Will Podcasts Become the Key Use Case for AI Dubbing? – slator.com
A couple of studies evaluating scientific research (found here and here) published in 2024 concluded that many challenges remain in AI speech translation, such as shortcomings in nuance, prosody, and latency; lack of a single, comprehensive evaluation metric; and a scarcity of annotated training data. But a lot of progress has been made, and AI […]
Instead of an IPO, Voice Translator Pocketalk Raises USD 15.8M from Investment Firm – slator.com
Pocketalk, the Japanese company behind the eponymous “two-way voice translator,” has raised JPY 2.5bn (USD 15.8m) in funding from Kado Investment, a Tokyo-based investment firm. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The raise comes as a surprise. It was only in March 2024 that Pocketalk was reportedly considering an IPO at a USD 500m […]