Tag Archives: Voice

Google remembers Voice exists, adds new missed call and caller ID features

Google announced it’s adding new caller ID, missed call, and SMS message features to Google Voice on Wednesday. The otherwise minor update is notable because Google Voice has fallen to the wayside while Google focused on other messaging boondoggles. From the missed calls or voicemail sections of the mobile Google Voice app, you can now learn why you might have missed a call (for example, Do Not Disturb was on), and receive directions on how to make sure that doesn’t happen again… Source link

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Google must face Voice Assistant privacy lawsuit -U.S. judge

A sign is seen at the entrance to the Google retail store in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York City, U.S., June 17, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton July 2 (Reuters) – A federal judge said Google must face much of a lawsuit accusing the company of illegally recording and disseminating private conversations of people who accidentally trigger its voice-activated Voice Assistant on their smartphones. In a Thursday night decision, U.S. District Judge Beth Labson Freeman let plaintiffs in the… Source link

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Google Explains Why App Can’t Translate Most Native American Languages    | Voice of America

WASHINGTON – Bill Waawaate is Indigenous, smart, educated, and the millionaire-founder of a highly successful snowmobile company. He also is a comic book superhero from a First Nation in Canada. “The aim here is to help Canadians understand Indigenous culture and to erase the stereotypes about First Nations communities,” said Joseph John, the Montreal-based designed and publisher of the Citizen Canada comic book series. Graphic shows… Source link

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Why Google App Can’t Translate Most Native American Languages    | Voice of America

WASHINGTON – Bill Waawaate is Indigenous, smart, educated, and the millionaire-founder of a highly successful snowmobile company. He also is a comic book superhero from a First Nation in Canada. “The aim here is to help Canadians understand Indigenous culture and to erase the stereotypes about First Nations communities,” said Joseph Johns, the Montreal-based designed and publisher of the Citizen Canada comic book series. Graphic shows… Source link

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See Fiat’s ‘Hey Google’ family of cars with voice assistant

Tech companies like Google have been putting their technology in cars for years, but a new collaboration marks the first time drivers will be able to motor around in an actual Google-branded car. Fiat recently unveiled the new special edition Fiat 500 “Hey Google” family of vehicles, which have Google Assistant technology that lets owners communicate with their cars remotely and bear Google logos and design features on both the outside and inside of the cars. The Italian automaker, owned by… Source link

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Voicify Chosen for First Ever Google Accelerator on Voice & AI

BOSTON, March 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Voicify, the enterprise voice app platform, was selected by Google to participate in the first Google for Startups Accelerator: Voice AI.  Voicify is being widely used across the Fortune 1000 with brands like Wolverine Worldwide (Keds, Chacos, Merrell), Campari International (Wild Turkey, Skyy Vodka, Grand Marinier) L’Oreal, Living Proof, Philadelphia Eagles and Volkswagen. Voicify was selected to collaborate with the Google Assistant team in solving… Source link

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Google’s Wear OS neglect has left voice activation broken for months

Enlarge / A Wear OS watch. Ron Amadeo Poor, dying Wear OS. Apparently, the Google Assistant on Wear OS has been broken for months, and until now, no one at Google has noticed. About four months ago, diehard Wear OS users started a thread on the public Android issue tracker saying that the “OK Google” hotword no longer worked on Wear OS, and several claimed that the feature has been broken for months. Recently, news of the 900-user-strong… Source link

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Google’s voice recorder app getting desktop interface via web

One of the Google Pixel’s most compelling features is its voice recording app. Currently exclusively available on all Pixel phones, the voice recorder app transcribes voice (only in US-English at the moment) in real-time, even without a data connection. As reported by 9to5Google, the Google Recorder web application has arrived, albeit a bit early as the interface isn’t fully working just yet. Recorder.google.com has gone live and the site will allow you to listen to and view… Source link

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