In the last five years, speech synthesis technology has moved to all-neural models that allow the separate elements of speech-proodi, accent, language and speaker identity (voice) to be controlled separately. It is the technology that allowed the Amazon-Text-to-Tale group to teach the feminine-sounding, English-language Alexa voice to speak in perfectly highlight us Spanish and the … Read more
Amazon changed how people act, revolutionized cloud computing and developed popular technologies like Alexa. The company is now bringing its innovation and expertise in vocal -activated artificial intelligence to education. Take the Alexa Skills Inventor program. The program, which focuses on science, technology, technology and math (STEM), uses Alexa to help students learn about AI. … Read more
In January 2023, Alexa launched in language learning experience in Spain, helping Spanish speakers learn beginning level English. The experience was developed in collaboration with Vaughan, the leading English-language provider in Spain, and the beloved to provide an immersive English learning program with a special focus on evaluation of pronunciation. We are now expanding this … Read more
Today in Arlington, Virginia, at Amazon’s new HQ2, Amazon Senior Vice President Dave Limp hosted an event in which the devices and service organization rolled its new series of products and services. In part of the presentation, Limp, along with Rohit Prasad, was an Amazon Senior Vice President and Head Scientist for Artificial General Intelligence, … Read more
For many of us, the use of our voices to interact with computers, phones and other devices is a relatively new experience made possible by services such as Amazon’s Alexa. But it’s old hat for Luu Tra. An Amazon Senior Main Engineer, Tran has spoken to computers for more than three decades. Tran a Uber-early … Read more