In a tour de force of clear writing and exposition (albeit in 33 typed pages), Kaliya Hamlin and Mary Hodder, executive director and chairman, respectively, of the Personal Data Ecosystem Collaborative Consortium (PDECC) have provided the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) with this response to its proposal for “Do Not Track” regulations (similar to the “Do Not Call” List for phone-based telemarketers).
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Next Up for IBM’s Watson: Nuance and IBM Will Take On Challenges in Healthcare
IBM’s researchers are joining forces with speech technology specialist Nuance Communications to use IBM’s “Deep Question Answering (QA), Natural Language Processing, and Machine Learning capabilities” in conjunction with Nuance’s speech recognition and Clinical Language Understanding (CLU) solutions (not to mention its life-like speech synthesis) to provide hospitals, physicians and payers access to critical and timely information.
Turkcell’s Global Bilgi Experiencing Success with “Voice Signature” Service
Global Bilgi, a subsidiary of wireless carrier Turkcell, announced that it is experiencing the “fastest growth rates in voice signature application users in one year” than any of its peers in the telecommunications industry.
A “Truly Hands Free” Speech Sighting at Mobile World Congress
I want to draw your attention to the video below, where a Samsung executive features Vlingo’s Virtual Assistant application running on the Galaxy S II smartphone, which is an Android-based device slated to launch on Vodafone UK’s network later this year.
Watson’s Jeopardy Appearance Showcases Human-like Speech Synthesis
I’m really looking forward to watching the TV game show Jeopardy tonight, when “Watson,” a computer that’s been fine-tuned by the scientists at IBM’s R&D lab, takes on two of the best players in the history of the game.
Vlingo Reveals its 2011 “Virtual Assistant” Roadmap
With the Mobile World Congress fast approaching, Vlingo deemed it timely to introduce the full range of products and services it plans to introduce in the coming year under its “Virtual Assistant” marketing umbrella.
Waze Adds Voice Features to Crowdsourced Traffic Reporting App
Waze was one of the earliest mashups of crowdsourcing, Maps and Navigation services on an application for Apple’s iOS based devices. It has, over time, added versions for Symbian, Android, Blackberry and Windows Mobile based devices.
C3 Coverage Continues: The “Personal Cloud” Picks Up Steam
The final session at the Conversational Commerce Conference (C3) continues to inspire some ground-breaking thought.
Google Translate App is Now Available for iPhone Users
Google officially launched its own speech-to-speech translation application for iPhone users to download from Apple’s ITunes store.
C3 Commentary: Welcome to VRMville!
The first Conversational Commerce Conference (C3) is history. I’m grateful to all attendees and panelists for engaging in a series of thoughtful and thought-provoking (ahem) conversations. For a very good summary (including a pointer to the Chirpstory site featuring a… Read More ›