Category: Speech

AI Speech

Situational Awareness in Machine Interpreting

By claudio | by claudio

Machine Interpreting, a subset of spoken language translation, is undergoing rapid advancements. The recent strides in this domain are particularly evident in the development of robust end-to-end systems. These systems utilize a singular language model to directly translate spoken content from one language to another. As impressive as this technology is, it currently finds its best application only in offline speech translation tasks. When it comes to real-time simultaneous translation, which is my primary area…

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My talk at AIIC 70th anniversary

By claudio | by claudio

Last weekend, I had the pleasure of presenting in Brussels a talk titled “AI, Interpretation, and the Dynamics of Change” on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the AIIC – The International Association of Conference Interpreters. Here are some highlights from my discussion: 👉 We’re witnessing remarkable progress in AI’s proficiency in spoken language processing, a trend set to continue and accelerate in the future. 👉 Yet, despite its advancements, AI is intrinsically limited…

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I cloned my own voice

By claudio | by claudio

Most building blocks of Artificial Intelligence are increasingly plug&play. This means they are accessible to anyone with a basic knowledge of programming (mainly in Python). This is one of the recent revolutions in the field I will never stop emphasizing. If a company makes a product out of it, and you can bet it will sooner or later, you don’t even need these skills. This also applies to voice cloning, i.e. the process in which…

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