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A real page from a NIST report, and exactly what Listenly reads from it: running headers and page numbers are left out, and long web addresses are cut to the site name.
NIST.AI.100-1.pdf
Page 8 of 48
Additional resources related to the Framework are included in the AI RMF Playbook, which is available via the NIST AI RMF website: https://www.nist.gov/itl/ai-risk-management-framework.
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Cleaned“Additional resources related to the Framework are included in the AI RMF Playbook, which is available via the NIST AI RMF website: nist.gov.”
NIST.AI.100-1.pdf · page 8
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We have only started on our development of our country.
The progress has been wonderful enough—but when we compare what we have done with what there is to do, then our past accomplishments are as nothing.
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Chapter 3 of 6 · Findings
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Tables are read row by row, cell by cell, which suits short tables better than big spreadsheets. Equations are spoken in words, in English even when the document isn’t. Images and charts are left out of the audio.
Listenly prepares the text first, which takes longer for bigger files. Then you can press play: audio is generated as you listen, so you don’t wait for the whole file and pay only for what’s narrated.
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