Do You Actually Need to Pay for Transcription Software?

I tested Wispr Flow and various AI-powered transcription software to see whether you should bother subscribing or stick with ...

The NTSB tries to keep cockpit audio recordings private. AI is making that harder

The National Transportation Safety Board temporarily pulled its docket system offline after digital images were used to ...

The Biggest Tell That Something Was Written by AI

Now some authors tell me they’ve embraced AI as a “writing tool,” no different from spell-check or a laptop. The phrase is ...

TikTok’s AI ‘Text to Song’ Trend May Be a Sign of Music to Come

Then her best friend sent her a TikTok featuring screenshots of funny texts that had been turned into the lyrics to an ...

A hot-mic moment on the latest voice-to-text app almost ruined my life

A popular voice-to-text transcription app ended up sending lewd messages to my bosses. This hot mic is going to get me canned ...
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Court blocks Michigan ban on conversion therapy on free speech grounds

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer addresses the media during a news conference, Sept. 29, 2025, in Grand Blanc Township, Mich. (Credit: Carlos Osorio/AP.) Listen DETROIT — A federal appeals court on ...
IEEE

TV-MDiff: A Zero-Shot Text-To-Speech and Zero-Shot Voice Conversion System with Mamba-Based Diffusion Model

Abstract: Many studies have proposed zero-shot (ZS) speaker adaptation methods for Text-To-Speech (TTS) and Voice Conversion (VC) to synthesize speech for an unseen speaker from a reference speech ...
Geeky Gadgets

Whryte 4x Faster than Typing : Offline Speech-to-Text App for Mac

Imagine dictating an entire report, brainstorming ideas, or drafting an email, all without lifting a finger or worrying about your data being sent to the cloud. For Mac users, this isn’t just a dream; ...
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Editorial: Conversion therapy case centers on free speech

Is counseling free speech? That was the question at the Supreme Court in a dispute over Colorado’s ban on “conversion therapy.” A 2019 law says counselors can’t try to change a minor client’s gender ...