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Amazon is developing a way for users to talk to their family members through its voice assistant Alexa, which can continue to muffle the sounds of loved ones even after they die. At Amazon’s Re: Mars conference in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Rohit Prasad, senior vice president and chief scientist of the Alexa team, outlined a feature that allows the voice assistant to replicate a specific human voice, all according to a CNBC report.
In a demo video, a boy said, “Alexa, can Grandma finish calling me the Wizard of Oz?” Alexa confirmed the request with the default, robotic voice, and then immediately moved on to a softer, more humane tone, ostensibly mimicking the child’s family member.
The Alexa team has developed a model that allows its voice assistant to produce high-quality sound with “less than a minute of recorded audio,” Prased said. The feature is currently in development, Prasad said. Amazon did not say when the feature will be launched to the public.
Although it could ostensibly be used to replicate any voice, Prased suggested that it could be used to help commemorate a deceased family member.
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Turning artificial intelligence into a conversational and companion-like one has become a major focus, especially in light of the fact that “so many of us have lost someone we love” during the Cubid-19 epidemic, Prased said. Make memories last, “he added.
The e-commerce giant wants to make the conversation with Alexa more natural in general, and has released a series of features that allow its voice assistant to replicate a more human-like dialogue, even to the point of asking user questions.
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