Speech Technology eWeekly - May 04, 2022

Editor's Letter

Deepfakes Raise Ethical Questions

Any technology—no matter how well-intentioned—can usually be exploited by those who wish to do us harm.

Speech Technology News

Fiverr Introduces AI Auditions for Voiceover Artists

Fiverr's AI Auditions gives customers instant access to personalized samples of scripts while enhancing the productivity of Fiverr's voiceover artists. 

Contact Center-as-a-Service Market to be Worth $17.12 Billion by 2030

Grand View has increased its projections for growth in the cloud contact center market, largely due to COVID's impact on contact centers. (Featured on SmartCustomerService.com.)

Vuzix Expands Language Support

Vuzix M-Series smart glasses now support 28 languages

Voiceitt Announces Project Ensemble to Advance Speech for the Disabled

Through Project Ensemble, Voiceitt is looking for participants with non-standard speech to record their voices.

Mediafly Acquires ExecVision

Mediafly will add ExecVision's Conversation Intelligence to its Revenue360 platform.

ReadSpeaker TTS to Be Featured on the Open edX Platform

ReadSpeaker's is offering its text-to-speech for courses available on the Open edX platform.