Rupal Patel Associate professor of Speech Language Pathology and Audiology r.patel@neu.edu 617.373.5842 Expertise human computer interfaces, speech communication Rupal Patel in the Press Google’s new AI can hear a snippet of song—and then keep on playing Rupal Patel, who researches information and speech science at Northeastern University, says that previous work using AI to generate audio could capture those nuances only if they were explicitly annotated in training data. In contrast, AudioLM learns those characteristics from the input data automatically, which adds to the realistic effect. Popular Mechanics Alexa Can Speak in Your Dead Grandmother’s Voice “Imagine what would happen if we took Ali’s voice right now, with all the stuff that’s going on with Salman Rushdie, and put words into his mouth—words he would never utter?” asks Rupal Patel, a professor at Northeastern University’s Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders and vice president of voice and accessibility at Veritone, an AI tech […] Popular Mechanics lexa Can Speak in Your Dead Grandmother’s Voice, And That’s Probably Not a Good Thing “Imagine what would happen if we took Ali’s voice right now, with all the stuff that’s going on with Salman Rushdie, and put words into his mouth—words he would never utter?” asks Rupal Patel, a professor at Northeastern University’s Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders and vice president of voice and accessibility at Veritone, an AI tech […] New Selena album ‘Moonchild Mixes’ sparks voice-aging debate Rupal Patel, a speech scientist at Northeastern University, said although some fans may be uncomfortable, the producers of Moonchild Mixes haven’t created a whole new synthetic voice or voice clone for Selena. They’ve just tweaked her original tracks. Marketplace More brands want unique synthetic voices. How do the actors providing them maintain control? Standing got connected to a startup called VocalID. It’s a kind of marketplace for voice talent that lets an actor give the OK before their voice can be used in a particular project. It’s run by Rupal Patel, a professor of communications sciences at Northeastern University. Slate Spectacular Vernacular They also interview Rupal Patel, professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders and Computer Science at Northeastern University and the founder of VocaliD. Why the Anthony Bourdain voice cloning creeps people out Just seconds or minutes of recorded human speech can help teach an AI system to generate its own synthetic speech, though getting it to capture the clarity and rhythm of Anthony Bourdain’s voice probably took a lot more training, said Rupal Patel, a professor at Northeastern University who runs another voice-generating company, VocaliD, that focuses […] Voice cloning of growing interest to actors and cybercriminals VocaliD was founded by its chief executive Rupal Patel, who is also a professor of communication sciences and disorders at Northeastern University. Prof Patel set up the business in 2014 as an extension of her clinical work creating artificial voices for patients who are unable to talk without assistance, such as people who have lost […] Scientific American Artificial Intelligence Is Now Shockingly Good At Sounding Human Rupal Patel heads a research group at Northeastern University that studies speech prosody—the changes in pitch, loudness and duration that we use to convey intent and emotion through voice. “Sometimes people think of it as the icing on the cake,” she explains. “You have the message, and now it’s how you modulate that message, but I really […] Marketplace Machines need to be funny if they want to sell us stuff There could be more work like this in the future, according to Rupal Patel, a professor of computer and information sciences at Northeastern University who runs her own text-to-speech startup. Rupal Patel for Northeastern Global News Most Americans are concerned about AI’s impact on the 2024 presidential election, Northeastern survey finds Most Americans are concerned about AI’s impact on the 2024 presidential election, Northeastern survey finds A survey conducted by the AI Literacy Lab found that 83% of respondents are worried about the spread of misinformation in the 2024 election. Personalized text-to-speech voices help people with speech disabilities maintain identity and social connection Personalized text-to-speech voices help people with speech disabilities maintain identity and social connection With text-to-speech technology that customizes voices to those who use them, professor Rupal Patel gives voices to the voiceless. It’s here, Class of 2014: Commencement! It’s here, Class of 2014: Commencement! Northeastern will honor graduates as well as an accomplished group of influential leaders and scholars receiving honorary degrees on Friday at the university's 112th commencement exercises. Give the gift of voice Give the gift of voice In a recent talk at TED Women, associate professor Rupal Patel announced The Human Voicebank Initiative: a crowd-sourced platform that will help give personalized synthetic voices to people with severe speech impairments. Students raise a Google Glass to good health Students raise a Google Glass to good health More than 20 students in an innovative transdisciplinary course developed personal health applications for Google Glass, the wearable computer with an optical head-mounted display. ‘Never heard me before’ ‘Never heard me before’ At a TEDWomen talk on Thursday, Northeastern associate professor Rupal Patel described a new project to give personalized voices to the voiceless. Researcher gives subjects their voice Researcher gives subjects their voice Associate professor Rupal Patel has created a way to give people with speech disorders a personalized synthetic voice that resembles their true vocal identity. Technology to improve health care Technology to improve health care Northeastern’s new doctoral program in personal health informatics — the first of its kind in the nation — will prepare students for researching and developing new technologies that can have a global impact on healthcare.
Google’s new AI can hear a snippet of song—and then keep on playing Rupal Patel, who researches information and speech science at Northeastern University, says that previous work using AI to generate audio could capture those nuances only if they were explicitly annotated in training data. In contrast, AudioLM learns those characteristics from the input data automatically, which adds to the realistic effect.
Popular Mechanics Alexa Can Speak in Your Dead Grandmother’s Voice “Imagine what would happen if we took Ali’s voice right now, with all the stuff that’s going on with Salman Rushdie, and put words into his mouth—words he would never utter?” asks Rupal Patel, a professor at Northeastern University’s Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders and vice president of voice and accessibility at Veritone, an AI tech […]
Popular Mechanics lexa Can Speak in Your Dead Grandmother’s Voice, And That’s Probably Not a Good Thing “Imagine what would happen if we took Ali’s voice right now, with all the stuff that’s going on with Salman Rushdie, and put words into his mouth—words he would never utter?” asks Rupal Patel, a professor at Northeastern University’s Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders and vice president of voice and accessibility at Veritone, an AI tech […]
New Selena album ‘Moonchild Mixes’ sparks voice-aging debate Rupal Patel, a speech scientist at Northeastern University, said although some fans may be uncomfortable, the producers of Moonchild Mixes haven’t created a whole new synthetic voice or voice clone for Selena. They’ve just tweaked her original tracks.
Marketplace More brands want unique synthetic voices. How do the actors providing them maintain control? Standing got connected to a startup called VocalID. It’s a kind of marketplace for voice talent that lets an actor give the OK before their voice can be used in a particular project. It’s run by Rupal Patel, a professor of communications sciences at Northeastern University.
Slate Spectacular Vernacular They also interview Rupal Patel, professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders and Computer Science at Northeastern University and the founder of VocaliD.
Why the Anthony Bourdain voice cloning creeps people out Just seconds or minutes of recorded human speech can help teach an AI system to generate its own synthetic speech, though getting it to capture the clarity and rhythm of Anthony Bourdain’s voice probably took a lot more training, said Rupal Patel, a professor at Northeastern University who runs another voice-generating company, VocaliD, that focuses […]
Voice cloning of growing interest to actors and cybercriminals VocaliD was founded by its chief executive Rupal Patel, who is also a professor of communication sciences and disorders at Northeastern University. Prof Patel set up the business in 2014 as an extension of her clinical work creating artificial voices for patients who are unable to talk without assistance, such as people who have lost […]
Scientific American Artificial Intelligence Is Now Shockingly Good At Sounding Human Rupal Patel heads a research group at Northeastern University that studies speech prosody—the changes in pitch, loudness and duration that we use to convey intent and emotion through voice. “Sometimes people think of it as the icing on the cake,” she explains. “You have the message, and now it’s how you modulate that message, but I really […]
Marketplace Machines need to be funny if they want to sell us stuff There could be more work like this in the future, according to Rupal Patel, a professor of computer and information sciences at Northeastern University who runs her own text-to-speech startup.