Internet retailer and bargain finder Buy.com reports that over 20,000 people have downloaded the latest version of its iPhone app, since the introduction of its “beta” version last month.
Speech recognition
2011 Will See Stepped up Investment in “Speech And…”
Today Apple posted a job listing for an “iOS Speech SW Application Engineer.” The job involves working with the iOS Applications Framework Team in “a fast paced environment with rapidly changing priorities.”
SAIC Buys AppTek’s Assets; To Focus on Machine Translation for Gov’t Agencies
SAIC (Science Applications International Corporation) has purchased the assets of AppTek Partners, LLC; Applications Technology, Inc. and Media Mind for an undisclosed sum.
Vlingo Shares Vision for Voice-enhanced Activities
Hats off to the folks at Vlingo for rendering this vision piece in which cartoon characters depict a set of use cases for hands free, eyes forward speech-enhanced applications in your car, in your kitchen and elsewhere.
Google Adds Voice Search in Dutch
Telecom Paper reports that Google Voice Search now supports Dutch on iPhones and Android-based mobile devices.
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.
Vlingo Checks In with New Social App for Android
Greg Sterling has tried the new Vlingo app for Android and posted his impression on the Internet2Go Blog.
SpeechTEK 2010 Digest: Not Just a Speech Technology Show
The fact that impressed me most at this year’s SpeechTEK was that speech processing technologies – meaning core automated speech recognition (ASR), text-to-speech (TTS) synthesis and even my pet interest voice biometric-based speaker identification or authentication – were not front and center.
Nuance Brings Speech to ng Connect
With its focus squarely on the automotive market, Nuance announced that it has joined ng Connect, an intercompany, interdisciplinary wireless development initiative founded in 2009 by Alcatel-Lucent.
Nuance Buys MacSpeech: Getting more Cozy with Apple and its Users
Nuance announced that it is acquiring MacSpeech, a company that has been developing speech recognition resources for Apple’s MacIntosh computers since 1996.