'Talk to me, Goose': Man with ALS creates app to preserve his voice

The app's name is a nod to the "Top Gun" film: "It's what he says when he needs a little dose of courage, and I thought, I'm going to need a little dose of courage." ...
IEEE

An Automated Method to Correct Artifacts in Neural Text-to-Speech Models

Abstract: Recent advances in deep learning technology have enabled high-quality speech synthesis, and text-to-speech models are widely used in a variety of applications. However, even state-of-the-art ...
Reuters

Not all computer code protected as speech, US appeals court finds in ghost gun case

Court rules not all computer code is protected under First Amendment's free speech shield Gun website loses bid to revive lawsuit over ghost gun code Lawsuit followed New Jersey crackdown on ghost ...
VentureBeat

Mistral drops Voxtral Transcribe 2, an open-source speech model that runs on-device for pennies

Mistral AI, the Paris-based startup positioning itself as Europe's answer to OpenAI, released a pair of speech-to-text models on Wednesday that the company says can transcribe audio faster, more ...
SignalSCV

Text to Speech and AI Voice Generator: Transforming the Way We Create Audio Content

In today’s digital world, audio content has become a crucial element of communication, learning, and entertainment. Podcasts, video narrations, online courses, and voice assistants all rely on voice ...
TWCN Tech News

How to use VibeVoice Text to Speech AI from Microsoft?

In this post, we will show you how to use VibeVoice Text to Speech AI from Microsoft. VibeVoice is a next-generation text-to-speech (TTS) AI framework that converts written text into natural, ...
Bleeping Computer

Malicious AI extensions on VSCode Marketplace steal developer data

Two malicious extensions in Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code (VSCode) Marketplace that were collectively installed 1.5 million times exfiltrate developer data to China-based servers. Both extensions are ...
National Catholic Register

Full Text: Vice President JD Vance’s Speech at the 2026 March for Life

Editor’s Note: U.S. Vice President JD Vance spoke at the 2026 March for Life on Jan. 23, 2026. Here is a full transcript of his speech, edited for clarity. Good morning, marchers. How are we doing? It ...
ZDNet

The best text-to-speech tools: Expert tested

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The Atlantic

Move Over, ChatGPT

Over the holidays, Alex Lieberman had an idea: What if he could create Spotify “Wrapped” for his text messages? Without writing a single line of code, Lieberman, a co-founder of the media outlet ...
The Washington Post

Where ‘hate speech’ censorship is even worse than on U.S. campuses

Greg Lukianoff is president and CEO of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression and the co-author, with Nadine Strossen, of “The War On Words: 10 Arguments Against Free Speech — And Why ...