Pocket TTS is an open-source text-to-speech model that runs on CPUs, clones voices from 5 seconds of audio, and keeps voice ...

The productivity upside is straightforward. Research, like the Stanford report linked above, has repeatedly shown that dictation and speech recognition are significantly faster than typing. Shifting ...

Apple doesn't currently allow iPhone users to change the Side button's Siri functionality to another assistant, but owners of iPhone 15 Pro and newer models can assign ChatGPT to the Action button ...

Talking to ChatGPT instead of typing feels faster, more human and better suited for how people actually think and work. With more than a decade of experience, Nelson covers Apple and Google and writes ...

OpenAI is betting big on audio AI, and it’s not just about making ChatGPT sound better. According to new reporting from The Information, the company has unified several engineering, product, and ...

Helpers can be very useful in Home Assistant. A Toggle helper is an easy way to turn on Guest Mode, mute notifications, track states, and more. There are plenty of other helpers beyond the Toggle ...

Two major milestones: finalizing my database choice and successfully running a local model for data extraction.

Google has rolled out a new Gemini AI text-to-speech feature in Google Docs, allowing users to hear their documents read aloud. The update, announced in August 2025, is designed to improve ...