The acquisition of Seattle-based Jott brings a few mature applications and a few hundred thousand registered users to Nuance’s suite of voice-enabled mobile services. Founded in 2006 as part of a small covey of firms specializing in mobile transcription, Jott… Read More ›
“How Speech Technologies Will Transform Mobile Use” is a topic that’s near and dear to my heart; but at this point I would frame the issue as “How Mobile Use Will Transform Speech Technologies.”
A recent column in the New York Times’ Technology section highlights the shortcomings of Google Voice’s voicemail transcription service. This is a necessary step in expectation setting among potential users.
That is the Question. Whether it’s driven by state strictures surrounding drivers’ safety or simply a matter of convenience, a growing number of mobile devices have added automated speech. The iPhone GS, which was demo’d at the Apple WorldWide Developers… Read More ›
The New York City Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) will deploy an automated speech recognition from Nuance to shorten wait times, with hope, expand the reach of its “Trip Planner” service to the thousands more New Yorkers dialing 718-330-1234.
While I would like the acronym “VAS” to stand for “Voice-Activated Services”, it really stands for mobile “Value Added Services.” In Vodafonese, it refers to the set of VAS include ring-back tones, voice portal and speech enabled services that will now be based on a VAS server from OnMobile Global, one of the largest providers of “white label” mobile services.