Google Inc. was finally awarded a patent for speech-recognition technology that allows users to search the Internet by uttering a few words. But whether that's good news or bad news for a handful of wireless software developers is far from clear. Voice-activated technology-which for...
The newest player on the crowded mobile search playground is one of the most vocal. Promptu—known until this week as Agile TV—officially joined the world of wireless, delivering a voice-recognition offering designed to allow users to discover, purchase and download content over mobile phones....
The newest player on the crowded mobile search playground is one of the most vocal. Promptu-known until this week as Agile TV-officially joined the world of wireless, delivering a voice-recognition offering designed to allow users to discover, purchase and download content over mobile phones....
Yahoo Inc. filed a lawsuit against Mforma Group Inc., claiming the mobile game-maker is stealing company secrets as it hires seven former Yahoo employees. The Internet giant is suing both Mforma and the former workers, saying it will seek an injunction in a California...
As profit margins from voice become razor-thin, operators are hoping to push lucrative content and applications to bulk up the bottom line. Ironically, they're looking to voice-driven technologies to help. Consumers' difficulties in accessing content and services from a wireless phone are well documented....
When does the chief of the Federal Communications Commission cease to be "the new FCC chairman?"Given the plentiful policy complexities in this era of technological disruption and political-financial import of the job in this 24/7 news cycle era, one might answer March 18-the day...
Wireless users today largely talk on their phones, but in the near future they may begin talking to their phones. Woburn, Mass.-based VoiceSignal Technologies Inc. has developed what the company calls a "speaker-independent" voice-recognition technology that has been skimmed down for mobile phones. Like...
WOBURN, Mass.-Speech-recognition company VoiceSignal Technologies launched its next-generation speech solution on the Samsung MM-A700 wireless phone available through Sprint PCS.The software offers a one-command voice interface for dialing and launching applications on the phone. Users are able to dial numbers by using commands such...
WOBURN, Mass.-VoiceSignal said it began shipping its speech-recognition technology on the Sendo X multimedia smart phone. The Sendo X is available in France, Italy and the Netherlands, with rollouts continuing in other European countries.The phone is the first GSM phone to ship in Europe...
WOBURN, Mass.-Speech recognition solution provider VoiceSignal announced its PCLink software is now available. The software allows users to transfer contact lists from a PC to a Samsung mobile phone and then access names and numbers by voice without any training. PCLink, which can be...
WOBURN, Mass.-VoiceSignal said its new speaker-independent speech recognition software is included in Samsung's VM-A680 multimedia wireless phone.With the software, phone users can command the phone's browser or camcorder capabilities by voice, dial or looking up contacts through a voice-activated phonebook; dial numbers by voice;...
CANNES, France-ScanSoft Inc. announced it filed a patent infringement lawsuit against voice recognition company Voice Signal Technologies Inc., a move that Voice Signal said comes after ScanSoft's failed attempt at acquiring the company.ScanSoft alleges Voice Signal's voice-activated dialing technology infringes on one of its...
WOBURN, Mass.-Voice Signal announced Panasonic Mobile will include its advanced speech-recognition application in its X700 GSM smartphone. The phone will feature Voice Signal's Voice-Activated Phonebook, which allows users to dial any person in their contact list by voice, with no initial set-up required. With...
MELBOURNE, Australia-Digital signal processing resources from Aculab and speech recognition software from Nuance were used in the creation of Norwegian telecommunications group Telenor's new Talk2Call platform.Talk2Call, developed by Unisys for Telenor, is a business-to-business speech recognition solution that promises to make business tasks simpler....
TORONTO—Bell Canada introduced its VoiceNet voice recognition service allowing its customers to have their e-mail messages and other Sympatico-Lycos Web content read to them through the use of voice commands. The carrier said the service will be offered in English and French to digital...
With several customers in Europe already under its belt, Netonomy Inc. is honing in on U.S. wireless carriers looking for a different way of providing customer service.Instead of customer relationship management tools, Netonomy touts itself as a provider of "customer managed relations" software. The...
Amid mounting layoffs and company bankruptcies across the entire telecommunications sector, a little start-up out of Halifax, Nova Scotia, is making its debut, hoping to capitalize on the growing voice-enabled applications market.OkamLogic Inc. is beta testing its Wireless Voice Commerce Gateway, a suite of...
If there were ever any doubts that voice-recognition technology would become a big business, New York state swiftly put those questions to bed when it passed a state law two weeks ago banning the use of mobile phones while driving.Such a well-publicized legislative move,...
MENLO PARK, Calif.-Nuance, which provides voice Web software, has signed an agreement with Cisco Systems to incorporate its speech recognition and voice authentication software into Cisco's Architecture for Voice, Video and Integrated Data products.According to the agreement, Cisco will integrate Nuance's speech software into...
Lucent TechnologiesLucent Technologies introduced Flexent Wireless IP Core Network Architecture, which it said will help wireless carriers deliver a range of voice and data services to customers. According to Lucent, the first phase of the architecture, the Lucent Softswitch Toll/Tandem Solution, lets carriers connect...
Wireless carriers are always looking for ways to retain customers. The most common retention method is to offer services that customers like to use so much that they are willing to stick with the carrier simply because they offer the service. With such desirable...
BRAZILADC Telecommunications Inc. announced it signed a $16 million contract to supply GVT Brazil with a broadband access bundled solution for the southern and central regions of Brazil. ADC said the solution is based on the BroadAccess Multiservice Access Platform and delivers narrow and...
Just as Sprint PCS was quick to offer wireless Web services, the company is jumping head first into the voice-recognition market, signing a new agreement with voice portal provider BeVocal Inc. to test speech-activated applications powered by BeVocal's Total Voice Portal Solution.The BeVocal deal...
After answering more than 5.5 billion questions in the past four years, Ask Jeeves Inc.'s online question answering service is finally learning to talk.The talking capabilities come from an alliance formed with Nuance, a developer of voice interface software platforms, and General Magic, a...
