Chinese tech giant Lenovo announced Tuesday it was launching a smart home assistant powered by Amazon's Alexa, becoming the latest firm to enter the market for voice-activated devices.
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Airlines could let passengers make in-flight phone calls using Wi-Fi under a proposal from federal regulators.
Telecom
Dec 9, 2016
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What are the characteristics of the way you say, "hello," (or anything else for that matter) that makes you recognizable over the phone? Despite the increasing amount of literature on personal voice quality, very little is ...
General Physics
Dec 2, 2016
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Amazon's Fire tablets are getting the Alexa voice assistant.
Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 26, 2016
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Research from the University of Sussex suggests that humans are unique among primates in being able to intentionally alter the frequencies of our voices to sound larger or smaller than we really are, a capacity that is likely ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 25, 2016
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Blappy is a smartphone application that enables fluid communication between people with visual and/or auditory disabilities. Voice messages can be changed into text and vice versa; in addition, high-contrast images can be ...
Software
Oct 7, 2016
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What's all the fuss about the voice-activated home speaker that Amazon is due to release in the UK and Germany in late September? This gadget has been available in the US for over a year and has proven a minor hit, with sales ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 16, 2016
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There's no human instinct more basic than speech, and yet, for many people, talking can be taxing. 1 in 14 working-age Americans suffer from voice disorders that are often associated with abnormal vocal behaviors - some of ...
Computer Sciences
Aug 29, 2016
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Barclays, the UK bank, is to replace the password system on its phone banking service with personal voice recognition. "Unlike a password, each person's voice is as unique as a fingerprint," said Steven Cooper, Barclays' ...
Security
Aug 12, 2016
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Apple on Monday confirmed that it has bought US machine learning startup Turi as Silicon Valley giants focus on a future rich with artificial intelligence.
Business
Aug 8, 2016
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