OpenAI is releasing new text-to-speech and speech-to-text AI models ... developers are required to pay the tech company every time its AI models are used in an external application.

The result is more naturalistic, fluent speech synthesis." The technology holds immense promise for improving the lives of individuals with conditions such as ALS or stroke-induced paralysis.

Stephen Hawking is probably the first name that comes to mind when text to speech (TTS) voice assistive technology is mentioned. Hawking was diagnosed with a motor neuron disease known as amyotrophic ...