Have you noticed that lately a lot of posts or episodes in the IT Division Blog have audio entries associated with them? The voices in the narration sound quite natural. But more importantly, the sound is clean and without the sounds of dogs barking, leaf blowers, or children in the background. Where are the recordings…
¡Hola! Welcome to our second installment of a series of posts about Microsoft 365. Not only will this series help you stay on top of all things Microsoft 365, but it will also make you a star among your colleagues. You will impress them with all this useful information aimed at making your digital life…
In a previous post we discussed how PowerPoint can give users feedback on presentations using AI services. Here, we want to talk about another tool which offers you a richer set of services. This is part of our ongoing series on artificial intelligence and voice to text services. Imagine this scenario. You are someone who…
This is the second on a series on how artificial intelligence voice to text services can help Bobcats advance their academic skills. A key skill for students to develop is the ability to communicate professionally and effectively. Part of acquiring these skills is having the ability to engage audiences through presentations. Traditionally we have relied…
I have a confession to make, I am the kind of person that benefits from hearing text. I am an auditory learner. On top of that I have some vision challenges. Thankfully, through advances in artificial intelligence (AI) I now have access to services that support my needs. I now even use this feature to…
Dr. Carlos Solís, Associate Vice President for Technology Innovation, traveled to Chicago to participate in the Microsoft Higher Education Customer Advisory Board meeting in October. He started serving as a board member in September 2019. The board is made up of representatives from higher education across the United States. The mission of the Board is…
AI is a constellation of technologies—from machine learning to natural language processing—that allows machines to sense, comprehend, act and learn. It is seen as THE technology that will transform our relationship with technology, charging our creativity and skills, bringing about a new era of disruption and productivity, where human ingenuity is enhanced by speed and…
In the last few years, substantial transformations in higher education have opened extraordinary new opportunities to innovate instruction and expand educational opportunities. To ensure that Texas State continues to deliver quality education in this period of dynamic innovation and experimentation, the Technology Innovation Office (TIO), has set aside funding for faculty members to submit innovative…
It has been a long-standing goal for the Division of Information Technology to allow Texas State University to provide an inexpensive method for captions and transcript generation for video and audio files used to support multiple activities across the institution. These activities include marketing, archive videos, and, most importantly, instructional media. Captions and transcripts help…
