A joint initiative between Cisco and CSC eGovernance Services India, extends medical and educational services to remote communities through “Common Service Centres.”
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SF Opens a Door; AT&T Closes One
Two communications-oriented news stories make us long for more “public options” or at least more options for the public to build its own mobile solutions.
Safe Driving: Another Speechable Moment
A briefing with the principals at ZoomSafer inspired me to think, once again, about the important, yet marginal, role that speech processing technologies have to play in making for safer motoring.
Japan’s Largest Wireless Carrier Provides OpenID Authentication to Half the Adult Population
NTT docomo, Japan’s largest wireless carrier, is using OpenID to enable its 55+ million subscribers to avail themselves of “one-click” purchases or “single sign-on” access to information and resources.
Captions on YouTube? Just Another Speechable Moment
YouTube (a Google property) formally launched a service that automatically transcribes audio track of videos on YouTube and displays them as captions for those who choose the option from the “Closed Caption” menu.
Thoughts on Orange’s Curious Choice of MeeGo
One of the surprise announcements from the 2010 Mobile World Congress came from a strategic alliance between Orange and Intel.
Voice Biometrics Conference 2010: Early-Bird Rate Ends Friday
Anticipation is building for the upcoming Voice Biometrics Conference (May 4-5, 2010). Register Now to take advantage of the early-bird rate of $599. (Save $200, ends March 5th!) The excitement for the event is spurred by an often-heard phrase regarding… Read More ›
BT’s Next Gen Contact Centre Features Flexible Pricing Schema
BT is featuring highly flexible pricing arrangements for its Next Generaion Contact Centre as an enticement to new customers.
TTS Update: Scottish Company, CereProc to Supports Roger Ebert on Oprah
The cause of life-like Text-to-Speech rendering is about to take a giant step forward when film critic Roger Ebert appears on Oprah.
Cloud Computing Should Drive Demand for Multi-factor Authentication
It was gratifying to see this post by Tim Hastings in ReadWriteWeb, addressing “multi-factor authentication in the cloud”. I was especially interested to note that the dynamic duo of VMWare and Intel are sponsors of the ReadWrite Cloud “channel”, which… Read More ›