NPR: voices https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=741845866 voices en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Sun, 13 Jul 2025 21:55:37 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: voices https://www.npr.org/tags/741845866/voices Artificial intelligence could soon diagnose illness based on the sound of your voice Everything from your vocal cord vibrations to breathing patterns when you speak offers potential information about your health. Researchers are collecting voice data to one day use in an app. Mon, 10 Oct 2022 05:00:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2022/10/10/1127181418/ai-app-voice-diagnose-disease https://www.npr.org/2022/10/10/1127181418/ai-app-voice-diagnose-disease

Everything from your vocal cord vibrations to breathing patterns when you speak offers potential information about your health. Researchers are collecting voice data to one day use in an app.

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]]> Carmen Molina Acosta Sounding Like A Reporter — And A Real Person, Too Listeners voice concerns about on-air voices. Wed, 07 Aug 2019 16:52:59 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/publiceditor/2019/08/07/749060986/sounding-like-a-reporter-and-a-real-person-too https://www.npr.org/sections/publiceditor/2019/08/07/749060986/sounding-like-a-reporter-and-a-real-person-too It's Been A Minute, records a segment at NPR West on September 24, 2018.'/>

Listeners voice concerns about on-air voices.

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]]> Liana Van Nostrand Finding Your Voice: How The Way We Sound Shapes Our Identities At some point in our lives, many of us realize that the way we hear our own voice isn't the way others hear us. This week on <em>Hidden Brain</em>, we look at the relationship between our voices and our identities. Plus, we hear how advances in technology might help people with vocal impairments, and consider the ethical quandaries that arise when we can create personalized, customized voices. Mon, 15 Jul 2019 16:00:38 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2019/07/15/741827437/finding-your-voice-how-the-way-we-sound-shapes-our-identities https://www.npr.org/2019/07/15/741827437/finding-your-voice-how-the-way-we-sound-shapes-our-identities

At some point in our lives, many of us realize that the way we hear our own voice isn't the way others hear us. This week on Hidden Brain, we look at the relationship between our voices and our identities. Plus, we hear how advances in technology might help people with vocal impairments, and consider the ethical quandaries that arise when we can create personalized, customized voices.

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