Introduction to Voice Computing in Python

It’s an exciting time to be a developer in the voice computing space: 1 in 4 searches on Google are now voice-enabled, Amazon Alexa just passed 10,000 skills, and 100 million calls are completed on WhatsApp daily. But where do you go to start learning how to code in this field?

Whether you are a veteran developer or just starting out, this book guides you through the process of building voice-based applications in Python.

• Understand how to read/write, record, clean, encrypt, playback, transcode, transcribe, compress, publish, featurize, model, and visualize voice files
• Build your own voice computer and voice assistant from scratch
• Design cutting-edge microservice server architectures on top of Docker and Kubernetes
• Get access to 200+ starter scripts in a GitHub repository
• Become involved in the larger open source voice community

Table of Contents

Chapter 0. Introduction
Chapter 1. Fundamentals
Chapter 2. Collection
Chapter 3. Featurization
Chapter 4. Data Modeling
Chapter 5. Generation
Chapter 6. Visualizations
Chapter 7. Designing Voice Computers
Chapter 8. Server Architectures
Chapter 9. Security, Legal, And Ethical Considerations
Chapter 10. Getting Involved