When AI recreates the female voice, it also rewrites who gets heard

In 2023, Canadian musician Grimes released a clone of her voice, saying that “it’s cool to be fused with a machine”.

Merry Krimble from The Beatles: A year-by-year tour of their holiday singles

There are still folks to whom my yearly holiday greeting is “Merry Krimble,” a classic onomatopoeiacal Beatle-ism uttered on ...
IEEE

Deep Learning Techniques for Voice-Based Gender and Age Prediction

Abstract: This paper delves into deep learning approaches for gender and age prediction from voice data. We discuss a comparison of logistic regression and long short-term memory networks to predict ...

Akron actor fills iconic role as voice of beloved Archie the Snowman ☃️

Akron native Brandon Meeker loves Akron and he loves voicing Archie the Talking Snowman, a uniquely Akron holiday icon.
The Atlantic

Why Taylor Swift’s Accent Has Changed

The lore has by now been recounted many a time: In 2004, Scott and Andrea Swift moved from central Pennsylvania to Nashville so that their 14-year-old daughter, Taylor, could pursue a career in ...
The Verge

Helloyellow brings voice messaging to the Playdate.

The handheld is known for its crank, but did you know it also had a built-in microphone? Jon Simantov’s new Playdate app uses it for voice messaging, letting you send and receive free 2-minute ...