IIT Bombay Explores Accent-Aware Speech Translation – slator.com
In a May 4, 2025 paper, researchers at IIT Bombay introduced a new approach to speech-to-speech translation (S2ST) that not only translates speech into another language but also adapts the speaker’s accent. This work aligns with growing industry interest in accent adaptation technologies. For example, Sanas, a California-based startup, has built a real-time AI accent […]
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 […]