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Battlefield 2042 Won’t Have Voice Chat on Launch – And I Think It Never Should!
This Friday will mark the official release of Battlefield 2042. A game which, I daresay, many of you are really looking forward to (likely in the hope that this will represent a huge return to form for the franchise). Following a report via Polygon late last week, however, DICE confirmed…
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Microsoft Reportedly Closing in on Nuance Acquisition
EDIT – Microsoft has now confirmed that the deal has been agreed pending legal paperwork. Microsoft has certainly been more than a little busy over the last month with rumours and confirmation of deals coming from practically every angle you could conceive. For example, last month reports began to emerge…
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Samuel L. Jackson Voicepack is Coming to Amazon Alexa
The chances are that if you have even a mild interest in technology that your home has some form of smart assistant. I know that I have an Amazon Alexa. Albeit I use it mostly as a highly-sophisticated egg-timer and calendar/reminder tool. If you have, however, managed to resist getting…
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Charles Martinet Given World Record For 100 Mario Voiceovers
Charles Martinet Given World Record Charles Martinet is probably one of the best-known voice actors in the gaming. If you don’t know him by name, you certainly know him by Mario. Yes, since 1992 he has been the sole video gaming voice for the worlds most famous plumber (and former…
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Study Finds People Repress Their Accents With Voice Assistants
Study Finds People Repress Their Accents With Voice Assistants Having recently purchased an Amazon Echo Dot for my home, for the first time in my life it dawned on me that this specific branch of technology was much further ahead than I was prepared for. Like a pensioner using Ceefax,…
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Nicholas Cage Will Play Superman In Upcoming Film
Nicholas Cage To Play Superman For some reason I have never quite figured out, Nicholas Cage has quite a strong following on the internet. As far as I can gather, people either love him, hate him or send out mixed messages of both. Having spawned several popular memes such as…
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Amazon Upgrading Alexa to Have More ‘Human-Like’ Speech
Alexa, Amazon’s intelligent personal assistant is getting a speech upgrade according to a recent developer blog post so that she may be able to sound more “human-like”. This includes learning to whisper, varied pitch, emphasis and while not exactly very human-like, she will also be able to bleep out words.…
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Lyrebird Algorithm Can Mimic Voices After Hearing Only 60 Seconds of Audio
Canadian Startup Lyrebird has developed a new algorithm which can mimic voices with scary accuracy after sampling only 60 seconds of audio speech. The algorithm can copy the voice quality but also captures the cadence very well for only a 60 second sampling. Lyrebird also claims that it is robust…
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Skype Adds Japanese to Live Voice Translation Feature
Microsoft’s video/phone chat software Skype has finally added Japanese to its set of live voice translation feature. This makes Japanese the tenth language added to Skype’s repertoir since launching back in 2014, joining English, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Mandarin Chinese, Arabic and Russian. According to an official blog…
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Sky Q Voice Commands Are Finally Here!
Sky Q has been out for quite some time now, and with it came many new features to the service. Along with the bigger hard drive, the box now supports download and playback of 4K video, a new remote, and a few other little tricks. However, one feature has been…
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The Plex Skill for Amazon Alexa is Here!
Good news everyone, as Amazon Alexa has just got one of the greatest skills to date! The team at Plex have just released their Alexa Skill, allowing you to ask for your favourite music, movies, TV shows and more with a few short voice commands. “Get rid of all those…
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Gyration Air Mouse Voice Review
Introduction We see all kinds of weird and wonderful peripherals here at eTeknix, and today is no different, as we take a look at the Gyration Air Mouse Voice. With the Air Mouse Voice you can take control of your desktop as you would with any other mouse, but it…
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Las Vegas Wynn to Install 4700 Amazon Echos
Amazon has been having a lot of success with their Echo and Echo dot devices, as well as the built-in Alexa AI. We should know, the eTeknix boss has 7 of them, and I’ve got 2, doing all kinds of home automation magic. Now the Wynn in Las Vegas is…
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Apple AirPods Finally Available for $159
The Apple AirPods have been plagued by criticism ever since Apple announced they were ditching the 3.5mm audio jack and has not let up until its supposed launch back in October. The delay was rumoured to be because of problems with functionality and critics said that it was not likely…
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Crash Bandicoot Speaks For the First Time in Skylanders Academy
Crash Bandicoot is one of the most iconic mascots in video game history and remembered fondly by a large number of people. The series’ enthralling platforming, gorgeous visuals and distinctive characters proved to be a wonderful combination. Despite its age, the original PlayStation titles still hold up quite well and…
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