WHITE SHIELD, N.D. — Clair Fox recalls an oddly prophetic talk he once had with his Grandpa John that showed the generational gap in their view of computers. Fox, who runs a computer network at his ...

Siri, Alexa, and the Google Assistant all use spliced up human voices to tell you the weather or wake you up in the morning. It’s standard text-to-speech technology, where voice actors record ...

image: In the modern day, our interactions with voice-based devices and services continue to increase. In this light, researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology and RIKEN, Japan, have performed a ...

People are unable to tell if a voice speaking to them is that of a real person or an AI clone, scientists have found. AI audio cloning is now so advanced that it is able to create entire paragraphs ...

For years, debate has raged online as to whether male or female voices are best for aviation voice warning systems, so pilots can respond quickly and accurately (archived): This post had gained 29,000 ...

Film critic Roger Ebert, who lost his ability to speak after surgery for cancer, tried out a new voice on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” on Tuesday as he made his Oscar predictions. Ebert has been using off ...

A company in Canada has come up with away to recreate anyone's voice and get it to say almost anything. It opens up dangerous possibilities, however. OK. So we've talked a lot about fake news. Now we ...

Researchers have performed a meta-synthesis to understand how we perceive and interact with the voice (and the body) of various machines. Their findings have generated insights into human preferences, ...