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    Welfare agency Centrelink has implemented a voice recognition system from vendor Nuance to make its internal IT support hotline more efficient and effective.

  • A computer revolution through a child's eyes

    Businesses, for various reasons, have not flocked to the iPhone, but CNET News' Stephan Shankland reckons he has proof "from an expert" that its interface really is superior: his 3-year-old son.

  • Google 'voice search' is awesome

    The new voice-activated Google Mobile app for the iPhone is finally here. Whatever the reason for the delay, it was worth the wait.

  • Google reveals Android source code

    A year after announcing Android, the open source phone operating system intended to jump-start the mobile Internet, Google has begun sharing the project's underlying source code.

  • Windows users: Patch now or turn off Bluetooth

    Microsoft's June Patch Tuesday release included a critical fix affecting all Windows Vista and XP systems, which could allow attackers to wirelessly steal confidential information from laptops by exploiting a flaw in the Bluetooth stack.

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    In this 9:38 minutes video, the managing director of VeCommerce Paul Magee demonstrates how speech recognition is being used by Australian betting firm UniTab to enable punters to make complicated wagers without requiring a human operator.

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    Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 is the best tool available for dictating text and commanding a Web browser by voice, despite the gradual adjustments needed to conform to your personal manner of speaking.

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    Can the addition of GPS on HP's latest PDA-phone inject some much-needed oomph back into the dwindelling PDA market?

  • Microsoft presses pedal on in-car software

    Microsoft on Tuesday cranked up its long-running effort to get its software inside cars, announcing a new version of its Windows Automotive software.

  • OmniPage Pro 14.0 Office

    OmniPage Pro 14.0 Office clearly remains the OCR app to beat, especially in office environments needing automated batch processing.

  • Microsoft gets verbal about voice-activation program

    Microsoft detailed on Thursday its strategy for expanding the capabilities and distribution of its Voice Command software, a program that lets people control handheld devices via spoken instructions.

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