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Voice producers fluent in a range of languages will work with synthetic speech to improve Siri — but Apple could be setting the stage for broader use cases, such as dubbing.
Apple reveals iOS 14 will feature a Translate app, competing with Google’s Translate app and the array of standalone translation gadgets out in the market today.
Google touts new data privacy protections for its transcription programs, which were suspended after a reviewer leaked confidential Dutch audio in July 2019.
Leaked documents list additional machine translation capabilities for Siri as part of an upgrade for 2021; tech giant publishes rare neural MT research paper.
Jargon raises USD 1.8m for voice app content management and localization with support from the Amazon Alexa Fund and other investors.
Apple has reportedly quietly rolled out a beta test for a browser-based translator that can translate English into 32 other languages.
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