October 2007: Cover Story
Companies are unifying their self-service strategies to tightly integrate all self-service channels, including speech
Posted 01 Oct 2007
/ October 2007
- by
Leonard Klie
October 2007: Features
An engineering student builds a speech program to help an Italian child use her computer
Posted 01 Oct 2007
/ October 2007
- by
Lauren Shopp
While there are caveats, the right approach to speech analytics can yield higher customer satisfaction rates and financial returns
Posted 01 Oct 2007
/ October 2007
- by
Lauren Shopp
How grammars, prompts, and dialogue flow come together to form a good VUI
Posted 01 Oct 2007
/ October 2007
- by
Ryan Joe
October 2007: FYI
Blind and visually impaired customers have started legal action against the cell phone industry to improve cell phone accessibility with features like speech output for people who cannot read the phone's display screen.
Posted 01 Oct 2007
/ October 2007
- by
Leonard Klie
Speech tech industry insiders greeted the release of Apple's iPhone with a cry of anguish because the much-hyped device lacked a voice interface. The dream might not be not over, though.
Posted 01 Oct 2007
/ October 2007
- by
Ryan Joe
NEW YORK -- Using Google's mission statement, "Organize all the world's information," Mike Cohen, the company's speech technology group manager, maintained that speech technology will make an impact in the mobile market, and companies should take steps to adapt to the change.
Posted 20 Aug 2007
/ October 2007
- by
Lauren Shopp
Two sessions at SpeechTEK 2007 center on the importance of speech as a self-service enabler and its ability to serve as a gateway to CRM applications.
Posted 01 Oct 2007
/ October 2007
- by
Coreen Bailor
Working in New York during 9/11, Michael Sher lost all ability to communicate with his family and coworkers. Access to phone lines, email, Web sites, and mobile providers evaporated, and he had no way of confirming his safety to others. He thought there had to be a better way to keep people in touch during emergencies.
Posted 01 Oct 2007
/ October 2007
- by
Lauren Shopp
Network General Corp. recently released survey findings showing that unified communications (UC) applications are contributing significantly to network traffic and performance problems, something that it says is poised to become even more pronounced.
Posted 07 Sep 2007
/ October 2007
- by
Leonard Klie
SpeechTEK 2007 (NEW YORK) -- During a SpeechTEK keynote on Tuesday morning, Malcolm Gladwell posited that for speech technology to reach its tipping point it might have to re-frame itself to fully reach its potential by finding exciting new applications. As several sessions at the show brought out, that potential is certainly inherent for speech technology, particularly in the area of voice as an interface to search for data.
Posted 22 Aug 2007
/ October 2007
- by
Ryan Joe
October 2007: Deployments
Canada's leading phone company rolls out largest voice biometrics solution in the world
Posted 01 Oct 2007
/ October 2007
- by
Ryan Joe
For Reservation Center, call recording technology takes the hassle out of fixing travel troubles
Posted 01 Oct 2007
/ October 2007
- by
Lauren Shopp
A global election watchdog group uses Virtual Call Center to monitor and report voting irregularities
Posted 01 Oct 2007
/ October 2007
- by
Leonard Klie
October 2007: Forward Thinking
Technology is available to handle many of the more mundane translation tasks
Posted 01 Oct 2007
/ October 2007
- by
James A. Larson
October 2007: Industry View
Today's solutions are more accurate and easier to use and implement.
Posted 01 Oct 2007
/ October 2007
- by
Dan Miller
October 2007: Voice Value
The new project's standard could work to deepen,not reduce, consumer dissatisfaction
Posted 01 Oct 2007
/ October 2007
- by
Ian Jacobs
October 2007: Speech Solutions
The integration of improved speech-to-text in audio mining now allows users to easily access a wealth of information they might have missed otherwise.
Posted 01 Oct 2007
/ October 2007
- by
Ryan Joe