Between protecting the privacy of electronic healthcare records (EHR) and offering a strong, anonymous way to authenticate both patients and providers, both healthcare and insurance providers should be taking a closer look at biometrics (including voice, of course) to support their service delivery strategies.
Voice biometrics
Turkcell’s Global Bilgi Experiencing Success with “Voice Signature” Service
Global Bilgi, a subsidiary of wireless carrier Turkcell, announced that it is experiencing the “fastest growth rates in voice signature application users in one year” than any of its peers in the telecommunications industry.
Nuance Announces Integrated Product Suite for Voice Biometrics
It hasn’t taken long for Nuance to deliver on the promise of integrating PerSay’s product line into its Enterprise Software portfolio.
Datapoint Integrates Voice Biometric Authentication for Customer Care at Brokerage
Today, enterprise attention is rightfully on the impact that voice biometrics can have on achieving targeted business objectives. In the contact center, that means how it improves customer engagements that lead to a better experience, more sales and, ultimately, increased profitability and customer satisfaction.
Nokia Expects Voice Biometric Security for Mobile in 2011
Nokia has placed voice biometric security on the same footing as “visual search/Augmented Reality” and “Contactless Payments” (using near field communications).
2010 Reflections and 2011 Predictions: M-M-M Good!
“Multichannel, Multimodal and Mobile” made a nice alliterative mantra for RC (Recombinant Communications) practitioners in 2010.
Update: Nuance Acquires PerSay, Voice Biometric Market Hegemony is Taking Shape
For those of you following the gradual disclosure surrounding PerSay’s acquisition, now it can be told that Nuance Communications is the firm that is alluded to in an article that appeared in the Israeli financial press on November 30.
AT&T, IBM and W3C Associate Voice Biometrics with Anonymous Authentication for Social Nets
Lightbulbs are turning on all over the blogosphere and soon will provide sufficient illumination of a long-standing issue that will shape mobile access to social networks, financial institutions and corporate mail and message stores.
VoiceVault Steps up Promotion of Smartphone Developer Program and API
Yesterday, with a post from Nik Standbridge, Director of Product Marketing, VoiceVault stepped up promotion of its smartphone application developer program.
Equifax, Anakam and The Future Potential of ID Proofing
Equifax’s acquisition of multifactor authentication specialist Anakam shows that the risk and credit management specialist recognizes the value of stronger ID-proofing in anticipation of the public’s move to mobile commerce and the need for stronger controls on access management to personal information in an increasingly cloud-based world.