Nuance announced that it is acquiring MacSpeech, a company that has been developing speech recognition resources for Apple’s MacIntosh computers since 1996.
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Google’s Nexus One Launches With Voice Enabled Everything
Not surprisingly (since it is first-and-foremost a phone), integration of voice command and dictation was one of the major areas of innovation for the new Nexus One from Google.
Recombinant Communications Comes to the Car, Courtesy of Ford Sync
At January’s CES, Ford Motor Company will showcase a set of voice activated services that are the product of an open API for third-party developers.
Promptu’s ShoutOut for iPhone Launches; Puts a Price on Voice-to-SMS Services
Add Promptu to the list of vendors that have finally cleared Apple’s evaluation cycle and introduced at voice-to-SMS application.
Buying SpinVox Would Be Coup for Nuance
The idea that Nuance Communications has been in talks to buy SpinVox has been making the rounds for long enough that it deserves some serious thought.
Nuance Debuts Dragon Dictate for iPhones
Nuance Communications can once again claim a coup as its Dragon Dictation application, by our assessment, is the first voice-to-text rendering application that can support SMS texting on an iPhone. Certainly, there are a number of speech-enabled applications on Apple’s… Read More ›
Parkmobile Launches Voice-controlled Parking Controls in Grand Rapids, MI
Voice plays an important role in a new service, launched in Grand Rapid, MI, which enables mobile subscribers to use their wireless phones to pay for parking.
Nuance Voicemail-to-Text Powers AT&T’s Transcription Service
It’s official. The platform for AT&T’s Voicemail to Text service is Nuance Communications. As described on the AT&T Mobility Web site, the carrier charges $9.99 per month for the service, which enables subscribers to receive transcriptions of voicemail messages as email and/or text messages in addition to the traditional dial-in-and-retrieve method.
Verizon and Motorola Bring Voice-based Google Mobile Search To Times Square
Verizon Wireless, Motorola and Google promote using “just your voice” to search Time Square on Black Friday.
Response to Droid Car Kit: Mio Technologies Powers Talking Nav with Nuance Vocalizer
Mio Technology is expanding its use of Nuance Vocalizer for Automotive to provide spoken, turn-by-turn directions on a broader a variety of PNDs.