Note: betaworks is an investor in Lunar, Gimlet, and Shine, all mentioned below. Also note: I’m not a journalist. Just a guy with a newsletter.)
Voice-powered Thingz:
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Apollo - An alexa-like device the size of a cupholder, for audio assistance while you drive. Here’s a
live demo video.
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Tacitron 2 - This was the first link in last week’s, and it got corrupted! User error! It’s the demos of very human-like sounding voices from the google project Tacitron 2. Definitely worth checking out, especially if you’re interested in TTS (text-to-speech).
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Shine - cool to see Apple feature a voice-powered app as app of the day. This is an interactive daily motivation app that’s centered around audio.