Do you know what time it is Speech-Heads? Time for the latest installment of Talking Gadget Theater. This time, Kindle 2 TTS and iPod shuffle TTS are performing a scene from The Empire Strikes Back. As my Speech Brother Eric B. said: “This may be their best work to date! Also: I love sandwiches.”
So I was talking to Bill Scholz recently, and we got on the topic of how speech is portrayed in the “mainstream media.” Bill feels that part of the resistance to speech is the negative press that the modality has gotten. He said that for a while, whenever you heard about speech on the news [...]
Hi Speech-Heads, If you enjoyed my last post, then you will definitely want to check out the next installment of Talking Gadget Theater. This time, Kindle 2 TTS and iPod shuffle TTS perform a scene from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. When I told my Speech Brother Eric B. about this one, he [...]
Mint, the Wall Street Journal’s media arm in India, aimed at the nation’s growing ultra-rich class, reported yesterday that annoying outbound political IVR calls have finally made their way to the budding world power. This is by no means a new development. In 2004, then Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, asked voters to vote for [...]
Hey Speech-Heads, Lat night, my Speech Brother Eric B. and I were enjoying an evening at the local watering hole, talking about the good old days, when we came upon a True Speech Gem: The Kindle 2 TTS and the iPod shuffle TTS performing a scene from Blade Runner. Let me just say this: It [...]
Lunacy! Sheer lunacy some will say! Specifically, my brother Adam B. will say. TringMe, a Bangalore-based company that takes advantage of many carriers unlimited data plans (or at least a neighbor’s passwordless wireless access) and lets users use GoogleTalk or other VoIP services directly from a mobile phone for free, is looking to stick it [...]
O’ fabulous day, Speech Heads! The good folks down at ArsTechnica have uncovered evidence that the newest iteration of the iPhone OS, 3.0, is going to come with new voice control features. The project, codenamed “Jibbler,” (sounds like a discontinued candy from the 80s) is said to have NOT ONLY voice synthesis-whoa!-but voice recognition! According [...]
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