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- AI Voice Call Agent for sales and customer support https://talk.gstudio.ai/ 11 comments
- An ad video/audio that calls out customer's name in your own voice https://autodubber.neurals.ai/ 5 comments
- A custom GPT that can make 10k phone calls and clone anyone's voice https://old.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/18ds1vn/i_made_a_gpt_that_can_make_10000_phone_calls/ 2 comments
- Show HN: I built an app that helps amplify the voice of the customer https://www.shieldvoc.com/ 26 comments
- PublikDemand Gives Customers A Voice With Twilio http://www.twilio.com/blog/2013/01/publik-demand-gives-customers-a-voice-with-twilio.html 2 comments
- Show HN: A website that gives voice to unfulfilled customer needs https://www.iwantthisstartup.com 15 comments
- Hone your tone of voice: A linguistic perspective on how to talk to customers https://unbabel.com/blog/tone-of-voice-linguistic-perspective/ 48 comments
- Roxy grabs $2.2MM to build Alexa-like voice devices customized for business https://techcrunch.com/2017/11/15/roxy-grabs-2-2-million-seed-investment-to-build-alexa-like-voice-devices-customized-for-business/ 4 comments
- Is there a software where I can make custom voice commands? https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/74c9e3/is_there_a_software_where_i_can_make_custom_voice/ 3 comments technology
- Make your own custom wakeword and other FOSS voice assistant solutions https://github.com/secretsauceai/secret_sauce_ai 22 comments selfhosted
- Are you talking to me? Azure AI brings iconic characters to life with Custom Neural Voice https://blogs.microsoft.com/ai-for-business/custom-neural-voice-ga/ 5 comments microsoft
- ABC saying BCH community is not their customer is putting them in the situation that BCH community could voice out that ABC is not their node https://twitter.com/p0oker/status/1289951381546180609 101 comments btc
- Amazon sent 1,700 Alexa voice files to the wrong customer, revealing private conversations. https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Amazon-reveals-private-voice-data-files-4256015.html 17 comments privacy
- Amazon sent 1,700 Alexa voice files to the wrong customer, revealing private conversations. https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/amazon-reveals-private-voice-data-files-4256015.html 155 comments netsec
- Voices from the Beyond the Grave: How 19th Century spiritualists faked their seances and conned their customers http://www.howitworksdaily.com/victorian-seances-debunked-the-secrets-of-speaking-to-the-dead/ 4 comments history
- iOS 18 will let you use custom voice phrases to trigger actions https://9to5mac.com/2024/05/15/ios-18-custom-voice-phrases-to-trigger-actions/ 147 comments apple
- iOS 18 will let you use custom voice phrases to trigger actions https://9to5mac.com/2024/05/15/ios-18-custom-voice-phrases-to-trigger-actions/ 11 comments ios
- In python with pyttsx3 how can I use a custom voice? Is it even possible? https://www.reddit.com/r/learnprogramming/comments/axiny4/in_python_with_pyttsx3_how_can_i_use_a_custom/ 7 comments learnprogramming
- Does the Google Home allow you to customize voice commands through IFTTT using a trigger? https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/5jbbt2/does_the_google_home_allow_you_to_customize_voice/ 4 comments technology
- No simultaneous voice and data for Verizon and Sprint customers on iPhone 5 http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/13/iphone-5-calls-data/ 8 comments apple
- Apple Exploring Ways to Let Developers Provide Custom Voice Synthesizers on iOS https://www.macrumors.com/2020/03/09/apple-voiceprovider-framework/ 12 comments apple
- Tesla's "Nightmare" Year Off to a Horrible Start: "Only One Person Responsible For This". First-quarter earnings are worse than predicted. Experts have voiced concern over Musk's deplorable behavior, which may be tarnishing the brand's reputation and causing customers to choose competing offerings. https://futurism.com/the-byte/teslas-nightmare-year-horrible-start 69 comments economy
- Began learning how to develop a custom virtual assistant a month ago in my spare time. Today I was able to get it to publish events on my Google calendar via voice input only! https://streamable.com/sd7qxq 4 comments learnprogramming
- TIL you can interact with your phone using only your voice. Just discovered and it’s so much fun. Wondering how many of you guys use it frequently? Any cool custom commands you use? https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210417 58 comments apple
- “We’re Not Allowed to Hang Up”: The Harsh Reality of Working in Customer Service – In their own voices, seven customer service representatives reveal what it’s like being caught between abusive callers and demanding employers. https://www.propublica.org/article/not-allowed-to-hang-up-the-harsh-reality-of-working-in-customer-service#1093097 2 comments indepthstories
- Amazon reveals private Alexa voice data files: Due to an internal error, Amazon recently sent 1,700 Alexa voice files to an unauthorized customer. https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/amazon-reveals-private-voice-data-files-4256015.html 29 comments europe
- Roku customer service sucks. Is there a roku player with an Ethernet port but without voice remote? https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/9v4h3k/roku_customer_service_sucks_is_there_a_roku/ 13 comments techsupport
- Patients with schizophrenia are building custom avatars that represent the voice inside their heads. The avatar is controlled by a therapist, and - rather than being hostile and rude - gets nicer over time. Many patients stopped hearing voices altogether after the therapy. https://www.hcanews.com/news/vr-is-helping-solve-schizophrenic-auditory-hallucinations- 146 comments science
- Uk supermarket chain Sainsbury's customers voice concern over 'creepy' CCTV screens placed above self-service checkouts ...shoppers said they were “intrusive” and “Orwellian”, with some claiming key pads were clearly exposed if they were to enter their pin numbers. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/sainsburys-cctv-self-service-checkouts-supermarkets-customer-reaction-a8359411.html 39 comments worldnews
- 'Unacceptable': Italian foreign ministry summoned France’s ambassador, after uniformed French customs officers crossed border to confront man suspected of carrying drugs. Rome voices anger after French customs officials make drug suspect provide sample on Italian soil. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/01/italy-france-cross-border-urine-test-drugs 30 comments worldnews
- Comcast begs Atlanta customers not to switch to Google Fiber: Comcast touts more on-demand video, voice remote; leaves out price and data caps. http://arstechnica.com/business/2016/02/as-google-fiber-hits-atlanta-comcast-says-dont-fall-for-the-hype/ 206 comments technology
- China's Bold Push into Genetically Customized Animals - New kinds of dogs, goats and monkeys are being made quickly, although scientists voice worries about ethics and whether the methods should be used on humans. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/china-s-bold-push-into-genetically-customized-animals/ 27 comments worldnews
- Cablevision Bleeding Users, Will Keep Raising Your Rates Anyway: lost 23,000 broadband customers and 33,000 Internet voice customers on the quarter as well http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/cablevision-bleeding-users-will-keep-raising-your-rates-anyway-131230 29 comments technology
- Will Workers and Customers Agree to Wear Tracking Devices? - Wall Street Journal reports one example, Hitachi’s “business microscope”. The size of an ID badge worn around necks. It monitors where they go, who they talk to, how often they make hand gestures & nod, & the energy levels in their voices. http://www.prsa.org/searchresults/view/10394/105/will_workers_and_customers_agree_to_wear_tracking 4 comments technology
- AT&T and other major companies agree to take steps that include sending alerts to customers who are approaching monthly voice, text or data limits. http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-cellphone-bill-shock-20111017,0,4267989.story?track=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed%3A+latimes%2Fmostviewed+%28l.a.+times+-+most+viewed+stories%29 15 comments technology
- Sprint Teams Up With Google Voice to make it possible for customers to integrate their Sprint and Google Voice numbers, regardless of whether their phones are smart or dumb http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/03/sprint-google-voice/ 4 comments technology
- Self-checkouts and other capitalist inconveniences. "It seems grocery stores have given up all pretense of caring about their customers; they’ve fired the cashiers and baggers and are forcing you to scan and bag the groceries yourself as a computerized voice commands you every step of the way." http://www.solidarity-us.org/current/node/2350 24 comments reddit.com