Tag: Speech
How To Make Siri Correctly Pronounce Names In Your Contacts In iOS 7
If you've got a friend, colleague or family member with a unique name, and that person is in your contact list, it can be annoying when Siri pronounces it wrong. I've heard Siri pronounce many names wrong, and after a while, you just get used to it. We don't have to do that anymore with iOS 7. Now w ...
Camera Glasses Could Completely Change The Lives Of Visually Impaired
As we all know, technology enables a lot of innovation. When it comes to finding new ways to help impaired people function just like you and me in the world, technology has proven to boost the speed of the implementation of these innovations. I have personally always been fascinated that there are p ...
CamFind: Mobile Visual Finder Is Your Real Life Search Engine
We often talk about search engines here on Bit Rebels. We do that because we feel as the Internet gets injected with more content, we all need to stay up-to-date with how it is all indexed, searched and optimized. Website owners know exactly what I am talking about. The online search engine is about ...
HAL 9000 Finally Realized, Alive & Responsive
If you are a movie fan, you know what I am talking about when I mention the HAL 9000. It is a self-aware computer in the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey (based on Arthur C. Clarke's novel series Space Odyssey). Ever since we were introduced to the HAL 9000, we have all been mesmerized by the thought of ...
Presidential Speech To Be Read If 1969 Moon Landing Failed
Neil Armstrong, the first human to ever set foot on the moon, just died 5 days ago on the 25th of August from complications during heart surgery. Mr. Armstrong was 82 years old. The millennial events that took place in 1969 have become synonymous with human ingenuity and the drive to conquer the kno ...
![VODER: World’s First Synthetic Speech Synthesizer [Retro]](https://bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/VODER-First-Speech-Synthesizer-Attempt-1-optimized.jpg "VODER: World’s First Synthetic Speech Synthesizer [Retro]")
VODER: World’s First Synthetic Speech Synthesizer [Retro]
Ever since the first personal computer was introduced, researchers have been trying to create a lifelike speech synthesizer that can comfortably and correctly convert text on the screen into perfect speech. There have been a number of approaches, and pretty much all of them have failed miserably. Th ...
BabelFisk: Glasses That Will Text You What They Hear
Imagine a world where everything is alive, moving and interactive, but there is one thing missing... sound. That is exactly the world a hearing impaired person has to face each and every day. Sign language is a great help and is the primary language used. However, it can sometimes be very time co ...
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