BeyondWords partners with Schibsted’s Bergens Tidende

We're excited to announce our partnership with Bergens Tidende, the largest regional media house in Norway. This collaboration strengthens our long-standing relationship with Schibsted, bringing AI audio to another of their esteemed titles.

Key to this partnership was delivering a voice that captures the distinct regional style of Bergens Tidende, providing their audiences with a specific voice that is different from the typical Oslo dialect used in standard text-to-speech voices. To achieve this, we trained our model to effectively clone the chosen speaker’s native voice, and the result is one that perfectly aligns with the Bergens Tidende identity.

Jan Stian Vold, Editor of Development at Bergens Tidende, says:

"We went into partnership with BeyondWords because of the groundbreaking and impressive work they've done with our colleagues in the Norwegian daily Aftenposten. Our ambition was to create the first-ever synthetic voice with a specific local tone, and that's what we've done. This is really the voice of Bergen."

We’re delighted to extend our reach to another Schibsted brand, bringing high-quality AI audio to Bergens Tidende and its readers.

Learn more about how Schibsted utilizes our AI voice technology to enhance audio articles at Aftenposten.

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