What our political moment calls for is more human voices that speak to both the preposterousness and possibilities of American politics.
Apple's voice assistant is getting a more clear, human voice in both female and male intonations alongside some new skills in iOS 11 that will improve its general performance.
Today, Pocket is addressing this problem with the launch of a new listening feature that will allow for a more human-sounding voice.
Along with being smart enough to read only the meaningful text from articles, ignoring things like navigation text, menu items, ads, and captions (and, rather bluntly, any text in parentheses), Volacent says that its text-to-speech engine, which I'm told is powered by NeoSpeech, makes it stand out from competitors with a higher-quality and more human-like voice.
In the "battle of the beauties" feature, Complex chose her over GLaDOS for her more human-like voice.
Wagner asked more of the human voice than any composer before or, really, since.
This mechanical empathy, barely more human than a recorded voice on the customer-service line, can hardly be expected to fool anybody.
The sound transmitted through a cochlear implant has a robotic quality, but over time and with electrode adjustments, the sound of speech more closely resembles the human voice.
Here at VICE Canada, we gravitate toward subjects we believe require a new angle, a more human perspective, a younger voice analyzing it, or an immersive exploration.
