Both Verizon Wireless and Skype have confirmed that they have forged an agreement that will “deeply embed” Skype’s services into selected smartphones marketed to Verizon Wireless’ 91 million subscribers. As a result of the agreement, Skype will be “always on”… Read More ›
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Now it has a name: Alcatel-Lucent Virtual Sandbox
A couple of weeks ago, in this post, I mentioned that Alcatel-Lucent had assembled some very impressive resources to enable carriers to lure third-party developers. Yesterday, at the Mobile World Congress (MWC2010), the company formally launched a much better organized,… Read More ›
Nuance Buys MacSpeech: Getting more Cozy with Apple and its Users
Nuance announced that it is acquiring MacSpeech, a company that has been developing speech recognition resources for Apple’s MacIntosh computers since 1996.
Windows (7) Phone: Where Is Voice?
I saw most of Steve Ballmer’s Windows 7 keynote at Mobile World Congress this morning. Most of the phone’s features were demonstrated and there are some cool ones. Mostly the phone looks different than other things in the market, even… Read More ›
Voice Biometrics Conference 2010: Registration Now Open
Sign-up to attend this global gathering (May 4-5, 2010 – Hyatt Regency Jersey City) showcasing voice biometrics solutions to support banking and financial services, contact centers, customer care, mobile payments, healthcare and government services. Confirmed sessions include case study presentations… Read More ›
The Real Meaning of Fonolo’s iPhone App – Reinventing the Contact Center
On February 9, when Fonolo launched a free app for the iPhone, it raised the visibility of all efforts to shorten the time it takes to get things done through phone-based self-service.
Google’s Approach to Real-time Translation: A Matter of “Satisficing”
“Satisficing” has long been the unspoken business imperative of the speech processing community.
Google Buzz is Mobile Advertiser Friendly But Developer Unfriendly
Google debuted its new “Buzz” today, positioning it both as a service enhancement for the 150 million users of Gmail, and as a social networking extension to mobile subscribers with a gmail account.
Talking Voice Biometrics with Voxeo
In a series of video interviews, Voxeo’s Dan York chats with some of the leading providers of voice biometrics technology. York includes conversations with Bill Morrow, Chairman and CEO of CSIdentity; Peter Soufleris, Founder and CEO of Vocalect; Ariel Freidenberg,… Read More ›
Siri Debuts on iPhone: Speech-based Virtual Personal Assistant
Today the App Store in Apple’s iTunes site begins distributing Siri, a new app that transforms the iPhone into a “virtual personal assistant.”