During the Microsoft Ignite 2023 event, the company launched its Azure AI Speech text-to-speech avatar creator. This tool is currently available for public preview and its main function is to create ...

According to ARS Technica, the speech can match the timbre of the voice and the emotional tone of the speaker. In addition, it can also match the room's acoustics. Microsoft calls VALL-E a "neural ...

Microsoft has shown off its latest research in text-to-speech AI with a model called VALL-E that can simulate someone's voice from just a three-second audio sample, Ars Technica has reported. The ...

Microsoft Corp. today provided a peek at a text-to-speech artificial intelligence tool that can apparently simulate a voice after listening to just three seconds of an audio sample. The company said ...

Microsoft is opening up limited access to a text-to-speech AI called Custom Neural Voice, which allows developers to create custom synthetic voices. The tech is part of an Azure AI service called ...

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Liability Arguments: The suit was brought on behalf of Cerence, a text-to-speech and voice-recognition technology company. It alleges that, after Microsoft acquired Nuance in March 2022, the ...

Thanks to the AI features in Microsoft's cloud, text-to-speech technology can render more realistic results than ever. Imagine being able to have any text read to you like a book. No, not by your mama ...

Azure Cognitive Services is letting developers create natural-sounding speech even without a lot of expertise in machine learning. Here's how. Traditionally, when a computer has attempted to convert ...

In a push for greater accessibility, Microsoft is now introducing a new speech-to-text function to its Xbox Party Chat. Previously available only for in-game chats, the transcription feature will now ...

Microsoft agreed today to acquire Nuance Communications, a leader in speech to text software, for $19.7 billion. Bloomberg broke the story over the weekend that the two companies were in talks. In a ...

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