One of the things users want to customize in the voice assistant much more precisely Alexa this is his way of speaking. Amazon is working to achieve this and has a new technology almost ready to make this possible quickly and easily.
What we are talking about is that the famous voice assistant found in all kinds of devices is likely to make a sound. just like a brother or friend. The fact is, the company led by Jeff Bezos stated at a technology meeting (called re:MARS) held in the USA that it has very advanced work so that Alexa can practically replicate all the sounds it hears. This will increase your customization options exponentially.
How to get this new Alexa feature?
As an engineer from the company stated, all you have to do is listen more or less. a minute The sound source you want the assistant to use and everything can be copied from the source using different sound conversion algorithms and Artificial Intelligence applications, so Alexa can take advantage of this opportunity. In other words, many dreams would come true, as it would even be possible to imitate the voice of a grandmother reading a story (so that their youngest grandchildren would not miss the experience).
Obviously, this can be specific legal effects what does it have to do with privacy, but the truth is that this progress is interesting enough for the well-known online store to offer this possibility to users. In short, audio imitation really seems like a possibility anyway, and also as seen via a video of quite remarkable quality at the meeting.
Reaching this functionality to Amazon products
This is one of those things about which nothing is mentioned, but does not appear Presenting the new technology owned by Amazon to the end user Short term. In addition to having to finish development to make it fully functional, it is clear that some legal hurdles that may arise (even security-related ones) need to be overcome.
What is certain is that once this functionality is available for Alexa, on all devices This includes the voice assistant independently. An example is the Echo Do speakers or Fire TV players in the online store. The truth is, the idea that your voice answers you every time you want to do anything with your sibling or a well-known athlete seems like it might finally become a reality.
Source: Cincodias Elpais
