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Hackaday readers might know [Victor Scheinman] as the pioneer who built some of the first practical robot arms. But what was a kid like that doing in high school? Thanks …read more Continue reading Retrotechtacular: Voice Controlled Typewriter Science Project in 1958
A reporter used an AI synthesis of his own voice to fool the voice authentication system for Lloyd’s Bank.
Continue reading Fooling a Voice Authentication System with an AI-Generated Voice
AIs can now apparently carry on a passable conversation, depending on what you classify as passable conversation. The quality of your local pub’s banter aside, an AI stuck in a …read more Continue reading The Voice of ChatGPT Is Now On The Air
While some assistance is available to individuals who lack the power of speech, verbally communicating with other people can still be challenging. A new face-worn strain sensor could help, as it’s able to “read” the wearer’s silently mouthed words.Cont… Continue reading Facial strain sensor could give a voice to the voiceless
While it’s handy to be able to control our devices via voice commands, speaking those commands out loud can be problematic. The EarCommand system offers an alternative, as it “reads” users’ silently mouthed words by monitoring their ear canal.Continue … Continue reading EarCommand tech lets users silently mouth commands to devices
Amazon has demonstrated an experimental feature that demonstrates how a child can choose to have a bedside story read to him by his Alexa… using his dead grandmother’s voice. Continue reading Amazon thinks it’s really cool that Alexa can mimic your dead grandma’s voice
We’re big fans of useless machines here at Hackaday, there’s something undeniably entertaining about watching a gadget flail about dramatically without actually making any progress towards a defined goal. But …read more Continue reading An Impressively Functional Tacobot
The smart home has been much hyped for what feels a very long-time, but I think it is fair to say that the smart home era is now truly upon us. This status has been almost entirely driven by the rise of the smart speaker – the first truly mass-market s… Continue reading How to ensure that the smart home doesn’t jeopardize data privacy?
Handcrafted gifts are special, and this one’s no exception. [pender] made a Tolkien-inspired box for his son and shared the details with us on Hackaday.io. This one-of-a-kind handcrafted box fulfills …read more Continue reading Say Friend And Have This Box Open For You
Pindrop released the findings of a survey that explores how 2000+ US-based consumers feel about the future of voice enabled technology and how it will impact their everyday lives. The report uncovered that consumers are so fed up with passwords and KBA… Continue reading Consumers fed up with passwords and KBAs, looking to voice enabled technology as the future