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Truecaller Will Allow You to Create a Personalized AI Assistant with Your Own Voice

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Truecaller, the popular caller identification app, has announced an interesting use of AI. The app’s latest feature allows users to create a digital version of their own voice to interact with the Truecaller Assistant. This development, powered by Microsoft’s Azure AI Speech technology, personalizes the call screening experience and adds a layer of user control.

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Traditionally, AI assistants rely on pre-recorded voices. Truecaller’s innovation breaks the mould by allowing users to record and personalize the voice used by their Assistant. This not only adds a touch of uniqueness but also potentially increases trust and user comfort when interacting with the AI.

How it Works

Setting up your personalized voice is a simple process. According to Truecaller’s user guide, users can access the Personal Voice option within the app settings and follow the on-screen instructions to record their voice. The recorded Assistant will then use this Truecaller voice to greet callers, identify the purpose of their call, and potentially even manage basic interactions on your behalf.

The ability to personalize your voice assistant is made possible through a partnership with Microsoft. Truecaller leverages Microsoft’s Azure AI Speech technology, ensuring a high-quality and secure voice experience.

While the initial focus is on call screening, the implications of personalized voice assistants extend further. Tech news outlets like Engadget speculate on the potential for this technology to revolutionize how we interact with our smartphones. TechRadar explores the possibility of using your personalized voice assistant for a wider range of tasks, potentially transforming it into a virtual personal secretary.

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AvePoint Edutech Empowers Integrated Online Learning in Six Singaporean Institutes of Higher Learning

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If the pandemic proved one thing – it’s that a majority of education systems and institutions currently available are ill-equipped for online-based learning. However, six of Singapore’s Institutions of Higher Learning are looking to change that with the appointment of AvePoint, Inc. by Temasek Polytechnic to deploy its integrated training platform. The project will provide over 100,000 learners access to a catalogue of 44,000 courses in a fully digital and hybrid manner.

AvePoint, Inc. will be deploying their AvePoint EduTech platform which is one of the only software as a service (SaaS) platforms for education and training that integrates directly with Microsoft’s suite of applications. It integrates directly into Microsoft Teams – which comes pre-installed in Windows 11 – and other Microsoft 365 services and applications to provide a seamless experience to both teaching staff and learners.

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AvePoint Edutech will be providing these six institutions of higher learning with a holistic, integrated solution that covers multiple facets of online and hybrid learning. Edutech is geared to ending the dilemma of jumping from one platform to another for a single function. Students and teaching staff won’t need to jump from Blackboard to WhatsApp to ProctorU for the complete suite of functions to effectively deliver lessons. Edutech’s three components: Curricula, Examena and Vitae allow all these functions to be managed seamlessly on one platform.

Using Microsoft’s Azure backbone and Kubernetes, Avepoint Inc. has simplified and containerised its offering to cater to the unique needs of every institution. They have also leveraged Azure Cognitive Service and Microsoft AI to deliver some of their more complex features. The Azure Cognitive Service is deployed in Examena to help prevent cheating as well as to verify student identity while Microsoft AI’s natural language processing is applied in Curricula where teaching staff can easily generate assessments and quizzes based on lectures. Group messaging and communication also leverages Azure by integrating directly with Microsoft Teams.

AI at Scale with AvePoint EduTech

Microsoft’s Azure platform also allows better management of data. User information, classes and even profiles are secured in encrypted data lakes making it harder for malicious actors to access. More importantly, Azure’s services allow AvePoint Inc. to rapidly deploy and adapt services to the needs of each institution.

The deployment of AvePoint Edutech is expected to be completed by 2023.