Speech Heads, I don’t know if you caught my story about VoiceTrust looking to extend its footprint via its new iPhone app, VoiceSafe, but back when I was working on the story spokesman Richard Tigges sent along some publicity screenshots of the program in action. The pictures give you a little bit more of an [...]
The GirlTech Password Journal has been given a make over for 2009, Dear Readers. Even pinker than before, this iteration sports a new translucent shell and a new locking mechanism. The remake has been described by some as a drive to keep the girl-facing, biometric speech solution relevant in the current recessionary market-which has slowed [...]
Some thoughts on the state of biometric speech in toys and pricing in speech altogether.
While we were all sleeping and unaware, the once fledgling field of Girl Technology has advanced by leaps and bounds. Mattel has released a state-of-the-art “Girl Tech Password Journal.” The journal promises girls a secure voice recognition password system that should allow only the authorized user access to its treasure trove of secrets. The thing [...]
The theme of the Opus Research Voice Biometrics Conference was “connecting the dots.” In his conference keynote Dan Miller made it clear that the dots Opus wanted to connect were business and market.
Opus Research’s third annual Voice Biometrics Conference in NYC today. As we’re actually preparing to ship the June issue, I’m not live blogging from it, so I can’t give a thorough convention report. Voice biometrics strikes me as an area that people have a great deal of hope for, even if there aren’t a great [...]
We’ve been out for awhile due to an issue close, but should be back in action this week. Based on some news from RSS feeds, it looks like the day is getting off to a nice start, news-wise.