Our world is filled with applications and devices that can understand what we see, what we touch, and what we do, but nothing has ever been able to tell us how we feel, based on our vocal tone, in ...

As virtual private assistants like Amazon’s Alexa become smarter, more popular and more useful, why not give it them tools to recognize emotions? That seems to be the thinking behind Israel-based ...

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Last week, Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, announced a $3 ...

For many people, the sound of their own voice feels like part of who they are. When that voice turns rough or disappears ...

Ensuring simple models of vocal fold vibrations can accurately reflect voice production allows for cheaper, faster analysis ...

Your vocal cords play a more significant role in your body than simply helping you talk and sing. They protect your airway, prevent food, drink, and saliva from getting into your windpipe, and help ...

With the introduction of Siri on the iPhone 4S in 2011, voice recognition, not exactly a new innovation, suddenly took center stage with consumers. But before that, and especially since then, there ...

In the three short years since Amazon launched Echo speakers, sales have exceeded 42 million units, creating a new smart speaker category that by September 2018 had clocked up over $6 billion in ...

Northwestern University researchers have developed the first smart wearable device to continuously track how much people use their voices, alerting them to overuse before vocal fatigue and potential ...

We all have unique voices - with their pitches and their tones, they belong to us. But for Max Plansky, a Massachusetts teen who was diagnosed with cerebral palsy as an infant, the voice he uses is ...