You call your favorite restaurant to place an order, and the voice that greets you sounds so natural, so authentically human, that you never realize you're talking to an AI.
This isn't science fiction,it's happening right now, thanks to a San Francisco-based startup called Rime Labs that's remoulding how artificial voices sound and feel.
From Bell's First Call to AI's Next Frontier
The journey of voice technology reads like a timeline of human innovation. In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell made history with the first telephone call. Nearly eight decades later, Bell Laboratories created "Audrey," a system that could recognize a single voice speaking numbers aloud.
Now, in 2025, we're witnessing another revolutionary moment as artificial intelligence transforms voice tech
Rime That Makes AI Voices Sound Human Just Grabbed $5.5M
- By Upasana Banerjee
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