Today Apple posted a job listing for an “iOS Speech SW Application Engineer.” The job involves working with the iOS Applications Framework Team in “a fast paced environment with rapidly changing priorities.”
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Pre-holiday News Rush for Nuance
The week of Thanksgiving is usually characterized by a news lull, but Nuance has been an exception.
Voice Actions for Android: Speechable Moments From Google Spell New Market Dynamics
Google stocked the Android App store with a set of new “Voice Actions” Applications. From a functional point of view, it is the superset of speech-enabled mobile services.
Action in the Mobile Voice Front
Mobile voice technology providers Apple, Vlingo and Nuance took actions that, to varying degrees, turn up the heat in the world of mobile voice.
Apple’s Actions Reinforce Momentum Toward Recombinant Communications in Customer Care
Apple appears to be doing everything it can to accelerate the demise of the PC as we know it, and I say “go for it!”
If True, Apple’s Purchase of Siri Heralds New Age of “Virtual Assistance”
Today on Twitter [I’ve always wanted to start a column like that] Robert Scoble (@scobleizer) surmised that Apple Computer has acquired Siri.
The iPad’s New Role for iTunes: Document Storage and Retrieval
Apple Computer is not getting the credit it deserves in promoting the overall advancement of Recombinant Communications.
Speechable Moments on the iPad? You Betcha. But Finding Them is a Challenge.
For the past few weeks, I’ve been taking stock of Apple’s carefully orchestrated, gradual disclosure of the iPad’s pricing, capabilities and accessories.
Apple’s “Audio UI” has Many “Speakable” Strings and Tiers for Controlling iPods and Such
A friend pointed me to this patent filing from Apple which shows that the company has big plans for spoken I/O for iPods, iPhones and Apple TV.
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.