Speech Recognition
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Gates: Privacy an 'interesting challenge'
News As software gets more powerful, society has to formulate more "explicit rules" to help govern where software can and cannot go, says Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates.
Tags: Privacy, Software engineering/development, Utility computing, Microsoft Corp., Bill Gates, Mobile, Privacy, Innovation, Cloud Computing, phone
'Spoken Web' can bridge India's digital divide
Insight newsmaker Director of IBM India Research Laboratory believes voice-enabled Web portals can unleash "untapped potential" of country's rural communities.
Tags: R&D, IBM Corp., Technology, Mobile, India, Cell Phone, Innovation, phone, software, keyboard
Philippine BPOs to benefit from crisis
News As global economy sinks amid financial meltdown, Philippine outsourcing firms will benefit from new foreign contracts, says Aussie call center tech provider.
Tags: IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, Offshoring, Cost control, Business, Contact Center, Philippines, Tool, Business Process Outsourcing Industry, Business Process
President of Google's Greater China leaving Google
News In 2005, Kai-Fu Lee decamped from Microsoft to take over Google's China operations, sparking a legal battle between the companies. Now he's starting his own venture.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Kai-Fu Lee, speech recognition, Wall Street Journal, Silicon Graphics Inc., leadership team, Microsoft Corp., China, Redmond
Tech giants line up for e-health dollars
News Allscripts, Cisco, Citrix, Dell, Intel, Intuit, Microsoft and Nuance Communications are banding together in an effort to make doctors aware of the benefits of electronic health records.
Tags: Digital media, Tool, E-health, Cerner Corp., Nuance, Digital media, U.S. President Barack Obama, electronic health record, speech recognition, alliance
Sniffing keystrokes via laser and keyboard power
News Researchers prove they can spy on a computer by using laser beams and by sniffing the electrical socket, bringing the James Bond world of espionage to everyday geeks.
Tags: PC security, Security, Attack, Wireless, computer, laser, Hardware, keyboard, Laptop Computer, researcher
Can technology help us speak the same language?
Blogs As more nations globalize and their citizens become more mobile, it's become increasingly apparent that language plays a...
Microsoft patches 10 flaws with seven bulletins
News The most critical patches released cover Bluetooth, Internet Explorer, and DirectX.
Tags: Security, PC security, Data security, Microsoft Corp., Vulnerability, Bulletin, Microsoft Windows Vista, Flaw, Attacker, software
Google carves an Android path through open source world
News Company is committed to many open source tenets with its Android mobile phone software--but it's willing to step on a few open source toes, too.
Tags: Open source, Mobile platforms/communications, Business development/management, Innovation, Google Inc., Android, GPL, Wind River Systems Inc., phone, software
Google reveals upcoming Android features
News A private development effort for Android has begun feeding new features, such as video recording and stereo Bluetooth, into the wider development effort.
Tags: Applications and tools, Browser, Wireless e-mail devices, Open source, Mobile, Web Browser, Google Inc., Linux Kernel, API, mobile operating system
Chips promise to boost speech recognition
News Carnegie Mellon University researchers are designing processors to solve the notoriously difficult computing problem.
Tags: Processors
Windows Vista finds its voice
Insight Vista is the first Microsoft OS that has built-in speech recognition capabilities. Deb Shinder shares her experiences working with Vista speech recognition and explains the available options.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Multimedia
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.
Speech recognition saves Aussie Post US$452,000
News Australia Post has invested in a speech recognition system for incoming calls, reducing call costs by 80 percent and allowing Post staff to be transferred to more complex tasks.
Tags: Software
IBM offers speech technology for Macintosh
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