Voice & AI
Neural Text to Speech (TTS): Making Voice Experiences More Human
If you’ve ever confused a bot’s speech with a human caller, you’ve probably experienced neural text to speech. But do you know how it can help your brand?
Articles by Jean-Rémi Larcelet-Prost
Voice & AI
Brands Using Alexa for Customer Engagement: Top 3 Examples
Wondering how to connect with customers through Alexa? Get inspired by the greats: These are some top brands using Alexa for customer engagement.
Voice & AI
What Are the New Uses for Text to Speech?
At Voice Tech Paris, ReadSpeaker presents the new uses of synthetic voices: custom brand voices, human emotion and multilingual interactive voice ads.
Voice & AI
Voice Artificial Intelligence: What Is It?
Here’s an up-to-date definition of voice artificial intelligence, along with a few ways brands are using this technology today to drive growth.
Voice & AI
Voice Interface Technology: What You Need to Know
What a voice user interface is, the three technologies behind it, how it got here since 1779, and how businesses put it to work today.
Voice & AI
The Importance of Voice in Communication
The importance of voice in communication goes way beyond words. Learn how voice relates to business success, and how synthetic voices enhance growth.
Voice & AI
Where To Find Human-Sounding Text To Speech
Looking for human-sounding text-to-speech voices that won’t disappoint? Start your research here.
Voice & AI
What Is Edge Computing in Text-To-Speech Technology?
Edge computing can get you the voice data you need at faster speeds. So what is edge computing in text to speech? Learn how it can help your business.
Industries
Giving Characters a Voice: Alternative Reality Game Acolyte
AR games are increasingly unique. With scalable voices thanks to text to speech, generated dialog is able to be dynamically voiced in your games!
Industries
5 Ways AI Prevents Fraud in Banking and Fintech
Financial fraud is on the rise. Luckily, so is the use of anti-fraud AI. Learn the latest, including new developments in voice AI, here.
Industries
Conversational AI in Banking: Top Tips to Survive and Thrive
Top tips to get your financial institution surviving and thriving in the AI world from leading experts.
Voice & AI
How Conversational AI Companies Work: What Brands Should Know
Sorting through conversational AI companies to build your next voicebot? First, find out how they wrangle the technology.
Industries
Conversational AI is the Future of Banking and Finance
Advances in conversational AI give organizations the ability to realize the promise of automated customer contact centers.
Accessibility
How to Add Text to Speech to Videos: The 6-Step Process
Need narration for your videos, but don’t know the first thing about audio recording? No problem. Find out how to add text to speech to videos here.
Accessibility
October is Dyslexia Awareness Month
In addition to Breast Cancer Awareness Month, October has also been named “Dyslexia Awareness Month,” a largely misunderstood learning disability that affects 1 out of… Read the full article
Accessibility
A more inclusive society with text to speech
Windesheim University of Applied Sciences added the ReadSpeaker listen button to its learning environment, and would advise every university to do the same.
Education
Why Digital Inclusivity Must Be a Top-of-Mind Strategy for Educators
Technology plays a significant role in how students learn, what they learn and how their elementary and secondary education plays a role in their adult… Read the full article
Accessibility
In conversation with gemeente Haacht and web agency LCP
Flanders has required accessible public websites since September 2020. The municipality of Haacht and the web agency LCP tell us what that obligation changed in practice.
Accessibility
An interview with the municipality of Deventer
Patricia Bolink, digital accessibility specialist at the Dutch municipality of Deventer, on twelve years of accessibility work, the audit that reshaped the website, and how ReadSpeaker webReader is used.
News
Make your videos accessible with a new product: Scribit
Scribit.pro adds subtitles and audio description to online video, so that it meets WCAG 2.1 and reaches viewers who are blind, partially sighted, deaf or hard of hearing.
News
ReadSpeaker and scribit.pro make video fully accessible, together
Dutch public bodies must give every online video subtitles, an audio description and a text alternative. ReadSpeaker text to speech now generates that audio description inside scribit.pro.
Accessibility
ReadSpeaker webReader is WCAG 2.1 compliant
The latest ReadSpeaker webReader fully meets WCAG 2.1, with a simplified player, automatic scrolling, a simplified text view and translation in 18 languages.
Education
What Is Tertiary Education for Non-Traditional Students?
Education is a never-ending journey. While many learners in our society follow a set path, graduating from high school, attending college, then entering their… Read the full article
Education
COVID, Unfinished Learning and Learning Loss: Meeting the Challenge
What unfinished learning and learning loss cost students, and three trends that help educators answer them: inclusive education, digital inclusion and UDL.