The Law Giveth and Taketh Away
A few days after President Barack Obama signed into law the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act, paving the way for speech technologies to permeate the assistive technologies market for those with vision or hearing loss, the federal government also dealt a blow to speech technologies of another kind. The 21st Century Communications and [...]
Speech Technology In The New York Times!??! You Bet Your Sweet Bippy!
Hey Speech-Heads, My Speech-Brother Eric B. and I were enjoying a leisurely brunch here at The Home Office–reading the newspaper, sipping mimosas and eating our traditional Speech Tech Breakfast of poached eggs, kippers, rashers, fried bread and Jell-O–when we came across a story on the cover of The New York Times about speech technology. Needless [...]
Also Coming Soon To STB: Dial2Do
Hey Speech-Heads, After my post about TweetCall, I got an email from Dial2Do, another company that offers a voice integration for Twitter–AND FOR 50 OTHER SERVICES!!!! When I told my Speech Brother Eric B. about this, he started dancing about the Home Office to Big Band hits of the 1920s and 30s. For those of [...]
Google Brings Voice Search To iPhone
According to a story in today’s New York Times, Google researchers have added voice recognition to their search software for the iPhone. According to The Times, the new application will be free and available via the iTunes store. Basically, users will be able to simply speak searches into their iPhone. The results will then be [...]
Speech Tech Blog Is Pregnant
Dear Readers: I am writing with a Major Announcement: We here at Speech Technology and Speech Tech Blog are pregnant. Soon, there will be another member of our ultra elite squad. We will, of course, keep you posted as to his ETA, which is, as of today, scheduled for sometime in December. Think of him [...]
