Voice Assistants

ChatGPT-driven smart home voice assistant coming soon: Josh.ai co-founder

US-based artificial intelligence company Josh.ai, which is known for developing the voice-controlled home automation system, has started working on a prototype integration using OpenAI's ChatGPT

Google removes 'Smart Reply' suggestions from Voice app on Android, iOS

Google has removed Smart Reply suggestions that appeared at the bottom of messages from the Voice app on Android and iOS

Microsoft's OneNote for Mac gets AI-backed voice command feature 'Dictate'

Microsoft has rolled out the Dictate feature to OneNote for Mac, which was already available on Windows and on the web version of OneNote

CES 2023: Amazon, Disney partner to launch new voice assistant 'Hey Disney'

Amazon and Disney have teamed up to launch a new voice assistant called 'Hey Disney!', which was shown with a live demonstration at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2023

How Truecaller is using AI assistant to help you attend, or drop calls

Considering the number of reports on spam calls in India, a voice assistant to filter them will be a huge step

Amazon's Alexa to mimic deceased person's voice using pre-recorded audio

The way we made it happen is by framing the problem as a voice conversion task and not a speech generation path: Rohit Prasad, Amazon's Senior Vice President

Google Assistant develops personalised speech recognition feature

According to 9to5Google, the tool will help Google Assistant get "better at recognising your frequent words and names"

Siri gets new voice in iOS 15.4 beta, says report

The voice has arrived a little under a year after Apple added its last two American Siri voices, and stopped defaulting to using a female-sounding voice

Amazon launches robot to roll around house, Disney resort voice assistant

Amazon.com Inc announced a household, canine-like robot called Astro and a deal with Walt Disney Co to imbue its voice-controlled tech in resort hotels

Australian conversational AI agency Versa forms a joint venture with Mogae

Mogae's co-founder Tanya Goyal will be Versa India's chairperson

Speech and voice recognition industry set to grow by 41% in 2020: Report

The report focuses on the market of voice technology in India, the perception of voice assistants, home management with use of voice and data security concerns.

One of the key concerns for non-users of voice assistants is trust

Voice assistants such as Google Assistant, Amazon's Alexa, and Apple's Siri, has the potential to revolutionise how consumers and brands interact in ways not witnessed since the dawn of e-commerce