artificial intelligence (AI) that provides systems the ability to automatically learn and improve from experience without being explicitly programmed. Machine learning focuses on the development of computer programs that can access data and use it to learn for themselves. (source) circa 1950s first major advances in the 1980s
• Speech synthesis (TTS) W3C Community specification was published in 2012 SpeechRecognition interface currently only supported in Chrome, experimental feature Uses Google's servers to convert speech to text (requires Internet connection)
machines how real people speak." (source) * In maintenance mode since August 2020 Publicly open dataset Upload recordings of your voice Help reduce bias in Natural Language Processing (NLP) & ML
only available to you • Certification process similar to mobile app store submissions ◦ ~48-hour turnaround on average ◦ Feedback is unpredictable! ◦ Respect existing brands • Can share a "beta" version with co-workers, friends, etc. ◦ Great for QA as well as hobby projects
is hard: ◦ Learning about the platform limitations ◦ Managing stakeholder expectations ◦ Understanding & changing user behaviors ◦ QA • It's not just an engineering challenge!