Avaya’s approach to supporting multiple high-speed digital networks to support communications and collaboration at the Olympic Games will have profound implications for supporting multiple, multichannel conversations between companies and their customers.
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iSpeech Finding Niche with TTS; Pearson and Evernote to Use Publisher Platform
Automated speech processing specialist iSpeech has launched iSpeech for Publishers, a new set of tools and services that make it possible for content creators and aggregators to have articles or postings “read” to them by life-like voices.
The Merger is the Message: What Acquisitions like Swype and GroupMe Really Mean
There’s a new calculus afoot among “agile” application and software developers, especially those addressing the marketplace created by new mobile devices. It pays to “sell solutions,” especially when your solution is for a very specific, well-recognized problem.
VC Investment in Interactions Acknowledges that Investors Recognize a Problem
Interactions Corporation completed a financing round totaling $12 million, which is earmarked to support a “growing customer base, expand its marketing presence, and invest in new technology.”
Nuiti Taking on the Challenges of a “Natural User Interface”
An Israeli firm called Nuiti now offers a “platform” for Web site operators and Web developers to offer hands-free, “natural user interface” for their resources.
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.”
New Version of Vlingo Adds “Action Bar” and Deep Links to OpenTable, Fandango and Kayak
Vlingo is starting to take on a serious resemblance to Siri with its latest release on Android-based phones.
Google Taking Voice Search To the Next Level of Personalization
Google is starting to put some distance between the Voice Search app for Android-based smartphones and the same application as it is offered on alternatives.
Speech Enabled Mobile Services Start Removing Obstacles to Adoption
Over on Internet2go.com, Greg Sterling posted some thoughts about Google Voice Search.
Parakeet: Personal Triage for Mobile Speech
The “Science and Technology” section of this week’s issue of The Economist a feature with the title: “Correct Me If I’m Wrong…”