We’re pleased to announce that Nuance’s President, Sales and Marketing, Steve Chambers, will deliver a keynote address during the Voice Biometrics Conference-NYC April 3-4, 2012
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Twilio Positioning SMS as a Pre-API for Siri Development Efforts
Twilio is encouraging developers to come up with interesting new applications for the iPhone 4S using the Twilio platform for SMS as a quasi-API.
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.
Siri (beta) Assumes Primacy on iPhone 4S Home Button
Apple may have disappointed the world by not introducing an iPhone5, but the one area where the new device does not fall short is that it marks the re-emergence of Siri, which Apple acquired in April of 2010.
Waze Talks (on both iPhone and Android)! Thanks to Nuance’s Vocalizer Network
The engineers at Waze have steadily added to the app’s voice-based features and functions. As noted in the company’s “By the Waze” blog, TTS-based driving instructions have been a feature of the “Commuting Widget” available for download from the Android Marketplace.
The Butterfly Effect: Did Nuance’s Acquisition of Loquendo Kill HP’s WebOS?
For many followers of the tablet wars, the death of HP’s TouchPad was a foregone conclusion. But I had high hopes.
Updated: No Difference Between Native and Captive: Apple To Leverage Both Siri and Nuance
With Microsoft plunking down $8.5 billion of its $36 billion in cash and near cash to buy Skype, a few analysts have started to take a closer look at the $25 billion in cash and short term investments on Apple’s balance sheet and apparently concluded that it is contemplating a deal with Nuance Communications.
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.
Nuance Offers Vocon “App Module” for Personal Navigation
Nuance is making it easier for mobile application developers to add voice input and output to personal navigation applications by offering Vocon Navigation as a pre-packaged “App Module” to support “one-shot destination entry.”
Nuance Adds Self-Service Access to Dragon Mobile SDK
Gaining and maintaining mindshare among developers is an ongoing challenge for members of the mobile application ecosystem.