Emotion recognition in speech, driven by advances in neural network methodologies, has emerged as a pivotal domain in human–machine interaction. The deployment of sophisticated architectures such as ...

The University of Illinois (UIUC) has partnered with Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft and nonprofits on the Speech Accessibility Project. The aim is to improve voice recognition for communities ...

Microsoft today announced several updates to its Project Oxford portfolio of machine learning tools, which are aimed at developers. Microsoft has begun a public beta for a new application programming ...

Tech giants are teaming up with researchers at the University of Illinois to improve speech recognition for people with disabilities. Abrar's interests include phones, streaming, autonomous vehicles, ...

Google is looking for help developing an Android app aimed at providing more communication options for people with speech impairments. Project Relate, as the effort and app is now called, will provide ...

Microsoft quietly launched a set of new machine-learning APIs in beta under the “Project Oxford” moniker yesterday and today it’s How-Old.net demo for this service went viral. This site lets you ...

For too long, people with speech impairments have struggled to be understood not only by other people, but also by voice-based technology. Though some companies have started to make their products ...

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James Vincent is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge. Voice interfaces are more common than ever, but they’re not equally accessible. For example, if ...