Healthcare
fromPsychology Today
14 hours agoIs Your Audiologist Providing Person-Centered Care?
Person-centered care in hearing health prioritizes individual experiences and challenges, improving outcomes and communication.
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fromTechCrunch
2 weeks agoCohere launches an open-source voice model specifically for transcription | TechCrunch
Cohere's Transcribe model is designed for tasks like note-taking and speech analysis, supporting 14 languages and optimized for consumer-grade GPUs, making it accessible for self-hosting.
European startups
Silicon Valley
fromFast Company
3 weeks agoThe tech that restored Eric Dane's voice shows how AI can be used for good, says Rebecca Gayheart Dane
ElevenLabs uses AI technology to restore voices for people who have lost them, having helped approximately 7,000 people worldwide and aiming to provide free access to one million people.
Medicine
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks agoHow a vacuum cleaner turned the other way' became a popular solution to snoring disorders
Obstructive sleep apnea is a serious medical condition causing breathing interruptions during sleep, often preceded by snoring, requiring diagnosis and treatment with devices like CPAP machines.
#hearing-loss
Medicine
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month agoA moment that changed me: I was planning to be a musician then I had my ears syringed
Sudden hearing loss and distorted sound perception following ear treatment led to a diagnosis of degenerative hearing loss that fundamentally altered a music student's life and career aspirations.
Higher education
fromNews Center
1 month agoAI Model Predicts Language Development in Children with Hearing Loss - News Center
Advanced machine learning models predict spoken language outcomes in children with cochlear implants more accurately than traditional approaches, enabling identification of at-risk patients for targeted interventions.
Artificial intelligence
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month agoElevenLabs CEO says voice AI will change everything. Can it be controlled?
Voice AI technology enables beneficial applications like speech restoration and accessibility while simultaneously creating risks for fraud, disinformation, and unauthorized voice cloning that raise fundamental questions about voice ownership and control.
Startup companies
fromAlleywatch
2 months agoBoldVoice Raises $21M to Bring AI Voice Coaching to a Billion Non-Native English Speakers
BoldVoice provides affordable AI-powered phoneme-level pronunciation and accent coaching that improves communication clarity and career outcomes for non-native English speakers.
Education
fromSilicon Canals
2 months ago7 words highly intelligent people use in conversation that average people mispronounce - Silicon Canals
Correct pronunciation of commonly mispronounced words often reflects extensive reading, attention to language, and habitual auditory correction rather than showing off.
fromBuzzFeed
2 months agoI Hate To Break It To You, But There's A Huge Chance You've Been Saying Extremely Common Words And Phrases Wrong Your Entire Life
1. Tongue in cheek 2. Old wives' tales 3. Statute of limitations 4. To be specific 5. Nipped in the bud 6. Get down to brass tacks 7. Deep-seated hatred 8. All intents and purposes 9. Wheelbarrow 10. Champing at the bit 11. Jury-rigged 12. Ulterior motive 13. Bald-faced lie 14. Dog eat dog world 15. Chump change 16. Dime a dozen 17. Duct tape 18. Can't see the forest for the trees 19. Quote unquote 20. Could have 21. Chalk it up 22. Iced tea 23. Take for granted 24. Blessing in disguise 25. Bated breath
Writing
fromTechCrunch
2 months agoElevenLabs CEO: Voice is the next interface for AI | TechCrunch
ElevenLabs co-founder and CEO Mati Staniszewski says voice is becoming the next major interface for AI - the way people will increasingly interact with machines as models move beyond text and screens. Speaking at Web Summit in Doha, Staniszewski told TechCrunch voice models like those developed by ElevenLabs have recently moved beyond simply mimicking human speech - including emotion and intonation - to working in tandem with the reasoning capabilities of large language models.
Artificial intelligence
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