Google announced two acquisitions that make clear a strategy that, on the one hand, will integrate display ads for mobile devices and, on the other hand, will augment the call management and voicemail service that is Google Talk with a set of VoIP services that reach physical telephone instruments.
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Mixed Messages About Dictating SMS on iPhone
Promptu appears to be ready to introduce an application for dictating text messages on an iPhone. Has Apple made changes in its policy or architecture?
Spoken Buys GotVoice; Will Integrate VoiceMail Transcription with MS Exchange 2010
Incorporating Spoken’s technology with the new Exchange Server will allow voicemail recipients to read a transcript of a stored message or click on an icon to listen to the .wav file.
Novauris and Traffic Gate Provide Spoken Access to Ad-Supported Train Info In Tokyo
Speech-based search specialist Novauris has joined forces with mobile, performance-based advertising aggregator Traffic Gate to offer Tokyo commuters free, speech-enabled access to route maps, fares and schedules to support railway/subway route planning.
Yap Lands Its LEC
Cincinnati Bell has selected Yap’s Voice2Text as the basis for its voicemail transcription service.
Distracted Driving Summit: All Signs Point to Mobile Voice
It’s the eve of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s “Distracted Driving Summit”. Solutions vendors like AT&T, Vlingo and Ford are pre-releasing findings from long-standing research on the impact of cellphone use, especially for texting, on auto accident rates.
There’s a Ford in Mobile Speech’s Future
Ford Motor Company plans to incorporate a text reader as an option in its passenger cars is a precursor to more in-vehicle, speech-based activity.
The Challenge Ahead for Mobile Speech
Openness and Innovation go hand in hand, but they don’t always encourage creative assembly of code and communications capacity that result in truly useful services.
Evernote Partnership Enhances ReQall’s Voice-Enabled Memory Aid on iPhones
reQall, a voice-enabled “memory jogger” application provider, and Evernote, developer of a utility that captures and stores electronic information or media, have formed a partnership that integrates of the two services – for iPhone users and other subscribers.
AT&T Takes Stock of Mobile Speech, Invests in Vlingo
Right on cue with the issuance of our Mobile Speech Report, AT&T and Vlingo have forged a licensing agreement and strategic alliance whereby AT&T is acquiring a “minority stake” in Vlingo (without making the terms public). Renewed interest by AT&T’s… Read More ›