Central Florida software firm inks partnership with Amazon

Orlando software and digital publishing firm firm BlueToad Inc. has partnered with Amazon Inc. to launch a new voice technology service. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Amazon Polly, a service that turns text into speech, will adopt a Neural Text-to-Speech Newscaster Voice program that creates life-like text-to-speech audio experiences for users. The new program uses artificial intelligence to replicate the human tongue by listening to recorded voice actors and translating sounds into algorithms… Continue reading at 'Silicon Valley Business Journal'

[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2019-08-05 16:04:37 UTC ]

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