IBM researchers have created the IBM Watson Tone Analyzer, a supercomputer application which can read a message and judge the tone conveyed in the message. This is the kind of task that a human can do ...

In a fascinating post from Kelly Jacklin, the long time Apple software engineer details how he helped create the default text alert sound on the iPhone -- now known as the "Tri-tone" alert. The ...

I am totally over voice mail. In the last six months I've left fewer and fewer voice mails. It just seems to take too long to listen to the outgoing message, wait for the tone, recite my phone number ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I’m a clear communications expert and Plain Language advocate. I work with people all the time who sound completely different when ...

WhatsApp has introduced Writing Help, an AI-powered feature that makes your messages sound just the way you want. The tool allows users to rephrase texts in different tones, such as professional, ...

Our tone of voice can send a very powerful and sometimes very different message from the words we speak. Ninety percent of the friction in relationships between people is caused by using the wrong ...

You don’t have to spend too much time in a public place before you hear the iPhone’s default “tri-tone” alert — it’s everywhere, and everyone knows exactly what it means. But do you know where it came ...