When I became a local radio reporter, I delivered my first voice piece to the hard-headed news editor.

BBC: Growing up as a Benedict

Cindy Mizelle, the most soulful voice in the new, seventeen-piece version of the E Street Band, takes one step to the right.

NEWYORKER: We Are Alive

Her gravelly, moody voice tackles a Morrissey cover, gently colors a Duke Ellington piece and even takes on Dolly Parton.

NPR: Marianne Faithfull, Felice Brothers In Concert

He wanted it to be a piece for all of the senses: to hear the voice, to hear the words, to experience this enormous orchestra, two pianos.

NPR: The Lasting Appeal of Orff's 'Carmina Burana'

The owner dials their pooch's number and after one ring, it automatically connects to the phone on the dog's collar, allowing the dog to hear its master's voice, transmitted out of a speaker built into the collar-piece.

CNN: Give a dog a cell phone

An interesting little piece in The Guardian about a competitor to Siri, the voice assistant on iPhones from Apple.

FORBES: Apple's Siri Has a Competitor: Evi

Hugo Speer as flawed hero Sgt Tate gives a solid performance but it is the wild-eyed Andy Serkis (the voice of Gollum in Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers), playing the earthly villain of the piece, Quinn, who really stands out.

BBC: Bell swaps ballet for bullets

The router, called ASR-1000, allows Internet service providers (ISPs), large companies and universities to move data and integrate services that enable security, voice over Internet, deep packet inspection and the authentication of broadband flow to specific subscribers, all in a single piece of hardware.

FORBES: Cisco Seeks An Edge