On February 4th, speech-processing specialist Sestek completed an investment in Botego, acquiring 30% of the company.
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Maluuba Adds API; Right on Schedule
On November 14th natural language processing startup, Maluuba, took the next step in its master plan to enable Android-based device owners to carry out Siri-like interactions with their mobile phones.
Nuance Debuts Nina: Speech-enabled Virtual Assistance for Mobile Customer Care
Nuance Communications’ introduction of the virtual assistant named Nina marks a significant set of advancements for mobile customer care. Nina’s software and approach starts with a novel combination of voice biometrics, speech recognition, text-to-speech rendering and natural language understanding, all hosted in Nuance’s “cloud.”
USAirways Moving IVR and Call Steering into the Nuance On Demand Cloud
In a move that reflects overall momentum of enterprise information infrastructure into “The Cloud”, USAirways has launched a new speech-enabled IVR and call steering resources to Nuance On Demand.
Nuance and Empirix Offer “Proactive Testing” for Natural Language Customer Interactions
Acknowledging the importance of testing before a speech-enabled customer care system “goes live,” Nuance Communications and Empirix Inc. have expanded their global partnership.
Growth of Smartphone Base Drives SpeechCycle to Form a Mobile Division
SpeechCycle has formed a new Mobile Division to focus exclusively on applications for the growing population of smartphone users.