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Amazon Alexa's voice will now express emotions such as happiness and disappointment
Tech2 News Staff •Amazon states that Alexa emotions make use of Neural text to speech (NTTS) technology which is an Amazon text to speech tech geared towards more natural-sounding speech.
Amazon, Google smart speakers can be hacked by laser 'light commands': Report
Tech2 News Staff •Amazon and Google spokespersons reportedly said that they are reviewing this research paper.
Alexa users can now ask the assistant to delete voice recordings automatically
•Amazon and other companies use human reviewers rather than just machines.
Amazon's Alexa will now be able to speak to you in Samuel L. Jackson's voice
•Amazon's celebrity voice feature will cost $0.99, Senior VP David Limp said at an event in Seattle.
Amazon's Alexa voice assistant now gets support for Hindi and Hinglish languages
Tech2 News Staff •Amazon has not shared a timeline on when it will add support for other Indic languages in the country.
Foxconn admits school children worked overtime at China factory to make Amazon Echo devices
•Investigation found hundreds of schoolchildren aged between 16 and 18 drafted in to make Amazon's Alexa devices.
How to disable Siri on your iPhone, Apple watch and MacBook
Tech2 News Staff •Siri listens to our conversation even without our permission, here is how you can disable it.
After Siri's privacy concerns, Amazon adds option to disable review of Alexa's recordings
Tech2 News Staff •Amazon now allows to remove their recordings through an option in the settings menu in the app.
Apple, Google pause reviewing audio recordings from voice assistants
•Increased public, political scrutiny of data privacy practices forced greater transparency from tech companies.
Google contractors are listening to your conversations with Google Assistant
•Google says contractors listen to recordings to better understand language patterns and accents.