Alternate inputs methods like gestures, speech and handwriting recognition are set to appear in the next version of Windows.
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 announced yesterday its newest novelty in mobile phone communication, Talking Text messages to fixed line phones.
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Machines that listen and talk like humans are becoming a reality, researchers and tech executives say.
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.
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.
Developers can now sign up for the second beta version of Microsoft's speech development tools for .Net.
HP Labs is leading a project to find new ways to boost silicon-based memory and processor technology far beyond its current limits.
Enterprises have started to get past the hype and critically look at whether IP telephony works for them, according to one analyst.
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.
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