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“What’s the weather, Alexa?” And the answer comes in a voice few in India wouldn’t recognise. Alexa has got an Amitabh Bachchan baritone. So you have the “Angry Young Man” (now in his 70s) taking orders or telling whether it’s going to be hot and muggy today.
The technology behind the voice is stunning. Every word spoken by “Alexa Bachchan” is computer-generated, not a recording. It takes linguistics, audio technology and, above all, artificial intelligence to put together Alexa’s voice-activated service to “understand” natural language and respond with apparent intelligence.
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