This is the next generation of speech synthesis, that use machine learning to generate expressive voices more quickly. ![]() According to Amazon’s own surveys, users prefer it to Alexa’s regular speaking style when listening to articles (though getting news from smart speakers still has lots of other problems).Īmazon says the new speaking style is enabled by the company’s development of “neural text-to-speech” technology or NTTS. The voice can’t be mistaken for a human, but it does incorporate stresses into sentences in the same way you’d expect from a TV or radio newscaster. ![]() You can listen to samples of the speaking style below, and the results, well, they speak for themselves. ![]() Amazon’s Alexa continues to learn new party tricks, with the latest being a “newscaster style” speaking voice that will be launching on enabled devices in a few weeks’ time.
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