Speech Technology Magazine

Forward Thinking

Assessing Speech-Enabled Help Apps

Users seeking voice-enabled service and support have several choices.
Forward Thinking, Posted 01 May 2013

Singing the Praise of Speech Recognition

Applications are out there—if you know where to look.
Forward Thinking, Posted 10 Feb 2013

A New Age for Computer Interactions

Advances emphasize the role of the human mind.
Forward Thinking, Posted 10 Nov 2012

Be Careful What You Wish For

When it comes to our privacy, how far will technology go?
Forward Thinking, Posted 10 Sep 2012

Job Descriptions for Personal Assistants

Radar O'Reilly is a tough act to follow.
Forward Thinking, Posted 10 Jul 2012

Balancing Content and Control

When consumers use multiple devices, give help where it's needed.
Forward Thinking, Posted 01 Mar 2012

Busting the Myth of Identity Theft

How safe is safe enough?
Forward Thinking, Posted 01 Jan 2012

IVR Has a Black Eye

Stop using frugal policies and start satisfying customers.
Forward Thinking, Posted 01 Nov 2011

HTML5 — The Last Best Hope for Voice and Video

The spec obviates proprietary plug-ins and promotes an open approach
Forward Thinking, Posted 01 Sep 2011

Multimodal User Interfaces Supplanting Voice-Only Apps

Trend driven by statistical language models, speaker verification, video clips, and multilingual apps
Forward Thinking, Posted 01 Jul 2011

If This Passes, Only Criminals Could Do Speech Technology

Federal privacy bill would drive up compliance costs and inhibit market
Forward Thinking, Posted 01 May 2011

Combining IVR and Smartphones

Take advantage of today's visual displays and develop consumer product apps
Forward Thinking, Posted 01 Mar 2011

Speech in My Pocket

With the smartphone's growing popularity comes a slew of new speech apps.
Forward Thinking, Posted 01 Nov 2010

Sharpening a Cloudy Vision

Clarifying definitions depends on users' perspectives.
Forward Thinking, Posted 01 Sep 2010

Adding a Voice to Tweets

Social media can incorporate voice to better engage users.
Forward Thinking, Posted 01 Jul 2010

Getting to an SIV Module for VoiceXML

The draft standard is out there; now let's provide the feedback.
Forward Thinking, Posted 03 May 2010

Grammatically Speaking

Setting the standard for determining what a caller wants
Forward Thinking, Posted 05 Mar 2010

Sakhr's Arabic Language Buddy

This is an iPhone application that gets it right.
Forward Thinking, Posted 10 Jan 2010

Legal Issues Surrounding Speech

Who will get the ball rolling on creating the rules?
Forward Thinking, Posted 01 Nov 2009

Crossing Species Boundaries

Identifying speech patterns in dairy cows challenges researchers.
Forward Thinking, Posted 01 Oct 2009

Beyond Speech Recognition

User property extraction systems pull more information.
Forward Thinking, Posted 27 Aug 2009

You Be the Judge

New sessions at SpeechTEK will offer hands-on training.
Forward Thinking, Posted 15 Jul 2009

On-Demand Services and Mashups

Both allow for greater use of voice on mobile devices
Forward Thinking, Posted 01 Jun 2009

Speech for Distance Learning

Part II: Speech recognition develops a foreign tongue
Forward Thinking, Posted 01 May 2009

Avoid the "Old-Folks' Home" with a Speech-Enabled House

Technology exists to help the elderly live on their own.
Forward Thinking, Posted 02 Apr 2009

Speech for Distance Learning

Part I: Speaker verification ensures the identities of students.
Forward Thinking, Posted 06 Feb 2009

Tomorrow's Technologies, Today's Applications

We need to look beyond basic processing to fuller understanding.
Forward Thinking, Posted 01 Nov 2008

Make Your Life Easier

Do your part to develop, certify, and support industry standards.
Forward Thinking, Posted 01 Oct 2008

Who Will Win the GUI-VUI Race?

Multimodal applications present a new type of user interface.
Forward Thinking, Posted 22 Aug 2008