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Speech Technology News

Enghouse Acquires Aculab

Enghouse is adding the cloud and on-premises communications software and hardware company. (Featured on SmartCustomerService.com.)

SoundHound AI Supports Church’s Texas Chicken's Voice Ordering

Church's Texas Chicken pilots SoundHound's voice AI ordering system at the drive-thru.

Auraya Unveils EVA Forensics v4.1.3

Auraya EVA Forensics v4.1.3 is the latest iteration of its flagship voice biometrics solution for fraud detection and prevention.

OpenAI Voice Pioneer Forms WaveForms.AI

Voice AI startup WaveForms has launched with $40 million in new funding.

Sensory Powers Voice Control in Nextbase’s Latest Dash Cam

Sensory's TrulyHandsfree is embedded into the Nextbase Piqo dash cam.

Torchy’s Tacos Debuts SoundHound’s Voice AI Phone Ordering

Customers ordering at Torchy's Tacos will be able to place orders via SoundHound's conversational voice assistant.

Dubformer Introduces Emotion Transfer

Dubformer's Emotion Transfer adds emotional and intonation elements to voice overs.

HitPaw's VoicePea V2.3.0 Released

HitPaw VoicePea V2.3.0 offers a new text-to-speech option for voice creation.

Immersive Entertainment Market to Hit $519.77 Billion by 2031

The immersive entertainment tech market is poised for 25 percent CAGR over the next seven years, The Insight Partners predicts.

Medsender Launches MAIRA Multilingual AI Voice Agent

Medsender's MAIRA is a healthcare-specific voice AI agent to streamline patient communications.

aiOla Unveils Whisper-NER AI Model That Masks Sensitive Information

aiOla's new Whisper-NER speech recognition model can identify and hide key details as part of the audio transcription process.

PlayAI Releases PlayDialog Model for Generative AI Conversations 

PlayAI's PlayDialog uses a conversation's historical context to facilitate conversational experiences.

81 Percent of Consumers Use Voice Tech at Least Weekly

U.S. consumer use of voice technology is growing for both personal and work tasks, though there is still plenty of room for improvement, TELUS Digital research finds.

Reality Defender Partners with TaskUs to Expand Deepfake Detection

TaskUs is bringing Reality Defender's voice deepfake detection technology to its content moderation and contact center clients.

Voice/Speech Recognition Software to Grow by $20 Billion Through 2028

Technavio sees a robust voice/speech recognition market driven by advanced mobile device, smart home, and automotive adoption.

Murf AI Launches MultiNative

Murf AI's MultiNative lets text-to-speech voices seamlessly switch between any language.

DeepL Launches DeepL Voice

DeepL Voice includes translation technologies for meetings and everyday conversations.

Voice AI Joins the CRM Conversation

Integrating voice technology, conversational AI, and CRM systems can vastly improve the customer journey. (Featured on DestinationCRM.com.)

Smallest.ai Launches Lightning TTS Model

Smallest.ai's Lightning generates up to 10 seconds of audio in just 100 milliseconds.

D-ID Launches Personal Avatars for Marketing

D-ID's new product suite includes hyper-realistic interactive agents, personalized video campaigns, video translate app, AI influencers, and multiple integrations. (Featured on DestinationCRM.com.)