Speech Recognition Gets an AutoML Training Tool

AutoML, the application of machine learning to create new automation tools, is branching out to new use cases, making itself useful for particularly tedious data science tasks when training speech recognition models. Among the latest attempts at automating the data science workflow is an AutoML tool from Deepgram, offering... Read more…

AI Chip Startup Syntiant Scales Production

Syntiant Corp., the “neural decision processor” startup, announced completion of another funding round this week along with the shipment of more than 1 million low-power edge AI chips. The three-year-old startup b Read more…

In-Q-Tel Enlists Deepgram for Speech Recognition

Deepgram, the speech recognition vendor, has signed on with the investment arm of the U.S. intelligence community. The Bay Area startup said Thursday (June 4) is has inked a strategic investment agreement with In-Q-Te Read more…

Amazon Uses ML to Transcribe Medical Speech

Medical applications are emerging as an attractive market for AI developers pitching machine learning solutions that also meet strict regulatory requirements for protecting patient privacy. This week, for example, Nvi Read more…

Voice ‘Fingerprint’ Propels Speaker Recognition

The accuracy of automatic speech recognition has made significant gains in the last few years thanks to the advent of deep neural networks. But there's one area that has thwarted researchers: telling multiple speakers ap Read more…

Voice: The New Interface for Analytics

We've grown accustomed to interacting with computers through a visual interface. But thanks to big gains in the accuracy of speech recognition, that's changing, and among the applications being targeted for voice-enablem Read more…

Baidu Ups AI Ante With Deep Learning Release

Chinese search giant Baidu Inc. is publicly releasing Chinese language APIs for its primary speech technologies as it and rivals continue to open up their portfolios of AI-based deep learning technologies. The Beijing Read more…

Microsoft Claims Speech Recognition ‘Parity’

Microsoft speech recognition researchers report they have achieved parity with humans using a testing framework that gauges error rates for professional transcribers and the ability to understand "open-ended conversation Read more…

Proliferation of Data Driving Machine Learning

Machine learning is a hot topic, but what applications is the technology driving and what drives machine learning? The short answer, concludes a new research report on machine learning, is data—lots of data. "Data i Read more…

Speak Easy: Why Voice Data Is Poised for Big Growth

Thanks to continued improvements in the accuracy voice recognition technology, we're closer than ever to having a natural conversation with computers, without the interaction devolving into a frustrating, phone-throwing Read more…

Microsoft Releases Deep Learning Toolkit

Microsoft has released to the open source community a set of internal GPU-powered tools designed to boost the performance of artificial intelligence technology used for computer speech recognition. In a blog post, Mic Read more…