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Talking computers nearing reality
News Machines that listen and talk like humans are becoming a reality, many researchers and executives say. The technical kinks, high costs and application misfires that have held back the acceptance of speech recognition and activation--one of computing's Holy Grails--are being ironed out, they say. As a result, companies are coming out with a variety of products that will let consumers access databases using voice commands, or transform e-mails into one- or two-way verbal exchanges.
Standards to make healthcare share
News New standards expected to make healthcare and clinical data interoperable, so information can be shared between practitioners worldwide.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions
CA opens patents to open source
News Following IBM's lead, Computer Associates donates 14 of its patents to open-source projects.
Tags: Open source, Patents
Google gadget translates sites into 51 languages
News Gadget, which is powered by Google Translate, allows any website to be automatically translated into the language of the viewer's choice.
Tags: Web 2.0, Data Management, Gadget, Google Inc., Language, automated translation, authentication system, Web Browser, Tool, product manager
Speech recognition gaining ground
News Decades of research and development into speech recognition technology are finally beginning to result in promising commercial signs, according to research firm Gartner.
The human factor in Google translations
News The tech giant is readying a service to help people get documents translated. Might the service also help train Google's machine translation tech?
Tags: E-commerce, Web 2.0, Web sites, Search, Google Inc., Internet Search Advertising, Database, Translation, payment, Eric Schmidt
