Last year, while at the Google I/O 2018 developer conference, Google previewed the John Legend’s voice as one of six new Google Assistant voices that were in the works. Thanks to Google’s DeepMind artificial intelligence and speech synthesis model WaveNet, Google can easily sample human speech, thereby cutting down on studio time, and still create realistic-sounding voices.
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Cloudflare Launches a New Free VPN Service for Android and iOS
Cloudflare has announced Warp: a new mobile VPN that promises to protect the users’ internet traffic while improving speed at the same time.
What’s New in Android Accessibility Suite 7.3
Android Accessibility Suite recently released an update on the Play Store, adding some features to the Accessibility Menu and other new options like screen search and additions to continuous reading.
Warner Bros Releases Harry Potter Game on Google Assistant
Warner Bros has just released a new Google Assistant action called “Wizarding World” for fans of Harry Potter. To try it out, all you have to do is simply ask your Google Assistant to “Talk to Wizarding World,” and this can be done on any Google Assistant-enabled device.
This Device Turns Your Old speaker Into a Smart Speaker at Half the Price
After Amazon introduced the original Echo smart speaker in 2013, not everyone wanted to buy a new speaker just to get access to Alexa.
Microsoft Replacing Cortana with Alexa in Skype
As of April 30, the Cortana bot will no longer be a part of Skype.
How To Get a Play Store Refund with Google Assistant
How you can ask Assistant for a Play Store refund, but you must be using US English to make it work.
Be My Eyes Now Offers Customer Service from Google Disability Support
Be My Eyes, an app that offers visual assistance for people who are blind or have sight loss, now offers live customer support from Google through the Specialized Help platform.
Is Android Q Stealing iPhone Navigation Gestures?
In Android 9 Pie, Google introduced a new navigation system. Naturally, it was compared with Apple’s gestures, introduced in the iPhone X. Android’s version might either be too iPhone-like or not enough. For better or worse, Android Q might change that and by change, we mean making its gestures resemble Apple’s even more closely.
Google Chrome Can Now Help Screen Readers Recognize Images
Google has rolled out a new accessibility feature to the Canary Channel of Chrome in a bid to make screen readers more useful where images are concerned, according to a social media post from the company. The feature allows images that haven’t been marked with a description or other attributes such as ‘alt text’ to be described to users anyway.
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