Text-to-Speech, or TTS, is a technology that converts written text into spoken audio. It is commonly used in voice assistants, accessibility tools, alert systems, kiosks, and smart devices. On ...

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The Innioasis Y1 is quite the potent piece of nostalgia. I vividly remember getting my first Apple iPod on Christmas 2006 and proceeding to spend the day ripping every angsty CD in teenage me’s ...

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Happy Pokémon Day! One of the more surprising announcements during today’s annual Pokémon Presents was a brand-new product ...

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