News (39)

  • Windows 7 goes beyond keyboard and mouse

    Alternate inputs methods like gestures, speech and handwriting recognition are set to appear in the next version of Windows.

  • Gates gets updated Windows Mobile moving

    Microsoft chairman Bill Gates formally announced on Wednesday an update to the company's mobile device operating system as well as the latest version of its speech software.

  • Telstra talks text

    Telstra announced yesterday its newest novelty in mobile phone communication, Talking Text messages to fixed line phones.

  • The RIAA will fight on

    COMMENTARY: The entertainment industry's campaign against pirates has too much momentum to be derailed by recent setbacks.

  • Talking computers nearing reality

    Machines that listen and talk like humans are becoming a reality, researchers and tech executives say.

Features and Case Studies (5)

  • Finding the Australian voice

    Forty or 50 hours of recording, then analysing more than a half a million phonemes, went into creating a typically Australian voice for a new text-to-speech system.

  • Why it's getting easier to talk to your PC

    Many IT professionals have been muttering at their computer for years. But, according to Microsoft researchers, advances in voice-recognition technology mean PCs might start responding - and intelligently, too.

  • .Net finds its voice

    Developers can now sign up for the second beta version of Microsoft's speech development tools for .Net.

  • Breaking chip barriers

    HP Labs is leading a project to find new ways to boost silicon-based memory and processor technology far beyond its current limits.

  • IP telephony: waiting for the call?

    Enterprises have started to get past the hype and critically look at whether IP telephony works for them, according to one analyst.

Reviews (4)

  • Nokia E71

    Mobile professionals who need a powerful but sleek messaging-centric smartphone will be well-served by the Nokia E71; just be prepared to pay a price.

  • Talking computers nearing reality

    Machines that listen and talk like humans are becoming a reality, researchers and tech executives say.

  • Breaking chip barriers

    HP Labs is leading a project to find new ways to boost silicon-based memory and processor technology far beyond its current limits.

  • When the toys talk back via IM

    Soon you won't have to ask your AOL instant messaging partner "What's Up Doc?" via text. You can let Bugs Bunny say it for you--Brooklyn accent and all.

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