Forget Audible — ChatGPT can now read documents and even ebooks out loud to you (and it's surprisingly good)

Tired of switching between text-to-speech apps? Here’s how to use ChatGPT’s Read Aloud feature to listen to emails, documents ...
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How Duoreader Became My Go To Language Learning App

Want to learn a new language without the typical quiz and game apps? See how Duoreader became my go-to language learning app.

Google: AI Now Reads Business Contracts Aloud as Podcasts

Google Drive is getting a new AI feature that automatically converts important PDF documents into podcast-style audio ...

Need Lana Turner or Babe Ruth to Send You a Voice Note? This AI Firm Has You Covered

Audio tech company ElevenLabs Is launching an ‘Iconic Voice Marketplace’ that can whip up the dulcet tones of a great dead ...

This secret Kindle trick lets me listen to books from anywhere in my house

The book I'm currently reading (well, listening to) is This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald. I opened it in the ...

It’s inauguration day: Catherine Connolly to take the reins as President

Good morning. It’s inauguration day. Catherine Connolly will become the tenth President of Ireland at Dublin Castle today, beginning her seven-year term amid the pomp and ceremony of State’s most ...
Modern Ghana

Whispers of Home (2024): Writing, Exile, and the Ethics of Belonging

Whispers of Home was written at a time when the idea of home had begun to fracture. Borders hardened, language turned defensive, and public compassion grew thin. The poem arose from that atmosphere ...
Slator

AppTek Pioneers Next-Generation Expressive Text-to-Speech for AI Dubbing

AppTek’s sophisticated multilingual TTS model ensures that prosodic patterns are accurately generated, resulting in human-like emotional speech range with granular control over every voice parameter.
al.com

Dear Abby: My niece read my private text to her mom — now we’re not talking

DEAR ABBY: I text my older sister often. Last month, I sent her a long message consisting of information and chitchat. To my surprise, it was not answered by her, but by her daughter (who I am not ...
New Atlas

Inner speech glitch explains why people with schizophrenia hear voices

For decades, scientists have suspected that the voices heard by people with schizophrenia might be their own inner speech gone awry. Now, researchers have found brainwave evidence showing exactly how ...
Sioux City Journal

DEAR ABBY: Text message to sister ends up in unexpected hands

DEAR ABBY: I text my older sister often. Last month, I sent her a long message consisting of information and chitchat. To my surprise, it was not answered by her, but by her daughter (who I am not ...
The New York Times

The Costs of Protecting Campus Speech

Re “Law Schools Need to Grow a Backbone,” by Danielle Sassoon (Opinion guest essay, Oct. 14): I respect Ms. Sassoon for her principled stand against the unjust dismissal of the well-founded charges ...