While the just-announced Apple Watch features health monitoring, payment processing and other really cool applications, is the shiny new thing just a fashion accessory or highly functional intelligent assistant?
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Biometric-based Authentication is Front-and-Center on Apple’s iPhone 5s
Apple’s iPhone 5s will be remembered as the personal communications device that got people engaged in serious discussions of the virtues of biometric authentication at scale.
The Siri Factor, Three Days On
While most people are marveling at how well Siri recognizes and fulfills on many of their intentions, the inevitable criticism has begun.
Jawbone Thoughts App – Combines Audio Messaging with Yap-based Transcripts
Aliph, the company best known for its “Jawbone” Bluetooth headset (and more recently bluetooth-based speakers for iPads), delivered its first iPhone app – a recombination of audio recording, text messaging and transcription.
Soft Launch for Sensory’s “Speech Triggers”
In June 2009, I blogged this post noting that Sensory Inc. had packaged “word spotting” capabilities into its firmware in order to support “truly hands free” speech recognition into a wide range of mobile, in car and, ultimately, ubiquitous appliances.
RebelVox Launches Voxer Lite 1.6 for the iPhone
With the latest release of its Voxer app, RebelVox provides a much easier way for iPhone to initiate both synchronous and non-synchronous conversations at the push of a button.
PerSay Announces VocalPassword Integration with iPhone, iPad
Targeting the growing ranks of iPhone and iPad users, PerSay has announced that its VocalPassword functionality has been modified to allow app developers to include voice authentication with “minimal resources.” By adding voice biometrics to traditional methods of authentication, including… Read More ›
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.
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.
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.”