Speech Technology eWeekly - October 05, 2022

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2022 Speech Industry Award Winner: Aural Analytics Makes Speech Vital to Health Care

The U.S. National Institutes of Health this past July awarded a $1.4 million grant to Aural Analytics, a Scottsdale, Ariz., startup that is on the cutting edge of voice biomarker technology.

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Tech Giants Partner on Speech Accessibility Project

Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Meta, and Google join efforts to improve speech recognition for people with disabilities.

Seaplace Group Launches Create AI Voiceovers.com

Create AI Voiceovers.com is a library of more than 530 customizable TTS voices.

Murf Raises $10 Million to Advance TTS

Synthetic speech startup Murf seeks to create voices for companies of all sizes.

3M's Fluency Speech Solutions Available in Epic Garden Plot

Two 3M Health Care Business Group solutions will be available in Epic's new Garden Plot software suite for independent medical groups.

AppTek Partners with Expert.ai

AppTek's agreement with expert extends AI-based text analytics to audio content, even across multiple languages.

MetaMetrics Partners with Carnegie Speech for Automating Reading Assessments

Companies can use Carnegie Speech's speech recognition technology and the MetaMetrics' Lexile Framework for Oral Reading to measure reading fluency.

OpenAI Open-Sources Whisper

OpenAI's multilingual speech recognition system is available for free to developers and researchers.

WellPower Selects Eleos Health for Documentation Solution

Eleos Health will empower WellPower's frontline providers with augmented intelligence for behavioral care.