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Controlling the speed of AI voices
The rise of artificial intelligence has revolutionized many aspects of our lives, and one area where its impact is increasingly felt is in the realm of voice technology. AI voices are now commonly used in virtual assistants, customer service bots, audiobooks, video games, and various accessibility tools. As this technology continues to evolve, a key question emerges: to what extent can we control the speed (speech rate) of these synthetic voices?
Jeffrey Brooks / Jan 13, 2025
Introducing OCTAVE (Omni-Capable Text and Voice Engine)
A frontier speech-language model with new emergent capabilities, like on-the-fly AI voice and personality creation.
Dec 23, 2024
Introducing Voice Control
We’re introducing Voice Control, a novel interpretability-based method that brings precise control to AI voice customization without the risks of voice cloning. Our tool gives developers control over 10 voice dimensions, labeled “masculine/feminine,” “assertiveness,” “buoyancy,” “confidence,” “enthusiasm,” “nasality,” “relaxedness,” “smoothness,” “tepidity,” and “tightness.” Unlike prompt-based approaches, Voice Control enables continuous adjustments along these dimensions, allowing for precise control and making voice modifications reproducible across sessions.
Hume Research / Dec 2, 2024
Hume AI + Anthropic create emotionally intelligent voice interactions
Hume AI trained its speech-language foundation model to verbalize Claude responses, powering natural, empathic voice conversations that help developers build trust with users in healthcare, customer service, and consumer applications.
Nov 22, 2024
Voice AI for Eldercare
To truly connect with users and provide a natural, empathic experience, EverFriends.ai needed an AI solution capable of understanding and responding to emotional cues. They found their answer in Hume's Empathic Voice Interface (EVI). EVI merges generative language and voice into a single model trained specifically for emotional intelligence, enabling it to emphasize the right words, laugh or sigh at appropriate times, and much more, guided by language prompting to suit any particular use case.
Nov 4, 2024
How can emotionally intelligent voice AI support our mental health?
Recent advances in voice-to-voice AI, like EVI 2, offer emotionally intelligent interactions, picking up on vocal cues related to mental and physical health, which could enhance both clinical care and daily well-being.
Jeffrey Brooks / Oct 22, 2024