smacks provide new insights into the evolution of human speech
Scientists have traditionally sought the evolutionary origins of human speech in primate vocalizations, such as monkey coos or chimpanzee hoots. But unlike these primate calls, human speech is produced using ...
May 31, 2012 |
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Amazon streams video to Xbox 360 consoles
Online retail powerhouse Amazon.com on Tuesday announced a collaboration with Microsoft to begin streaming films and television shows to Xbox 360 videogame consoles.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
May 30, 2012 |
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Samsung begins Europe sales of Galaxy S III smartphone
Samsung Electronics Co., the world's largest maker of mobile phones, said its third-generation Galaxy S smartphone went on sale Tuesday in 28 European and Middle Eastern countries, hoping to cement its lead ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
May 29, 2012 |
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UK surveillance could yield window into lives
(AP) -- British officials have given their word: "We won't read your emails."
May 18, 2012 |
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Crows found able to distinguish between human voices
(Phys.org) -- Researchers at the University of Vienna have discovered that carrion crows are able to distinguish between familiar and unknown human voices. They also found, as they write in their paper published ...
May 16, 2012 |
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Ravens remember relationships they had with others
In daily life we remember faces and voices of several known individuals. Similarly, mammals have been shown to remember calls and faces of known individuals after a number of years. Markus Boeckle and Thomas ...
Apr 19, 2012 |
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Review: Wi-Fi bunny improves, still seeks purpose
(AP) -- Six years ago, a white plastic rabbit that was connected to my home Wi-Fi network read some news headlines and played a few songs. Colored lights on his belly lit up a few times throughout the day, ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Apr 04, 2012 |
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Sparrows change their tune to be heard in noisy cities
Sparrows in San Francisco's Presidio district changed their tune to soar above the increasing cacophony of car horns and engine rumbles, details new George Mason University research in the April edition of ...
Apr 02, 2012 |
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The sounds of Mars and Venus are revealed for the first time
In a world first, the sounds of Mars and Venus are revealed as part of a planetarium show in Hampshire this Easter.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 02, 2012 |
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Voice analysis aims to spot phone scams
Nagoya University researchers and Fujitsu Ltd. have developed technology they say can analyze suspicious phone conversations and detect bank transfer scams with a high degree of accuracy.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Mar 28, 2012 |
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That's, like, super cooool
A study published in December in the Journal of Voice found that female college students have popularized a linguistic fad called “vocal fry,” which has been described as a “guttural flutte ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 16, 2012 |
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Voters favor deep-voiced politicians: study
Candidates with lower-pitched voices may get more votes in the 2012 election.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 13, 2012 |
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New chips, faster networks to improve phone audio
Smartphone owners can surf the Web, pay bills, watch videos, enjoy music and send email. But while their gadgets have been designed to handle increasing amounts of data, experts say, less attention has been paid to their ...
Mar 02, 2012 |
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Locate and guide function for the human symbiotic robot 'EMIEW2'
Hitachi announced the addition of a new feature to the human symbiotic robot, EMIEW2, where when asked the location of an object, is now able to smoothly guide the enquirer to the location of the object after ...
Feb 28, 2012 |
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