TellMe Now: Will Microsoft Jump at the iPhone SDK?
***Update: I got someone from TellMe on the phone. Read about their involvement with the iPhone here.*** Sure, March is the holy month for college basketball (FYI – Ryan is a UCLA fan; I’m an MSU girl), but here at Speech Tech, it’s Mobile Month. Even more news today! The sci/tech feeds at Google News [...]
Goodbye Moto…
Yes, we’re crushing on the mobile market…unless your name is Motorola. As you might have heard, in 2009 Motorola will RAZR off (sorry, couldn’t resist) its money-hemorrhaging mobile devices group. From what I’ve been reading, Moto execs rode the RAZR’s success as a fashion accessory at the expense of furthering innovation. Gizmodo published today a [...]
Crushes & Hexes: Boosting Mobile; “Vishing” for a Change
It’s time for another edition of the Speech Tech blog’s regular feature, “Crushes & Hexes.” Appearing every Wednesday, we highlight companies, places, technologies, or people we deem praise-worthy, or cringe-inducing within the speech/tech/IT world. As always, your feedback is appreciated! Email us at blog@speechtechblog.com if you have a crush or hex item you’d like to [...]
Does Android Still Listen? Nuance Says Yes.
We had the following comment attached to a previous post: Re Android: Google seem to have quietly removed the speech.recognition package from the Android API. I say quietly: the removal is noted in the API Diff specification for M3-RC37a to M5-RC14, released 15th Feb, but I haven’t been able to find any more public announcements [...]
SpinVox Rakes in the Dough
Whoa. Remember when IBM promised they would spend $100 million on UC software? Well today, British voicemail-to-text provider SpinVox got news that they raised $100 million in funding from Goldman Sachs and other investors. According to an article from CNet.com, this $100 million is only part of the company’s funding — so far they have [...]
