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Thursday, July 7, 2005

VoiceSignal Debuts its Speech Solution for Microsoft Smartphone

Posted by Jerry Raia in "SOFTWARE" @ 12:00 PM

http://www.hardwarezone.com/news/view.php?id=1932&cid=9
"Building on its record of first-to-market innovations, VoiceSignal today introduced another breakthrough: the first available download of its highly regarded one-step voice command speech solution. VoiceSignal's VSuite 2.0 (U.S. English) solution for the Motorola MPx220 smartphone is available immediately on the Handango website."

For those of you that have an actual functioning MPx220 here is something you might be interested in. This apparently is an improvement over the built in version of VoiceSignal. I went looking for it on Handango and as of this posting it was nowhere to be found. It may show up soon so if any of you try it let us know what you think.

Tags: microsoft, smartphone, solution, debuts, speech, voicesignal

Thursday, May 12, 2005

Subvocal Speech Systems - Talking on the Quiet Side

Posted by Mike Temporale in "OFF-TOPIC" @ 11:15 AM

http://www.thefeature.com/article?articleid=101612
"How do you talk to someone without opening your mouth? Psychics call it telepathy. NASA refers to it as subvocal speech. Scientists at the NASA Ames Research Center in California have developed a system of tiny sensors that read nerve signals in the throat that control speech. You may not make a sound when, say, you read silently, but your nervous system is buzzing with activity. Recently, they used the system to make the first subvocal cell phone call."

This article really gets you thinking about the future of voice communication. It almost sounds like something out of Star Trek when they talk about the user wearing a button sized sensor just under their chin. Although, in Star Trek they still have to make audible sounds, suckers. ;) I'll give them a couple more years of research and development, and then I want to see a small button sized Bluetooth solution for everyone to enjoy! Imagine not having to listen to the person sitting next to you in a restaurant or subway as they talk endlessly on their mobile phone. :D

Tags: side, talking, speech, systems, subvocal, quiet

Friday, August 6, 2004

Fonix Introduces VoiceIn 4.0 SE - Speech Recognition SDK

Posted by Kris Kumar in "DEVELOPER" @ 01:00 PM

http://www.fonix.com/page.cfm?name=news&id=1491
"Fonix Corporation, an innovative communications and technology company providing integrated telecommunications services and value-added speech technologies, announces the newest version of our proprietary automatic speech recognition (ASR) SDK. Fonix VoiceIn� 4.0 SE (Standard Edition) is immediately available to developers looking to implement cutting-edge ASR-driven applications to devices and products."

The Speech Recognition SDK which is compatible with Smartphones and Pocket PCs, will enable the next generation of hands free software to recognize voice commands. Voice recognition for mobile devices makes sense, but the current implementations are mostly limited to dialing phone numbers. Which is often easier to do the regular way. I can't wait for the day when all the mobile apps have not only some kind of speech recognition but can also speak back to me. I want to be able to say "Open Inbox..Read New Mails", while driving my car. 8) For now, I hope the pricing/licensing model is convenient for the ISVs, to quickly adopt this technology. What do you think, are voice recognition and speech capabilities worth the hype? Or do you think it is cumbersome? And what about the social implications, people talking on the phones in a subway is bad enough, and thanks to this technology we will be bothered by people 'talking to' the phone.

Tags: fonix, introduces, speech, recognition, voicein

Wednesday, March 24, 2004

"Microsoft Brings Vision for Mainstream Speech Technology to Life With Launch of Microsoft Speech Server 2004"

Posted by Jason Dunn in "NEWS" @ 02:00 PM

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2004/mar04/03-24SpeechServer04LaunchPR.asp
"Microsoft Corp. today took another step forward in its strategy to make the business value of speech technology more broadly available to mainstream enterprise companies as Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates launched Microsoft� Speech Server 2004 at the co-located AVIOS~SpeechTEK Spring 2004, Microsoft Mobile Developer Conference (DevCon) 2004 and Fawcette Technical Publications' VSLive! San Francisco 2004 events. Speaking to an audience of more than 4,000 during his keynote address, Gates spoke about the developer opportunities and business value Speech Server will enable, which analysts say will change the industry dynamic.

...Microsoft is breaking new ground in the speech industry by becoming the first company to offer a single platform that combines Web technologies, speech-processing services and telephony capabilities. The Speech Server enables companies to unify their Web and telephony infrastructure and extend existing or new ASP.NET Web applications for speech-enabled access from telephones, mobile phones, Pocket PCs and Smartphones."

I wonder what kind of applications and services we'll see come from this? Put your brainstorming hat on - what sorts of services could you see yourself benefiting from that were based on voice technology?

Tags: launch, microsoft, vision, life, technology, with, brings, "microsoft, server, mainstream, speech, 2004"
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