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Unsafe At Any Speech?

By Eric B. on March 31, 2009 | 4 Responses

Yesterday, the Gerson Lehrman Group (GLG) provided analysis of a joint study between Harvard University and Warwick University. The results, they suggest, put a damper on the unspoken implications of a 2008 Nuance study that found using speech recognition was safer than using tactile controls. The Harvard/Warwick study, which had a quick rundown in Wired [...]

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Tweet Tweet, Says The Speech Tech Blog

By Adam B. on March 30, 2009

Hey Speech-Heads, So I was talking to my Speech Brother Eric B. this morning about all the usual things–zombies, the crushing flow of time, hosted speech solutions, what to eat for lunch–when it dawned on me: Speech Tech is on Twitter and many of you Social Media Savvy Speech-Heads may be sadly unaware. So, if [...]

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CosmoCom: Delivering The Goods

By Adam B. on March 26, 2009

Yesterday I interviewed Steve Kowarsky, executive vice president and co-founder of CosmoCom, for a News Feature on the company’s launch of CosmoCall Universe Version 6.  If you haven’t seen the story yet, check it out here to learn about all the really cool innovations happening over at CosmoCom. Following up on that story, we at [...]

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Loquendo is Spanish Trash Talkin’ All Over YouTube

By Eric B. on March 25, 2009

In our continuing examination of speech technology in popular culture, I bring to you one of the weirder things we’ve stumbled across. You’re all doubtlessly familiar with Loquendo TTS work my brother, Adam B., does every week for our news items on the mother site, but apparently its popular use runs far deeper. Our investigations [...]

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Disability Groups Urge Publishers To Reconsider Kindle TTS Stance

By Adam B. on March 24, 2009 | 1 Response

In yet another twist and turn of the ongoing flap over Amazon‘s Kindle 2–you know the one, the whole TTS vs. Copyright Law Controversy–nine disability groups have written to US publishers urging them not to opt out of the TTS function on its e-books for the new Kindle. The disability groups which including the National [...]

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Nuance Review Update Bonanza!

By Eric B. on March 23, 2009

First of all, I know what you’re probably thinking out there in Speechlandia. Where’s this much talked, much huffed about Dragon 10 review that the Brothers B. have been promising? Well, we’ve had to keep mum about this because of an embargo, but we’re finally unfettered. Shortly after we began our review process, we got [...]

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STB’s Top 3 IVR-Builder Tips

STB’s Top 3 IVR-Builder Tips

By Eric B. on March 23, 2009

Apparently this past weekend was the in time to be blogging about IVR-building best practices. It was like some kind of IVR High Holiday. TMCnet opened services with a mammoth “Ten Tips for Improving IVR Functionality” just in time for Friday Shabbat, while Ivrsworld followed with a riveting Sunday mass, “Top Five Tips for Effective [...]

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