https://myweirdprompts.com/channel/audio-speech/ en-us Copyright 2026 Daniel Rosehill Sat, 16 May 2026 20:43:15 GMT https://files.myweirdprompts.com/logos/mwp-square-3000.png https://myweirdprompts.com/channel/audio-speech/ Daniel Rosehill Daniel Rosehill feed@myweirdprompts.com no episodic yes https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/voice-ai-fraud-realism/ https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/voice-ai-fraud-realism/ Tue, 12 May 2026 16:05:04 GMT When Voice AI Features Enable Fraud Voice AI platforms now let you simulate background noise, hesitation, and natural conversation — and that's a problem. 1966 2781 2 no https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/dictation-accurary-myths-whisper/ https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/dictation-accurary-myths-whisper/ Mon, 11 May 2026 07:46:11 GMT Why Your Dictation Setup Might Be Wrong Modern ASR is shockingly robust. The biggest predictor of accuracy? How well your audio matches its training data. 2170 2754 2 no https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/dictation-trigger-hardware-guide/ https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/dictation-trigger-hardware-guide/ Fri, 08 May 2026 13:00:59 GMT Foot Pedals vs USB Buttons: The Ergonomics of Dictation Foot pedals, USB buttons, and under-desk macro pads for voice dictation — a deep dive into the hardware that makes AI dictation work. 1954 2707 2 no https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/tts-acronym-handling-pipeline/ https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/tts-acronym-handling-pipeline/ Sun, 03 May 2026 13:17:52 GMT Text Normalization's Hidden Complexity How to handle acronyms in text-to-speech pipelines using BERT models, lexicons, and layered preprocessing. 2264 2618 2 no https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/audio-mastering-ai-agents/ https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/audio-mastering-ai-agents/ Sat, 02 May 2026 13:33:34 GMT Letting Non-Experts Direct Audio Tools Through Conversation How to use AI for podcast mastering — and why agentic AI works better for small tasks than big promises. 2283 2602 2 no https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/personalized-podcast-voices/ https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/personalized-podcast-voices/ Sat, 02 May 2026 09:47:41 GMT Decoupling Script from Voice How dynamic voice replacement could let listeners choose who narrates each host's lines. 1870 2591 2 no https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/disfluency-detection-speech-cleaning/ https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/disfluency-detection-speech-cleaning/ Sat, 02 May 2026 09:24:24 GMT The Uncanny Valley of Clean Speech How transformer models distinguish "um" from meaningful speech — and why removing too much makes you sound like a robot. 1699 2590 2 no https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/browser-mic-audio-pipeline/ https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/browser-mic-audio-pipeline/ Fri, 01 May 2026 11:55:27 GMT What Your Browser Does to Mic Audio Before It Reaches Your Server getUserMedia returns audio, but not raw audio. Here's what browsers actually do to your mic feed before it hits your server. 1873 2582 2 no https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/audio-fingerprinting-mechanics-shazam/ https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/audio-fingerprinting-mechanics-shazam/ Fri, 01 May 2026 08:45:05 GMT How Audio Fingerprinting Actually Works Spectrogram peaks, constellation maps, and hash matching — the elegant mechanics behind identifying any song in seconds. 1568 2563 2 no https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/base64-audio-api-limits/ https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/base64-audio-api-limits/ Thu, 30 Apr 2026 07:46:07 GMT Why Base64 Adds 33% Overhead (And Why You Still Need It) Base64 isn’t compression — it’s a safe transport encoding. Here’s how it works with audio APIs and where its limits are. 2237 2543 2 no https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/speech-to-speech-models-explained/ https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/speech-to-speech-models-explained/ Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:27:17 GMT How Speech-to-Speech Models Eliminate the Robot Voice Why AI voice agents sound robotic, and how natively integrated speech-to-speech models fix it. 1688 2512 2 no https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/real-world-voice-ai-deployments/ https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/real-world-voice-ai-deployments/ Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:04:06 GMT The Design That Makes Voice Agents Tolerable Drive-thru accuracy, healthcare triage, and the design secret that makes people *want* to talk to a machine. 1680 2510 2 no https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/noise-reduction-transcription-paradox/ https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/noise-reduction-transcription-paradox/ Mon, 27 Apr 2026 11:33:31 GMT Why Noise Reduction Can Ruin Transcription Accuracy Cleaning audio before transcription can increase errors by up to 46%. Here's the right approach for your voice app. 1647 2486 2 no https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/hands-free-dictation-baby-noise/ https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/hands-free-dictation-baby-noise/ Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:40:49 GMT The Screaming Baby Stress Test Choosing the right headset and control method for dictation when you're holding a baby who won't stop screaming. 1506 2479 2 no https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/multilingual-podcast-rss-feeds/ https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/multilingual-podcast-rss-feeds/ Sun, 26 Apr 2026 10:17:41 GMT How Podcast RSS Feeds Can Speak Every Language One RSS feed, a transcript tag, and TTS voice cloning — the emerging standard for letting any podcast speak any language. 1659 2443 2 no https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/speaker-diarization-deep-dive/ https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/speaker-diarization-deep-dive/ Sun, 19 Apr 2026 21:28:28 GMT When Diarization Fails Silently Discover how PyAnnote and other tools tackle the critical task of identifying "who spoke when" in audio—and why it’s harder than it sounds. 1565 2337 2 no https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/danish-ai-localization/ https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/danish-ai-localization/ Sun, 19 Apr 2026 00:05:15 GMT Danish AI: Bridging the Localization Gap How does AI handle Danish? Explore the challenges and progress in making AI tools work for small-language populations. 2568 2311 2 no https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/voice-activity-detection/ https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/voice-activity-detection/ Fri, 17 Apr 2026 20:31:25 GMT The Invisible Gatekeeper of Voice Tech How voice activity detection shapes every step of the voice tech pipeline, and why it’s harder than it seems. 1548 2288 2 no https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/audio-bitrate-ai-transcription/ https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/audio-bitrate-ai-transcription/ Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:03:16 GMT The AI Transcription Sweet Spot Does higher-quality audio make AI transcription worse? New research reveals a surprising "sweet spot" for bitrate, challenging a core assumption of... 1347 2272 2 no https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/voice-agent-conversation-dynamics/ https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/voice-agent-conversation-dynamics/ Sun, 12 Apr 2026 16:34:41 GMT Making Voice Agents Feel Natural Turn-taking, interruptions, and latency are destroying voice AI UX—and the fixes are deeply technical. Here's what's actually happening underneath. 1717 2183 2 no https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/tts-model-latency-optimization/ https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/tts-model-latency-optimization/ Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:15:05 GMT The TTS Developer's Dilemma: Size vs. Speed Stop guessing. We break down the critical trade-offs between model size, latency, and sample rate for production-ready voice apps. 1634 1809 2 no https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/tiny-kokoro-voice-beats-giants/ https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/tiny-kokoro-voice-beats-giants/ Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:12:20 GMT The Architecture That Made AI Voices Run on a Raspberry Pi How a model the size of a tweet outperforms billion-dollar giants in the race for perfect AI speech. 1365 1808 2 no https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/engineering-urgent-sound-alerts/ https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/engineering-urgent-sound-alerts/ Tue, 31 Mar 2026 06:49:42 GMT Hacking the Brain's Alarm System Why some sounds make your skin crawl: the science of emergency alerts. 1288 1800 2 no https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/audio-vs-reading-educational-content/ https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/audio-vs-reading-educational-content/ Mon, 30 Mar 2026 15:17:58 GMT Audio Is the New "Read Later" Graveyard Why listening to AI conversations beats reading dense PDFs, and how serverless GPUs make it cheap. 2803 1778 2 no https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/whisper-small-beats-large-benchmark/ https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/whisper-small-beats-large-benchmark/ Sun, 29 Mar 2026 16:01:33 GMT Whisper Small Beats Whisper Large in Speed & Accuracy A 4GPU benchmark on Ubuntu shows the 1.5B parameter Whisper Large is slower and less accurate than the tiny Whisper Small. 1618 1752 2 no https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/youtube-auto-dubbing-architecture/ https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/youtube-auto-dubbing-architecture/ Sun, 29 Mar 2026 02:51:36 GMT When AI Dubbing Swaps Your Gender How does YouTube translate a video with one click? We explore the tech behind auto-dubbing, from sandwich models to voice cloning. 1368 1724 2 no https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/nvidia-parakeet-speech-recognition/ https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/nvidia-parakeet-speech-recognition/ Thu, 26 Mar 2026 12:35:20 GMT Beyond Whisper: NVIDIA’s Real-Time Speech Revolution Move over Whisper. NVIDIA's new models offer 10x speed increases and better accuracy for real-time speech-to-text. 1171 1555 2 no https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/voice-typing-real-time-friction/ https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/voice-typing-real-time-friction/ Sun, 15 Mar 2026 14:37:46 GMT The Architectural Divide Between Batch and Live Speech Why does voice typing feel so clunky compared to recording a memo? We explore the technical hurdles of real-time AI transcription. 1577 1218 2 no https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/mobile-recording-pro-audio-tips/ https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/mobile-recording-pro-audio-tips/ Thu, 05 Mar 2026 11:12:08 GMT Pro Audio in Acoustic Nightmares: Mobile Recording Tips Learn how to turn a marble-floored room into a studio using your phone, simple blankets, and the right USB-C gear. 2179 947 2 no https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/mobile-audio-ai-transcription/ https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/mobile-audio-ai-transcription/ Thu, 26 Feb 2026 16:55:56 GMT When Your Phone's Mic Beats Your Expensive Gear Stop holding your phone like a piece of toast. Explore the best mobile microphone setups for high-quality AI voice transcription. 1865 868 2 no https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/ai-vocal-eq-mastering/ https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/ai-vocal-eq-mastering/ Fri, 20 Feb 2026 16:24:01 GMT Why Your Recorded Voice Sounds Wrong Use AI to find your perfect EQ profile and build a pro vocal chain. Fix nasality, master de-essing, and sound your best on any device. 1843 732 2 no https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/spatial-audio-evolution-explained/ https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/spatial-audio-evolution-explained/ Fri, 20 Feb 2026 15:23:35 GMT The Math of Immersion: How 360-Degree Sound Actually Works Learn how object-based audio and clever math trick your brain into hearing 360-degree sound from even the smallest mobile devices. 1709 727 2 no https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/podcast-speaker-vocal-clarity/ https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/podcast-speaker-vocal-clarity/ Fri, 20 Feb 2026 14:35:10 GMT Finding a Speaker That Loves Voices Stop listening to podcasts through tinny speakers. Learn how to choose hardware optimized for the human voice and clear, room-filling audio. 1813 725 2 no https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/vinyl-analog-audio-persistence/ https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/vinyl-analog-audio-persistence/ Fri, 20 Feb 2026 09:22:24 GMT Why Your Ears Prefer Imperfect Plastic to Perfect Pixels Why do we still buy plastic discs in an age of neural-link streaming? Explore the science of analog warmth and the "ritual" of the record. 1610 720 2 no https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/audio-bitrate-compression-explained/ https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/audio-bitrate-compression-explained/ Tue, 17 Feb 2026 12:14:54 GMT The Bit Rate Dilemma: How Much Audio Data Do You Need? Herman and Corn explore the science of audio compression, psychoacoustics, and finding the perfect bit rate for podcasts and AI. 1674 660 2 no https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/digital-to-analog-audio-science/ https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/digital-to-analog-audio-science/ Mon, 16 Feb 2026 19:56:24 GMT The Golden Rule of Audio Engineering Why does digital data need to become analog? Explore the physics of sound and the critical role of the DAC in modern audio engineering. 1440 647 2 no https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/audio-quality-ai-responses/ https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/audio-quality-ai-responses/ Thu, 12 Feb 2026 11:34:34 GMT Audio Engineering as Prompt Engineering: Better Sound, Better AI Can better audio quality actually make an AI smarter? Discover how audio post-production functions as a new form of prompt engineering. 1323 598 2 no https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/beamforming-audio-technology-explained/ https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/beamforming-audio-technology-explained/ Thu, 15 Jan 2026 22:44:51 GMT How Math Gives Microphones Directional Ears Discover how math and physics turn simple microphones into "sound spotlights" that can isolate a single voice in even the noisiest environments. 1368 233 2 no https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/voice-cloning-neural-tts/ https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/voice-cloning-neural-tts/ Thu, 08 Jan 2026 13:49:44 GMT Why Your Irish Accent Sounds American Herman and Corn dive into the mechanics of neural text-to-speech, exploring how AI masters human prosody and the "average voice" accent problem. 1408 196 2 no https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/voice-dictation-microphone-guide/ https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/voice-dictation-microphone-guide/ Wed, 24 Dec 2025 15:15:40 GMT The Mic That Hears You from Across the Desk Tired of headsets? Herman and Corn explore professional microphone setups for seamless, high-accuracy AI voice dictation from a distance. 1456 99 1 no https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/clean-audio-messy-reality-noise-removal-for-voice-to-text/ https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/clean-audio-messy-reality-noise-removal-for-voice-to-text/ Fri, 12 Dec 2025 04:34:48 GMT Clean Audio, Messy Reality: Noise Removal for Voice-to-Text Fussy baby, clean audio? We dive into noise removal for voice-to-text. Discover why cleaner audio can transcribe worse. 1715 58 1 no https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/the-evolving-voice-tech-user-base/ https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/the-evolving-voice-tech-user-base/ Thu, 11 Dec 2025 14:17:18 GMT From Lawyers in Limousines to Developers in Their PJs: The Voice Tech Revolution From limo-riding lawyers to pajama-clad coders, voice tech is booming. Discover how AI is making it a force for good. 1790 57 1 no