Guide to Talking Assistants With LangChain : Faster Calls, Smarter Tools, Clear Steps

Build a LangChain voice agent using a sandwich-style pipeline, targeting 250–750 ms replies and VAD, so conversations stay ...
Opinion
MIT Technology ReviewOpinion

Generative AI hype distracts us from AI’s more important breakthroughs

On April 28, 2022, at a highly anticipated concert in Spokane, Washington, the musician Paul McCartney astonished his audience with a groundbreaking application of AI: He began to perform with a ...
Voice&Data

Speech-to-speech translation enters the real-time AI era

Speech-to-speech translation is driving industry innovation as AI, edge, and cloud platforms enable real-time, privacy-aware ...

5 Best Free Speech-to-Text APIs in 2025 Compared & Tested

Top free transcription APIs for 2025, pick accurate, scalable results for your app or AI project. Validate AI quality and ...
XDA Developers on MSN

I use this Docker container to convert all my files, and it is more than just a file converter

Because everything runs locally inside Docker, conversions finish quickly, small files feel almost instant, and even larger ...

Google is bringing Gemini live translation to your headphones (unless you're using an iPhone, of course)

You can try the new live translation feature by opening the Google Translate mobile app with your headphones paired and ...
GitHub

ESP32 Speech-to-Text (No API Key Required)

An ESP32 client that captures audio over I2S and posts WAV to a server. A lightweight Flask/Gunicorn server that returns JSON transcriptions via speech_recognition. Designed for deterministic embedded ...
IEEE

Speech-to-Text and Text-to-Speech Recognition Using Deep Learning

Abstract: Speech-to-Text (STT) and Text-to-Speech (TTS) recognition technologies have witnessed significant advancements in recent years, transforming various industries and applications. STT allows ...
University of Glasgow

UofG leads new international project tackling AI bias in speech recognition

Seven new projects will strengthen collaborations between US and UK researchers to address the ethical, legal and societal implications of artificial intelligence (AI). Among them is a major ...
Concept Phones

How to Use CapCut Text to Speech for Perfect Voiceovers Every Time

If you create videos for YouTube Shorts, TikTok, Reels, or business content, a good voiceover can instantly make your story ...
iAfrica

Somali Startup Builds Speech-to-Text Tool to Help Organizations Process Community Feedback

Somalia has one of the smallest tech ecosystems in East Africa. Most startups remain small and access to capital is limited.
GitHub

Kokoro Web - Free AI Text to Speech

Kokoro Web is powered by hexgrad/Kokoro-82M, an open-weight 82 million parameter Text-to-Speech model available on Hugging Face. Despite its lightweight architecture, it delivers comparable quality to ...