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S-5! and NWiR Announce New Empowerment Scholarship Program

S-5! and National Women in Roofing have collaborated to launch a scholarship program supporting women pursuing careers in the skilled trades by offering financial aid, mentorship, and educational resources.




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Metal Roofing and Solar are the Perfect Match

Gary Edgar, national architectural specification manager for PPG's building products in North America, highlights the benefits of using metal roofing versus asphalt shingles for solar panels.




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Replacing Concrete Tile with Standing Seam Metal Roof

Absolute Construction in Plano, Texas helps a customer seeking a replacement for their concrete tile roof select a far more durable roof, giving them a metal makeover.




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Project Profile: Vaisala's Colorado Headquarters Reaches New Heights

A Colorado-based facility achieves above-average sustainability without compromising design ethos, thanks to S-5! Solar attachment solutions.




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S-5! Introduces the S-5-TXL Clamp for Extra-Large Standing Seam Roof Profiles

S-5! introduces the S-5-TXL clamp, designed for T-shaped standing seam roofs and heavy-duty applications, with non-penetrating support to maintain roof integrity and warranty.




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Editor's Choice 2020: RC Highlights the Industry’s Latest Innovations and New Products

Manufacturers, suppliers and other industry stakeholders are updating their own business practices while learning to navigate through and beyond these unparalleled times.




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RC Editor’s Choice Spotlight: Duro-Last Roof Pavers

RC highlights Duro-Last and how the company's innovative Roof Pavers are not just functional, but aesthetically pleasing and eco-friendly.




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FlashCo Expands its Product Line with Fall Protection Systems

FlashCo, the Sonoma County, Calif.-based manufacturer of roof flashing products, unveils a suite of safety-oriented, roof-mounted gear ensuring maximum worker protection and regulatory compliance.




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Spooktacular Roofs: Take the RC Quiz

Some roofs are so iconic their mere description gives their identity away. Or does it? Take our quiz to test your knowledge (and our writing skills).




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New ASTM Standard Tests the Performance of Synthetic Underlayments

Roofing contractors will want to keep an eye out for synthetic underlayments meeting the ASTM’s new standard in the coming months.




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New Service Provides Company-Specific Compliance Updates from Regulatory Experts

J.J. Keller & Associates, Inc. introduces the 'Live Regulatory Update Service,' offering customized virtual presentations by subject matter experts in areas including FMCSA, DOT, OSHA, EPA, and more.




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New Labor Dept. Rule Updates Hazard Communication Standard

The Labor Department announced OSHA's updated Hazard Communication Standard to align with the Globally Harmonized System, improving hazard classification and labeling for better safety.




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IRE 2022 Session Preview: Escaping Killer Contract Clauses!

Learn how to handle the top 10 contract clauses roofing contractors commonly face when presented with a contract from a general contractor or owner.




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IRE 2022 Session Preview: How to Adjust to Material Pricing Volatility

Attendees will hear first-hand from the legal, consulting, manufacturer, and commercial contractor points of view on how they’re finding pathways to success.




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Garland Expands Green-Friendly Adhesive Product Line for Roofing Contractors

The Garland Company unveiled Green-Lock Plus White high-performance adhesive to construct multi-ply modified bitumen roofing systems.




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Czarnik Offers Recruitment Action Plan, Warns of Ongoing Worker Deficit

2023 International Roofing Expo keynote speaker Chris Czarnik offers a sober outlook on future difficulties facing the roofing industry's search for qualified workers and what steps contractors should take to ensure their talent pool remains full.




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NRCA Launches Spanish Version of Membership Site

The NRCA launched a new Spanish-only membership category, offering Spanish-speaking roofing professionals educational resources, certifications, and business tools tailored to their needs.




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BluSky Philanthropic Event Raises $150,000 For ALS Research In St. Louis

This year’s event saw the largest turnout since it started in 2018, and had the support of over 20 different vendors, partners and sponsors, along with the entire BluSky executive team in attendance.




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RAFTR Roofing + Exteriors Partners with Loan Platform GreenSky

RAFTR Roofing + Exteriors has partnered with fintech company GreenSky to streamline roof repair financing, enhancing customer access to “frictionless” payment options and accelerating sales and cash flow. 




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Serbian Railway Station Roof Collapse Claims 14 Lives

A roof collapse at a railway station in Novi Sad, Serbia, resulted in the deaths of 14 people, with several others injured. Rescue efforts continued throughout the night as crews worked to recover bodies from the rubble and assist survivors.




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Hurricane Milton Update: Group Urges Lawmakers to Allow Wind-Mit by Roofers

Industry experts and trade groups, such as the Florida Roofing and Sheet Metal Contractors Association, are urging Florida regulators to allow roofing contractors to install hurricane straps during reroofing.






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2023 Speech Industry Award Winner: Speechmatics Inches Closer Toward a Universal Translator

Speechmatics, a provider of automatic speech recognition software based on recurrent neural networks and statistical language modeling, is on a mission to make its speech-to-text technology usable by 70 percent of the world's population in the next three years.




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2023 Speech Industry Award Winner: ReadSpeaker Embeds TTS in Many More Platforms

With almost 25 years of experience in developing text-to-speech solutions, ReadSpeaker today offers one of the largest selections of expressive, humanlike voices in the industry.




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2024 State of AI in the Speech Technology Industry: AI Is Revolutionizing Translation, Dubbing, and Subtitling

Improved accuracy, wider language choices, and real-time options are among the benefits.




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2024 State of AI in the Speech Technology Industry: Voice Biometrics Both Profits From and Is Plagued by AI

Deepfakes threats advance, and technology is challenged to keep up.




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2024 State of AI in the Speech Technology Industry: AI?s Impact on Natural Language Processing

Speech systems will continue to get more conversational with AI advances.




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Safety and Ethical Concerns Loom Large in Voice Cloning

AI makes synthetic speech sound more realistic than ever?and therein lies the danger.




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2024 Speech Industry Award Winner: Sanas Brings Clarity to Contact Center Interactions

Thanks to this Palo Alto, Calif.-based provider of real-time speech understanding technology, agents have a choice in how they're heard and can proudly hold on to their unique voice characteristics.




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2024 Speech Industry Award Winner: ElevenLabs Is Dubbed a Leader in Automatic Speech Translation

The company's first product, AI Dubbing, enables users to automatically translate any speech into up to 20 other languages while maintaining the original speakers' voice qualities.




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2024 Speech Industry Award Winner: aiOla Speaks Your Business? Unique Language

Speech technologies have typically had a hard time understanding jargon, abbreviations, and acronyms, but Israeli startup aiOla is changing all that.




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The Evolution and Importance of Voice Surveillance?

With voice data, companies must strike a delicate balance between maintaining privacy and ensuring security.?




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The Last-Mile Challenges?in Speech-to-Text

You need speech-to-text outputs that are reliable for business use, not just technically accurate.




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Not-So-Natural Language

Users tend to anthropomorphize speech systems in sometimes surprising ways.




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Solving Voice AI Latency Could Herald an Entirely New Human-Computer Interaction

Ultra-low latency voice AI technology, which can generate speech in just 25 milliseconds, could transform human-machine interaction across industries while potentially reducing screen time and making digital interactions more natural.




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Jabra Launches ClearSpeech

Jabra ClearSpeech reduces background noise to improve speech accuracy for call centers.




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SyncWords Is Now on AWS Marketplace

SyncWords makes its Live AI Captioning and Dubbing available via AWS Marketplace.




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Android Adds Speech Tech in Latest Android Release

Android update offers image description and screen reader capabilities.




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DeepDub Launches Enterprise Plan, API, and Improved eTTS-2.12 Model

Deepdub's new technologies address the increasing need for scalable, high-quality localization solutions by Hollywood studios and global dubbing houses.




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DoctorPresso Launches App That Detects Depression Through Voice

Doctorpresso's REDI is a voice-based diary app that can detect early signs of depression by analyzing users' speech patterns.




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BlipCut V2.14.0 Introduces Batch Video Translation

BlipCut's V2.14.0 release includes batch video translation and support for additional languages.




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Global Relay Launches Transcription Services

Global Relay's AI-enabled voice-to-text transcription enables recordkeeping and surveillance.




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Supernormal Launches Voice Agents

Supernormal's Voice Agents help businesses build conversational AI assistants.




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Wispr Raises $12 Million and Launches Wispr Flow to Replace Keyboards With Voice

Wispr Flow provides voice dictation that works in every app on Macs with auto-edits and AI commands.




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Agora Launches Conversational AI SDK

Agora integrates with OpenAI to enable real-time conversational AI.




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Wondercraft Launches Director Mode

Wondercraft's new Director Mode feature gives users greater control over AI-generated voice content.




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Gladia Raises $16 Million for Real-Time Audio Transcription and Analytics

Funding will accelerate Gladia's transition from a speech-to-text API to an end-to-end audio infrastructure provider for agent assistance, sales enablement tools, and AI meeting assistants.




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Open Dental Partners with Bola

Open Dental has integrated Bola's AI voice solution into its practice management solution.




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Parakeet Health Launches with Generative AI Voice Platform

Parakeet expands with voice solution for patient engagement for healthcare providers.