Truecaller uses Microsoft’s Azure AI Speech to make a ‘personal voice’ answer your phone call

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With the collaboration of Truecaller and Microsoft, users can now have AI answer calls in their voices using Microsoft’s Personal Voice from Azure AI Speech.

Raphael Mimoun, product director and general manager of Trucaller, while confirming the update said that the new feature is a significant step “towards delivering a truly personalized and engaging communication experience.”

Telegram first unveiled its AI assistant in 2022, which is capable of taking calls and screening them for consumers.

The personal voice feature of Microsoft’s Azure AI Speech allows customers to create a bespoke digital assistant that sounds like them, in addition to the various voices it already supports.

“The personal voice feature allows our users to use their own voice, enabling the digital assistant to sound like them when handling incoming calls.

“This groundbreaking capability not only adds a touch of familiarity and comfort for the users but also showcases the power of AI in transforming the way we interact with our digital assistants,” Mimoun stated.

Newsng gathered that users of the Truecaller app can now record a brief speech sample using Personal speech.

Then, using this sample, Microsoft’s Azure AI Speech technology imitates the user’s speech digitally. The AI Assistant can use this to screen unknown numbers, answer calls, and leave messages for users.

With its Personal Voice function, the smartphone app hopes to stop scammers in India from utilising artificial intelligence (AI) to impersonate friends to deceive people out of money. This raises concerns about the possible abuse of voice cloning technology.

Earlier report stated that a new coalition that has been formed by several significant digital companies, including Meta, Coinbase, and others, to combat online fraud on dating apps, social media, and cryptocurrency platforms.

Chelsea draw up four-man coaching list after parting ways with Mauricio Pochettino

English Premier League (EPL) side Chelsea FC have drawn up a four-man coaching list after recently parting ways with Argentine-born manager Mauricio Pochettino by mutual consent.

Per a post shared on X by transfer guru Fabrizio Romano, the race to become the next Chelsea coach to replace Pochettino is open as Thomas Frank, Kieran McKenna, and Enzo Maresca have all been mentioned internally at Chelsea.

Romano also disclosed that Seb Hoeneß of Stuttgart remains highly rated but considered difficult to appoint, while there have been no talks with Vincent Kompany, Thomas Tuchel, Ansi Flick or Antonio Conte as widely reported.

‘‘Thomas Frank, Kieran McKenna, and Enzo Maresca have all been mentioned internally at Chelsea. It’s still open race.

‘‘Seb Hoeneß remains highly rated but considered difficult to appoint.

‘‘No talks with Kompany (on Bayern list), Tuchel, Flick or Conte.

‘’Internal discussions on.’’ Romano shared this on his official X-handle.

The report comes days after Pochettino bid farewell to Chelsea FC after he surprisingly parted ways with the club by mutual consent on Tuesday, despite guiding the club to a sixth-place finish in the English Premier League (EPL).

Reports indicate that the coach and the Todd Boehly-led board have agreed to part ways with the current tactician. The club is now prioritizing the appointment of a younger manager.

The departure of Pochettino was officially confirmed in a statement issued by Chelsea directors Laurence Stewart and Paul Winstanley, both of whom extended their best wishes to the coach for his future coaching endeavors.

“On behalf of everyone at Chelsea, we’d like to express our gratitude to Mauricio for his service this season. He’ll be welcome back to Stamford Bridge any time and we wish him all the very best in his future coaching career”. The statement by the Directors read.

The club stated that Pochettino’s resignation, which was made official two days ago, was decided by mutual consent, indicating scepticism on both sides.