Siri Co-Founder Norman Wanarsky joins Interactions Corp. and Opus Research in a live webcast on mobile “personal virtual assistants”
Speech recognition
Lily (not Maxwell the Pig or the Gecko) Offers Voice Assistance to GEICO Customers
GEICO, the diversified insurance company owned by Berkshire Hathaway, has teamed with Nuance Communications to offer its own mobile, personal virtual assistant (PVA) branded as Lily.
Nuance Launches a Multi-Channel PVA, Combining Nina and VirtuOZ
Nuance has launched a new version of its virtual assistant Nina(TM) – a service that benefits from the company’s stepped up investment in research and development surrounding Natural Language Processing, with an assist from the acquisition of VirtuOZ in January.
Research Report: Personal Virtual Assistants: Primer and Planning Guide
We used to laugh at the idea of “the talking toaster” when thinking about the gratuitous addition of a speech-based interface to household appliances, consumer electronics, self-service kiosks or even ATMs. Now the machines laugh at us, as improvements in natural language understanding, artificial intelligence and text-to-speech rendering make phones, tablets, computers and (yes) household appliances more conversational, human-like and responsive to spoken input.
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.
Meet Lola, BBVA’s Next Generation Virtual Personal Assistant, In Cahoots with SRI
he wraps are off a new Web-based virtual personal assistant (VPA) developed over the past two years by Spanish financial services provider, BBVA.
Sensory’s TrulyHandsFree Voice Control 2.0 Portends New Apps and Possibilities
With the heartfelt question, “If it’s ‘hands-free,” why do we still have to use our fingers?” Sensory, Inc. has launched its latest product, TrulyHandsFree Voice Control 2.0, predicated on “substantial improvements” in speech detection and recognition accuracy, resulting in expanded voice interaction capabilities.
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.
VoiceBox – With Assist from SVOX – Simplifies Spoken Destination Entry on TomTom PNDs
Newly released versions of TomTom personal navigation devices (meaning the GO 2435, GO 2535 and GO LIVE 2535) as well as the VIA Series will enable their owners to use “natural language” to input destination.
Speech Rec Could “Go Viral” with Android
Google, under the guidance of Mike Cohen, is going to make sure that speech recognition is one of the input options for every activity through an Android-based device or any device running a Chrome-based browser.