When AI recreates the female voice, it also rewrites who gets heard

Voice cloning technology platforms like ElevenLabs allow anyone to replicate a voice using just a few seconds of audio, for a ...
New York Post

Woman who suffers from motor neuron disease finds her voice after finding old VHS video

An MND sufferer who spoke like a ‘robot’ for years can now use her own voice – thanks to an old VHS clip of her changing her baby’s nappy. Sarah Ezekiel was left without a voice or use of her hands, ...
ABC7

Robotic voice answers when some Iranians living abroad try to call their families back home

When Ellie, a British-Iranian living in the United Kingdom, tried to call her mother in Tehran, a robotic female voice answered instead. "Alo? Alo?" the voice said, then asked in English: "Who is ...
Boston Herald

A woman tried to call her mom in Iran. A robotic voice answered the phone

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — When Ellie, a British-Iranian living in the United Kingdom, tried to call her mother in Tehran, a robotic female voice answered instead. China’s top diplomat blasts ...
Digital Trends

AI combines with old tech to give a woman her voice back

Sarah Ezekiel, who can now speak with the voice she lost 25 years ago. BBC News Brit Sarah Ezekiel lost her voice after developing motor neurone disease (MND) 25 years ago and ever since has been ...
The New York Times

Has the Internet Changed How Women Sound?

Technology’s many automated female voices are nothing if not helpful. By Susan Dominus Artwork by Yehwan Song Susan Dominus is a staff writer at The New York Times Magazine and the author of the ...
TechCrunch

Figure’s humanoid robot takes voice orders to help around the house

Figure founder and CEO Brett Adcock Thursday revealed a new machine learning model for humanoid robots. The news, which arrives two weeks after Adcock announced the Bay Area robotics firm’s decision ...