Speechless Recognition: Can AI Transcribe a Language It Has Never Heard?
Breakthroughs in multilingual speech models are rapidly expanding language coverage for ASR. But what about endangered languages with little to no training data?
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Google Sheds More Light on Its 1,000+ Languages Universal Speech Model
As the race in all things language AI heats up, Google discloses more details about its Universal Speech Model that the search giant claims supports over 1,000 languages.
Deepgram: From Dark Matter to Deep Learning Speech API With Scott Stephenson
Deepgram CEO, Scott Stephenson, on scaling state-of-the-art speech API for enterprise and next-gen AI platforms, response to Whisper, and future of voice AI.
Appen Updates Investors on Productizing Linguistic Expertise
Among the platforms and workflows featured in Appen’s 2022 Investor Technology Day: Ontology Studio, which “productizes core components” of Appen’s “linguistic expertise.”
In Tech-Assisted Interpreting, the Tricky Problem of Non-English ‘Person Names’
New research shows that automatic speech recognition and speech translation systems also improve when training data includes multiple instances of a given name.
Machine Translation in Subtitling: New Job Profiles, New Skills, New Era
Technological advances are affecting the audiovisual-translation landscape, shaping a new skill set for professionals aspiring to compete in the AVT market; and these job profiles are here to stay
How Translators and Post-Editors Benefit From Speech Technologies
From increasing productivity to allowing a more flexible, translator-centered, ergonomic workflow and workspace, this is how translators and post-editors benefit from speech technologies.
Dutch Transcription Startup Amberscript Raises USD 10m in Series A
Dutch transcription, speech recognition, and subtitling startup Amberscript raises USD 10m from Endeit Capital, a growth capital firm founded by former Endemol Media executives.
First in English, Soon in 12 More Languages: YouTube Offers Live Auto Captions for All
YouTube lifts 1,000-subscriber cap on access to live automatic captions for content creators. Video transcripts soon to be available on mobile devices as well.
This Is How Automatic Speech Recognition & Machine Translation Are Revolutionizing Subtitling
Templates are to subtitles what automatic speech recognition (ASR) and machine translation (MT) are to the subtitling workflow: revolutionary. Experts test AppTek tool, share candid feedback.
Google’s Latest Phone, Pixel 6, to Feature Live Translated Captions for Audio and Video
Google uses own system on a chip, Tensor, to power Google Live Caption and Interpreter Mode features for its latest smartphone, Pixel 6, slated for fall release 2021.
Google Ups Ante in Speech-to-Speech Translation With ‘Robust’ Translatotron 2
Google researchers say Translatotron 2 outperforms original in terms of speech-to-speech translation quality and naturalness. Plus the new version prevents users from generating speech for deepfakes.
Facebook AI Open Sources New Multilingual Automatic Speech Recognition Data Set
After promising results in English, researchers hope Multilingual LibriSpeech’s 50,000 hours of audio across eight languages will improve automatic speech recognition around the world.
Audio & Video Editing Platform Descript Raises USD 30m in Series B
At startup Descript, translation is one of the most requested features. Descript’s technology may offer interesting new opportunities for LSPs to expand their offering in media content.
How to Improve Speech Recognition Technology for Your Business
Flitto provides multilingual corpus, speech, and image data to train AI engines in 25 different languages, covering a number of domains including conversational, colloquial, and medical.
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