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Android apps are getting a ‘major’ Google TTS quality upgrade

September 29, 2022
“Speech Services by Google” is responsible for providing text-to-speech (TTS) and speech-to-text (transcription) capabilities for Android apps. Google is now rolling out a major TTS audio quality upgrade for 64-bit Android devices. Android text-to-speech is getting “clearer, more natural voices” with a “significant side by side quality increase” touted. A new voice model and…
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A doctor walks into a bar: Tackling image generation bias with Responsible AI

September 29, 2022
Were you unable to attend Transform 2022? Check out all of the summit sessions in our on-demand library now! Watch here. A doctor walks into a bar… What does the setup for a likely bad joke have to do with image bias in DALL-E? DALL-E is an artificial intelligence program developed by OpenAI that creates images from text descriptions. It uses a 12-billion-parameter version of the GPT-3…
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Up Ahead for iPhone is a promising new countdown app with widgets and thoughtful design

September 29, 2022
Countdown apps for iPhone can be super motivating. Counting down the days until you’re next vacation may help you persevere through the weeks before it. Not all apps for tracking days before an event are created equally though. iPhone countdown apps The basics for an acceptable countdown app include two things: A top-level view of how many days until an event Home screen widget (and now lock…
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Focus mode in iOS 16: How to link with Lock Screens, create custom Home Pages, use filters

September 29, 2022
Alongside the ability to create custom Lock Screens for iPhone with iOS 16, Focus mode gets some useful upgrades that make it easier to set up, more flexible, and more powerful. New features include Focus filters, the option to link Focus modes to specific Lock Screens, setting a custom Home Page, and more. Here’s how to use the new Focus mode in iOS 16. Focus mode in iOS 16 brings a new…
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