Category: Text to Speech
Onco'Zine launches avoice-driven Audio Internet site.
Industry News,
Posted 16 May 2013
Solutions include support for several platforms, including IOS and Android.
Industry News,
Posted 16 May 2013
Cross-language communication is globalizing business and affecting the world.
In Other Words,
Posted 01 May 2013
OmniPage Ultimate now lets users convert documents to audio files.
Industry News,
Posted 30 Apr 2013
Infovox4 features Acapela Group's technology to convert written text to speech.
Industry News,
Posted 23 Apr 2013
Developers can now access more reliable TTS Web Services.
News Feature,
Posted 22 Apr 2013
The new iPhone ServiceDesk Plus MSP app features Nuance voice technologies.
Industry News,
Posted 05 Apr 2013
TTS expands the capabilities of the library learning software to help more people.
Industry News,
Posted 28 Mar 2013
TTS company CereProc has partnered with professional voice solutions company Walsh Media to provide corporate voice branding solutions.
Industry News,
Posted 26 Mar 2013
Complete 511 motorist information system will include IVR, Web, condition reporting, data fusion, and smartphone applications with survey feedback.
Industry News,
Posted 26 Mar 2013
The latest version offers support for Microsoft Windows 8, Office 2013, and Internet Explorer 10.
Industry News,
Posted 18 Mar 2013
Smartphones are increasing awareness of text-to-speech, speech-to-text, and voice control technologies.
News Feature,
Posted 15 Mar 2013
It now provides location-aware, proactive assistant, and text messaging features.
Industry News,
Posted 12 Mar 2013
The text-to-speech software is now available from NextUp.com as an app for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch.
Industry News,
Posted 05 Mar 2013
Converts books and articles into audiobooks and podcasts.
Industry News,
Posted 01 Mar 2013
Mobile app lets users import and convert any form of text to voice files.
Industry News,
Posted 27 Feb 2013
The Anne female Dutch voice expands the company's reach in Europe.
Industry News,
Posted 25 Feb 2013
Sixteen new voices debut in the mobile app to help actors memorize their lines.
Industry News,
Posted 21 Feb 2013
Partnership integrates text-to-speech technology into learning platform.
Industry News,
Posted 21 Feb 2013
Software gives voice to blogs and Web sites.
Industry News,
Posted 12 Feb 2013
From the novice to the experienced, it's boom time for developers.
Feature,
Posted 10 Feb 2013
The mobile phone app now speaks and understands 38 languages.
News Feature,
Posted 06 Feb 2013
Siri Eyes Free technology will appear on select 2013 car models.
Industry News,
Posted 31 Jan 2013
The company was already providing the TTS for Amazon's Kindle tablets.
News Feature,
Posted 24 Jan 2013
Cloud-based partnership will bring voice capabilities to more retail and distribution operations.
Industry News,
Posted 22 Jan 2013
Companies collaborate on advanced voice applications.
Industry News,
Posted 07 Jan 2013
TTS technology will be used in Toyota vehicles.
Industry News,
Posted 21 Dec 2012
The Spark and Sonic will integrate with Apple's iPhone personal assistant app.
Industry News,
Posted 13 Dec 2012
More than 15 new regional accents highlight the enhancements available for mobile apps.
Industry News,
Posted 12 Dec 2012
App uses natural language processing.
Industry News,
Posted 12 Dec 2012
Uses IVONA text-to-speech technology.
Industry News,
Posted 07 Dec 2012
Allows developers to add voice commands.
Industry News,
Posted 05 Dec 2012
Handwriting-to-speech app helps those with severe language difficulties.
Industry News,
Posted 04 Dec 2012
CereProc is collaborating in a research project and touring exhibition that explores the principles for conversational emotion and challenges involved in artificial voices.
Industry News,
Posted 03 Dec 2012
Task lists can be read aloud with NeoSpeech TTS voices.
News Feature,
Posted 28 Nov 2012
Rooster Alarm can announce the date and time, custom greeting messages, music tracks, birthday reminders and any RSS feed from the Internet.
Industry News,
Posted 20 Nov 2012
Platform to include cloud-based text-to-speech technology
Industry News,
Posted 09 Nov 2012
Server connects TTS to any telephony platform.
Industry News,
Posted 01 Nov 2012
Solutions address growing demand for voice-powered user interfaces.
Industry News,
Posted 23 Oct 2012
Service now available on Amazon Web.
Industry News,
Posted 11 Oct 2012
Updates include direct search feature.
Industry News,
Posted 08 Oct 2012
A feed company has already started seeing the benefits of the voice-enabled warehouse system.
Industry News,
Posted 08 Oct 2012
The company aims to leverage artificial intelligence research to provide sophisticated speech recognition.
Industry News,
Posted 02 Oct 2012
Uconnect Access includes voice-activated texting and search functions.
News Feature,
Posted 24 Sep 2012
The Acapela TTS Voices app offers 50 voices in 26 languages for Google Play apps.
Industry News,
Posted 20 Sep 2012
Text-to-speech peripheral advances hospital announcement and medical dispatch systems.
Industry News,
Posted 20 Sep 2012
The latest version offers greater compatibility and system performance.
Industry News,
Posted 19 Sep 2012
The two companies will jointly develop voice prompt e-commerce portal.
Industry News,
Posted 18 Sep 2012
VoiceText is the basis of the Shabette Concier application in Japan.
Industry News,
Posted 13 Sep 2012
A new partnership with Speech Interface Design brings Vocollect Voice to warehouse operations.
Industry News,
Posted 12 Sep 2012
Dragon Assistant lets people speak to their PCs to search the Web, find content, play music, check and reply to email, update social network statuses, and more.
Industry News,
Posted 12 Sep 2012
Developments in assistive technologies are removing barriers for many.
Feature,
Posted 10 Sep 2012
The Social Radio app converts social streams into audio.
Industry News,
Posted 06 Sep 2012
iPad solution improves communication for people with speech disabilities.
Industry News,
Posted 30 Aug 2012
The solution features speech technologies from Nuance Communications.
Industry News,
Posted 29 Aug 2012
Technology incorporates AT&T Natural Voices.
Industry News,
Posted 29 Aug 2012
The Tom Loves Angela app allows users to chat with Tom's girlfriend Angela by entering in text that is then converted to speech.
Industry News,
Posted 23 Aug 2012
10,000 handsets will get the hands-free safe driving assistant.
Industry News,
Posted 22 Aug 2012
Retailer aims to elevate operations, better serve its customers, and increase employee satisfaction.
Industry News,
Posted 22 Aug 2012
The new apps provide an in-vehicle user interface.
Industry News,
Posted 21 Aug 2012
Text-to-speech based offering provides voice reminder services.
Industry News,
Posted 20 Aug 2012
Features include an upgrade to the Text-to-Speech server.
Industry News,
Posted 15 Aug 2012
The application lets users hear incoming messages and respond with voice.
Industry News,
Posted 14 Aug 2012
Nina provides an open SDK for the enterprise.
News Feature,
Posted 06 Aug 2012
Verbal communication using an iPad is now physically and financially accessible to people with complex disabilities.
Industry News,
Posted 01 Aug 2012
The company adds more than 100 enhancements to its voice recognition solution.
News Feature,
Posted 26 Jul 2012
Android app lets users broadcast their Facebook news feed and talk back, all by voice.
Industry News,
Posted 25 Jul 2012
The medical clinical documentation solutions provider offers M*Modal Fluency solutions to facilities in Wisconsin and Illinois.
Industry News,
Posted 20 Jul 2012
Deutsche Telekom adopts the Tropo Voice and SMS API from Voxeo.
Industry News,
Posted 03 Jul 2012
iSpeech voice recognition and text-to-speech platform expands capabilities with increased accuracy, speed, and custom speech recognition.
Industry News,
Posted 28 Jun 2012
Robust voice solution helps organizations significantly elevate their operations and enhance the customer experience with minimal IT resources.
Industry News,
Posted 28 Jun 2012
The two voices, originally created for the education market, feature regional English accents.
Industry News,
Posted 20 Jun 2012
Cloud provisioning makes the application more cost-effective for developers.
Industry News,
Posted 19 Jun 2012
AARP Foundation's W.I.N. Web site now has ReadSpeaker's online text-to-speech service to help adult and older workers get better access to its written content.
Industry News,
Posted 19 Jun 2012
Version 13 of the screen reading technology features support for Microsoft Speech Platform, giving greater choice of TTS voices.
Industry News,
Posted 18 Jun 2012
Robin, a new voice-enabled personal assistant from Magnifis, is available in beta across the U.S.
Industry News,
Posted 18 Jun 2012
iPad3-release.com reports the iPhone's voice-activated personal assistant is set to debut on the new iPad 3 following the launch of Apple's new operating system, iOS 6.
News Feature,
Posted 15 Jun 2012
The TTS specialist offers its TTS software as a cloud-based product now in beta testing.
Industry News,
Posted 14 Jun 2012
Companies join forces to help hospitals prepare for new standards
Industry News,
Posted 08 Jun 2012
The U.K. government-sponsored program launches two TTS voices for use in England's education system.
News Feature,
Posted 30 May 2012
Dragon Apps expand availability and language support in eastern Europe
Industry News,
Posted 14 May 2012
Avantar's Yellow Pages is the first business directory app to offer free turn-by-turn voice GPS navigation on the iPhone.
Industry News,
Posted 04 May 2012
The Toyota Touch & Go features advanced voice recognition and TTS capabilities.
Industry News,
Posted 25 Apr 2012
Creates test scripts, automates test execution from a single platform
Industry News,
Posted 13 Apr 2012
Navigate the Bible by speaking to it instead of tapping on a mobile app screen.
Industry News,
Posted 05 Apr 2012
New Austrian TTS voices are included in the project.
Industry News,
Posted 04 Apr 2012
IVR and messaging solution offered for Saas and on-premises
Industry News,
Posted 22 Mar 2012
Mother Tucker's new device reads the date, weather, calendar, email, stock prices, horoscopes, and custom text.
Industry News,
Posted 15 Mar 2012
The pairing brings productivity enhancements to cloud-based, voice-directed logistics applications.
Industry News,
Posted 14 Mar 2012
CereProc's mobile text-to-speech (TTS) voice offering with an Irish accent comes out just in time for St. Patrick's Day.
Industry News,
Posted 14 Mar 2012
The floating toolbar reads text on screen in any application and format.
Industry News,
Posted 13 Mar 2012
Voice-activated communication assistant is now available for iPhone and can be used without a data connection.
Industry News,
Posted 07 Mar 2012
New owners identified Sync's voice recognition capability as a key part of their decision to buy a Ford; 77 percent say they use voice commands regularly.
News Feature,
Posted 06 Mar 2012
The company will provide messaging and speech technology for prescription refill notifications.
Industry News,
Posted 01 Mar 2012
New VoxPilot provides instant visibility and push-button control.
Industry News,
Posted 07 Feb 2012
The company began offering a hosting service for its speech and telephony applications.
Industry News,
Posted 02 Feb 2012
The new offering includes promotional video and animation and on-site media
Industry News,
Posted 01 Feb 2012
Voxware becomes a Manhattan Value Partner, making its voice solutions available to Manhattan's WMS customers.
Industry News,
Posted 31 Jan 2012
New packing station application could help companies achieve significant additional productivity gains and increase business capacities by eliminating unnecessary process steps.
Industry News,
Posted 20 Jan 2012
Companies integrate voice input and output carrier-grade systems.
Industry News,
Posted 20 Jan 2012
The two firms pair up to deliver voice picking and other voice-directed warehouse functionality to Oracle WMS customers.
Industry News,
Posted 04 Jan 2012
Voice assistant now available for Windows 7 phones.
Industry News,
Posted 04 Jan 2012
New TTS feature enables drivers to listen to information and reviews about area businesses.
Industry News,
Posted 22 Dec 2011
The two companies have a storied past that involves many court battles.
News Feature,
Posted 20 Dec 2011
Dragon Mobile SDK makes its South American debut, empowering developers to voice-enable iOS, Android, Windows Phone 7, and Web apps with support for Brazilian Portuguese.
Industry News,
Posted 15 Dec 2011
New story-telling tool features recorded sound and text-to-speech.
Industry News,
Posted 13 Dec 2011
Custom voices are full of character.
Industry News,
Posted 12 Dec 2011
New app uses speech technologies to teach counting and currencies in foreign languages.
Industry News,
Posted 08 Dec 2011
The company expects top growth from mobile and consumer units and healthcare and enterprise segments.
News Feature,
Posted 05 Dec 2011
The new online service offers a smart collaborative text-to-speech production solution.
Industry News,
Posted 29 Nov 2011
The new "Cluzee" virtual personal assistant app employs voice recognition and synthesis, a conversational interface, and machine learning.
News Feature,
Posted 29 Nov 2011
The new voices speak in Swedish dialects Skånska and Göteborgska.
Industry News,
Posted 28 Nov 2011
New Speech Engine now features text-to-speech, a completely new functionality for LumenVox
News Feature,
Posted 15 Nov 2011
New version of the TTS software features iPhone compatibility, improved performance, and support for more languages.
Industry News,
Posted 14 Nov 2011
Danish and Polish consumers can now speak text for email, text messages, Web content, and more.
Industry News,
Posted 13 Oct 2011
Voxware's warehouse voice application becomes the first to support Google's Android operating system.
Industry News,
Posted 05 Oct 2011
Nuance's connected text-to-speech reads aloud turn-by-turn directions and traffic alerts for social mapping and navigation app.
Industry News,
Posted 23 Sep 2011
Mobile Voice Utility eliminates costly server integration, business process changes, interfaces, and middleware.
Industry News,
Posted 16 Sep 2011
The first two apps in the suite are designed to steer customers to mobile smartphone applications.
News Feature,
Posted 13 Sep 2011
Program lets publishers make their educational content more accessible.
Industry News,
Posted 06 Sep 2011
Deal is valued at $75.5 million
FYI,
Posted 01 Sep 2011
But proper implementation requires meticulous preparation
In Other Words,
Posted 01 Sep 2011
Kindle and other readers come up short; Justice Dept. pushes textbooks
Voice Value,
Posted 01 Sep 2011
The deal is worth $75.5 million and brings together two speech technology leaders.
News Feature,
Posted 15 Aug 2011
The company releases its SDK to developers of mobile apps.
Industry News,
Posted 09 Aug 2011
New youth TTS voices enable a variety of applications for young people.
Industry News,
Posted 09 Aug 2011
The latest version features a new dashboard application and manager service.
Industry News,
Posted 04 Aug 2011
Hundreds of people shared their stories of how speech technologies help in their personal and professional lives.
News Feature,
Posted 29 Jul 2011
Loquendo teams with Quizlet.com to offer text-to-speech on flashcard sets in 12 languages.
Industry News,
Posted 27 Jul 2011
- Text-to-speech application enables researchers to listen to scientific articles on SciVerse ScienceDirect
Industry News,
Posted 26 Jul 2011
Speech recognition application for Mac adds full support for Microsoft Word 2011, social media sharing, and formatting and editing features.
Industry News,
Posted 26 Jul 2011
With AudioFlash24, breaking news from IlSole24Ore.com is also available by voice, thanks to eXtrapola and Loquendo speech technologies.
Industry News,
Posted 26 Jul 2011
T-Mobile's Genius Button gets even smarter with new voice-enabled wake up commands.
Industry News,
Posted 20 Jul 2011
OnStar FMV lets drivers speak to get directions and make hands-free phone calls in the car.
Industry News,
Posted 19 Jul 2011
The company's JayBee product transforms predictive text phrases into voices
Industry News,
Posted 07 Jul 2011
Distractions like texting and navigation systems call for safer user interfaces, and the industry is responding
The View from AVIOS,
Posted 01 Jul 2011
New voices bring the total number available to 57.
Industry News,
Posted 22 Jun 2011
Combined technology portfolios to drive more natural interactions with cars, mobile phones, and consumer electronics.
News Feature,
Posted 17 Jun 2011
New voices cover Asian and European languages.
Industry News,
Posted 15 Jun 2011
RantNetwork announces the integration of Loquendo TTS in Communilator, a voice and photo translation application for smartphones.
Industry News,
Posted 13 Jun 2011
Version 11.5 adds new social media sharing capabilities, correction and editing features, and more.
News Feature,
Posted 13 Jun 2011
SVOX solution enhances Ectaco devices for the educational and consumer markets.
Industry News,
Posted 06 Jun 2011
Custom-designed speech recognition app gives the hearing impaired freedom to engage in personal multi-language conversations.
Industry News,
Posted 01 Jun 2011
Veena is the new female English-speaking voice with an Indian accent.
Industry News,
Posted 24 May 2011
SVOX reveals popularity of text-to-speech voices with over 340,000 downloads since engine launch; discovers consumers prefer female text-to-speech voices to male
News Feature,
Posted 23 May 2011
New features extend the labor management and productivity reporting capabilities of the Jennifer solution from Lucas Systems.
Industry News,
Posted 18 May 2011
Version 4.1 features "bucket brigade" picking capabilities and batch and split assigning.
Industry News,
Posted 18 May 2011
Dragon Mobile SDK now supports Mandarin Chinese, allowing Chinese developers to voice-enable apps.
Industry News,
Posted 16 May 2011
The Telefonica brand speaks to customer care and other services with a custom synthetic voice.
Industry News,
Posted 03 May 2011
It's the future of sales materials, worldwide customer support, and corporate media
In Other Words,
Posted 01 May 2011
The Multimodal Architecture and Interfaces specification opens door to collaborative multimodal apps
Standards,
Posted 01 May 2011
Court ruling in Los Angeles disabilities case teaches a broader lesson; speech-generating devices are one of several tools that could be employed
Voice Value,
Posted 01 May 2011
Listeners can create personalized news programs from millions of sources and listen anytime, anywhere via the Web, iPhone, iPad, or Android devices.
News Feature,
Posted 27 Apr 2011
At Italian museums, visitors can now use their mobile phones as audio guides.
News Feature,
Posted 21 Apr 2011
This system combines computer graphics, artificial intelligence, voice recognition and other advanced technologies to perform a variety of tasks.
News Feature,
Posted 18 Apr 2011
The new app uses GPS and TTS to deliver relevant information when and where the driver needs it.
News Feature,
Posted 08 Apr 2011
Assistive technology allows blind users to hear the written word in several Arabic voices.
Industry News,
Posted 05 Apr 2011
Acapela's speech synthesis will be used by the company for its online media store.
Industry News,
Posted 29 Mar 2011
New voice-activated email, SMS, Facebook, and Twitter service from SuperTooth launches.
Industry News,
Posted 24 Mar 2011
Enhancement expands voice-enabled selection, put-away, replenishment, loading, and cycle-counting functionality.
Industry News,
Posted 23 Mar 2011
RedPrairie will resell Jennifer VoicePlus to new and existing RedPrairie customers, leveraging open, industry-standard mobile computers that support flexible, efficient voice-plus workflows.
Industry News,
Posted 22 Mar 2011
The company chooses Acapela's TTS to voice-enable its translation tool.
Industry News,
Posted 18 Mar 2011
The combination allows developers to access Speech Server and TTS products in Microsoft's Office Communications Server.
Industry News,
Posted 17 Mar 2011
The app can speak text messages, email, and Tweets aloud and allow for text responses by voice
Industry News,
Posted 15 Mar 2011
How speech is finding its way onto smartphones and saving you big bucks
Feature,
Posted 01 Mar 2011
The company works with Nuance to expand the system's vocabulary to 19 languages.
News Feature,
Posted 28 Feb 2011
SVOX text-to-speech technology vocalizes output from handheld optical character recognition device to capture and decode text.
Industry News,
Posted 28 Feb 2011
Altitude Software, Loquendo, and SpeechVillage have partnered to expand advanced speech self-service offering.
News Feature,
Posted 23 Feb 2011
The latest version features a one-click installation tool, Romanian language TTS, and new Italian and Turkish voices.
Industry News,
Posted 15 Feb 2011
The program creates a one-stop portal for integrating voice into mobile applications.
Industry News,
Posted 15 Feb 2011
Four-in-one keypad app lets users speak, trace, write, or tap with expanded language support for U.S. and U.K. English, German, French, Italian, and Spanish.
Industry News,
Posted 15 Feb 2011
The company adds Spanish, French, and German to its text-to-speech technology.
Industry News,
Posted 14 Feb 2011
Jawbone's new caller ID features Nuance's Vocalizer Connected TTS, developed and integrated via the Nuance Mobile Developer Program.
Industry News,
Posted 11 Feb 2011
New SVOX research in the United Kingdom finds that text-to-speech and speech recognition offer convenience and safety benefits.
News Feature,
Posted 10 Feb 2011
Loquendo ASR and TTS is now available on the latest Microsoft automotive operating system.
Industry News,
Posted 08 Feb 2011
New pre-packaged application module enables quick and easy integration of Nuance's embedded one-shot voice capabilities and text-to-speech.
Industry News,
Posted 08 Feb 2011
Text-to-speech and speech recognition allow users to text and email while driving.
Industry News,
Posted 31 Jan 2011
Tbox creates an assistive solution for anyone with speech difficulties.
Industry News,
Posted 26 Jan 2011
New app allows warehouses to manage orders with Psion devices using voice commands.
Industry News,
Posted 26 Jan 2011
Loquendo TTS gives a voice to the multimedia on-board multilingual navigation system.
Industry News,
Posted 21 Jan 2011
Dragon Mobile SDK gives developers the ability to voice-enable iOS and Android apps.
News Feature,
Posted 20 Jan 2011
The workforce-driven voice solutions provider will become part of Intermec's new Voice Solutions Business.
News Feature,
Posted 19 Jan 2011
Global Industry Analysts projects that the speech technology industry will grow to $20.9 billion by 2015.
News Feature,
Posted 13 Jan 2011
The two companies are increasing speech-activated command and control functions for in-car navigation, music, and information systems.
Industry News,
Posted 11 Jan 2011
As the economy rebounds, voice solutions continue to build use cases.
Cover Story,
Posted 08 Jan 2011
Nuance and Ford extend SYNC and Voice Services Platform to the global application developer ecosystem.
Industry News,
Posted 06 Jan 2011
Nuance's voice dictation technology enables users to speak text for email, SMS text messages, status updates, and more.
Industry News,
Posted 05 Jan 2011
Lab sessions gave companies the opportunity to showcase their latest products.
Feature,
Posted 05 Jan 2011
Speech Solutions,
Posted 05 Jan 2011
Passage of legislation heralds new opportunities for the disabled.
Voice Value,
Posted 05 Jan 2011
Ultimate goal is to develop tools to better integrate speech with the Web.
Standards,
Posted 05 Jan 2011
AT&T's text-to-speech solution from Wizzard will be the new voice of the National Weather Service beginning next fall.
Industry News,
Posted 22 Dec 2010
TTS provides spoken turn-by-turn directions in U.S. English, Latin American Spanish, and Canadian French.
Industry News,
Posted 20 Dec 2010
Spime, Navteq, and Loquendo partner to power hybrid alternative to Web-based mapping services with HP Navigator.
Industry News,
Posted 17 Dec 2010
Text-to-speech will provide natural sounding voices to facilitate online language learning.
Industry News,
Posted 17 Dec 2010
The scientific book publisher enables text-to-speech on all its titles, increasing access for people with print disabilities.
Industry News,
Posted 16 Dec 2010
SVOX TTS is integrated into the Hyundai ix20 infotainment and navigation system for media player control, navigation and voice assisted dialing.
Industry News,
Posted 09 Dec 2010
Interoperability of Loquendo MRCP Server with UniMRCP Connector Bridge is certified.
Industry News,
Posted 07 Dec 2010
Ksenia Security will use Loquendo TTS for security and home automation market
News Feature,
Posted 18 Nov 2010
GanganJH creates innovative language learning tool for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch.
Industry News,
Posted 18 Nov 2010
New plug-in maximizes map guidance with spoken turn-by-turn directions.
Industry News,
Posted 11 Nov 2010
Nuance will power the Genius button's Hands-Free Messaging on T-Mobile MyTouch 4G.
News Feature,
Posted 04 Nov 2010
SnapTranslate gives iPhone users rapid translations leveraging Loquendo TTS.
Industry News,
Posted 04 Nov 2010
Following a deal with Mentor Engineering, TTS announces bus and train stops and route information.
Industry News,
Posted 02 Nov 2010
New releases of Dragon NaturallySpeaking software cover the legal, medical, and Mac user communities.
FYI,
Posted 01 Nov 2010
ANSI and W3C capped a busy summer with the release of new recommendations that provide more global reach.
FYI,
Posted 01 Nov 2010
A SpeechTEK Europe session showed the appeal of the technology.
Feature,
Posted 01 Nov 2010
A new iPhone alarm clock app reads the news, calendar events, birthdays, and more.
News Feature,
Posted 29 Oct 2010
TTS and speech recognition combine with traditional voicemail platforms to make for a more interactive messaging experience.
News Feature,
Posted 26 Oct 2010
Results of a new survey in the U.K. renews calls for drivers to embrace speech technologies behind the wheel.
Industry News,
Posted 12 Oct 2010
Natural voice recording combines with TTS for an improved caller experience; U.S. English voices are the first of many languages to come.
Industry News,
Posted 12 Oct 2010
Female voice accompanies a male voice that Loquendo released in June.
Industry News,
Posted 11 Oct 2010
Distracted driving app creator opens its text to speech and voice recognition APIs to mobile developers.
Industry News,
Posted 08 Oct 2010
The text-to-speech software allows users the ability to listen to texts from various sources.
News Feature,
Posted 04 Oct 2010
New Blio application features Nuance Vocalizer technologies.
Industry News,
Posted 29 Sep 2010
Plantronics Vocalyst service lets users send email and listen to text messages and reminders with simple voice commands.
Industry News,
Posted 28 Sep 2010
The technology is the warehousing industry's first voice-centric solution for vehicle-based workflows.
Industry News,
Posted 28 Sep 2010
The classic voices of Bugs Bunny, Yosemite Sam, Daffy Duck, Sylvester and Pepé Le Pew star on TomTom devices.
Industry News,
Posted 23 Sep 2010
Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML) offers developers a way to control synthetic speech.
News Feature,
Posted 10 Sep 2010
New e-Readers' speech technology brings increased productivity, convenience and accessibility to e-books
Industry News,
Posted 02 Sep 2010
TTS hits the broader student market.
FYI,
Posted 01 Sep 2010
New feature includes Texthelp Systems' SpeechStream toolbar to support reading and comprehension.
News Feature,
Posted 31 Aug 2010
Blio will have text-to-speech capabilities powered by Nuance
News Feature,
Posted 24 Aug 2010
The interactive language-learning programs manufacturer wins some prime contracts and launches new programs.
News Feature,
Posted 10 Aug 2010
Enterprise Voice Manager strengthens centralized management of voice applications across multiple warehouses.
Industry News,
Posted 04 Aug 2010
System combines TTS with mapping technologies to hit precisely targeted locations.
Industry News,
Posted 04 Aug 2010
Nuance T9, XT9, T9 Write and T9 Trace Input Technology to be Integrated Across ZTE's Global Mobile Handset Portfolio
Industry News,
Posted 30 Jul 2010
Voice control and text-to-speech will be among the capabilities on BlueAnt's new Q2 headset.
News Feature,
Posted 28 Jul 2010
Audio Eye makes congresswoman's official Web site accessible to the disabled via TTS and video captioning.
News Feature,
Posted 27 Jul 2010
iGO My Way app can read out route directions in seven languages.
Industry News,
Posted 27 Jul 2010
This agreement gives SVOX and its customers immediate access to audio coding technologies for speech quality in automotive, mobile and consumer electronics applications.
Industry News,
Posted 27 Jul 2010
Loquendo TTS now supports Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement.
Industry News,
Posted 21 Jul 2010
Post-secondary students and veterans with disabilities can read the latest e-books and textbooks, access the Internet, and use helpful study tools.
News Feature,
Posted 13 Jul 2010
Loquendo speech technologies power LoL, a new language-learning application in seven languages.
Industry News,
Posted 06 Jul 2010
The all-new BuzzVoice 3.0 for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch includes six unique features to make it faster, easier, and safer to consume news on the go.
Industry News,
Posted 02 Jul 2010
The update will allow users to translate three new languages.
News Feature,
Posted 01 Jul 2010
Loquendo TTS in English, French, and German is now available with Adobe eLearning authoring tool.
Industry News,
Posted 01 Jul 2010
New solution additions bring support for more languages and platforms.
Industry News,
Posted 01 Jul 2010
Loquendo releases TTS in Modern Standard Arabic and new TTS Director is now also a complete text editor for the Arabic language.
Industry News,
Posted 23 Jun 2010
No more looking at mobile phones while driving to see who's calling.
Industry News,
Posted 23 Jun 2010
QuickFuse eliminates the need for coding, creating a truly accessible voice application solution.
Industry News,
Posted 22 Jun 2010
New audio feature enables Web site to reach more people.
Industry News,
Posted 21 Jun 2010
Shinano Kenshi releases new Pocket firmware upgrade, version 4.
Industry News,
Posted 18 Jun 2010
Newest additions to TomTom's voice library from Nickelodeon make family adventures more enjoyable.
Industry News,
Posted 18 Jun 2010
The organization hopes to collaborate, improving connected car voice technology.
News Feature,
Posted 09 Jun 2010
The new application provides hands-free reading of 30,000 titles.
News Feature,
Posted 07 Jun 2010
The company also released a new version of its VoxNauta platform.
Industry News,
Posted 26 May 2010
New services include SMS and voice phone numbers in 40 countries plus speech recognition and synthesis in more than 20 languages.
Industry News,
Posted 26 May 2010
Research collaboration aims to break barriers with conversational and intelligent speech products.
News Feature,
Posted 21 May 2010
New INVOX unit allows users to control any home installation with voice commands.
Industry News,
Posted 18 May 2010
The first truly hands-free speakerphone allows users to communicate completely through voice commands.
News Feature,
Posted 17 May 2010
New service provides music and important announcements throughout hospitals in Italy's Tuscany region.
Industry News,
Posted 17 May 2010
Loquendo's MRCP Server is interoperable with the UAP 8100 platform from telecommunications provider Huawei.
Industry News,
Posted 13 May 2010
New Genius Button enables one-touch voice control of favorite apps, Dragon Dictation for messaging, and text-to-speech for hands-free message readback.
Industry News,
Posted 05 May 2010
Company cites growing demand for a its technologies and services across Northern Europe.
Industry News,
Posted 04 May 2010
The solution makes reading, writing, language learning, and interaction with the PC easier.
News Feature,
Posted 03 May 2010
Speech Solutions,
Posted 03 May 2010
The facts don't match the claims in the Kindle TTS debate.
Voice Value,
Posted 03 May 2010
The addition of this voice brings the total in the SVOX TTS portfolio to 37.
Industry News,
Posted 29 Apr 2010
iSpeech brings its distracted driving solution to enterprise customers looking to stop employees' texting while driving.
Industry News,
Posted 28 Apr 2010
Loquendo offers the voices for Sonico Mobile's iTtranslate application.
Industry News,
Posted 27 Apr 2010
TTS and ASR technologies will be available for burgeoning mobile device and e-book reader market.
Industry News,
Posted 15 Apr 2010
New application lets drivers listen to and respond to messages without ever looking at their phone.
News Feature,
Posted 09 Apr 2010
Tandem integrates Loquendo TTS into its applications for language students of all ages and abilities.
Industry News,
Posted 08 Apr 2010
Motorola's WT4090 VOW added to TopVOX hardware portfolio.
Industry News,
Posted 05 Apr 2010
The company releases two new voices in American Spanish and Norwegian.
News Feature,
Posted 01 Apr 2010
Assistive mobile phone screen reader now supports Series 60 5th Edition phones and features new exploration mode for navigation of apps.
Industry News,
Posted 31 Mar 2010
Tropo now supports Twitter, SMS, IM, and voice interactions from anywhere to any application.
Industry News,
Posted 25 Mar 2010
New device enables PLEXTALK Pocket users to access the Audible.com library of books, newspapers and magazines, and more.
Industry News,
Posted 22 Mar 2010
Loquendo technologies power Caja Madrid ATMs in eight languages.
Industry News,
Posted 10 Mar 2010
Can speech make it on mobile devices?
Voice Value,
Posted 08 Mar 2010
The speech vendor also has joined Microsoft's Windows Embedded Partners Program.
Industry News,
Posted 02 Mar 2010
Offering includes TTS, call recording, call routing, and a virtual receptionist.
Industry News,
Posted 02 Mar 2010
With new app, users can brush up on their language skills.
Industry News,
Posted 01 Mar 2010
Reading initiative provides accommodations for students with IEPS and access to electronic textbooks.
Industry News,
Posted 26 Feb 2010
The latest additions bring the number of languages supported to 28.
Industry News,
Posted 22 Feb 2010
Speech technology vendor makes its applications available to open-source developers in all languages.
Industry News,
Posted 19 Feb 2010
Version 3.0 features new e-book navigation options for the visually impaired.
Industry News,
Posted 18 Feb 2010
Interactive digital assistant features Loquendo's Embedded TTS.
Industry News,
Posted 17 Feb 2010
Making Visual Voicemail available for mass-market use in Norway paves the way for significant global growth.
Industry News,
Posted 17 Feb 2010
A new chip from Sensory provides a truly hands-free voice interface for many typical household products.
News Feature,
Posted 16 Feb 2010
Auto industry's first integrated speech interface for on- and off-board services powers the connected car.
Industry News,
Posted 01 Feb 2010
Texas Instruments leverages Loquendo's text-to-speech and automatic speech recognition technologies.
Industry News,
Posted 28 Jan 2010
Speech Solutions,
Posted 10 Jan 2010
The Kindle maker should never have backed down on TTS.
Voice Value,
Posted 10 Jan 2010
This is an iPhone application that gets it right.
Forward Thinking,
Posted 10 Jan 2010
iSpeech announces two-way texting and emailing via voice on next-generation DriveSafe.ly 2.0 mobile app for smartphones.
Industry News,
Posted 08 Jan 2010
The INA-W900 all-in-one audio/video/navigation unit puts digital source controls at drivers' fingertips.
Industry News,
Posted 07 Jan 2010
Loquendo claims great advancements in spoken language understanding.
Industry News,
Posted 21 Dec 2009
The company continues to expand its portfolio with new voices and languages.
Industry News,
Posted 21 Dec 2009
The service offers call answering, call routing, voicemail integration, company directory, and more.
News Feature,
Posted 18 Dec 2009
The companies combine to provide audio content to those for whom reading is a challenge.
Industry News,
Posted 15 Dec 2009
Deal with DynaVox Mayer-Johnson places TTS on a new communications device for the disabled.
Industry News,
Posted 02 Dec 2009
Loquendo becomes the automotive electronics company's preferred speech partner.
Industry News,
Posted 01 Dec 2009
Mio Technology to further integrate Nuance's text-to-speech as part of its global personal navigation device portfolio.
Industry News,
Posted 23 Nov 2009
IVO Software adds a voice to products from the Royal National Institute of Blind People.
Industry News,
Posted 17 Nov 2009
Intel launches a mobile, speech-enabled handheld device for people with reading or vision problems.
News Feature,
Posted 10 Nov 2009
A new English-to-Arabic speech translator for iPhone is available at Apple's App Store.
News Feature,
Posted 22 Sep 2009
BuzzVoice converts breaking stories to audio in real time, letting consumers listen and multitask everywhere.
News Feature,
Posted 11 Sep 2009
SpeechTEK's first ever European event
Industry News,
Posted 28 Aug 2009
Magnus joins a huge family of languages and voices.
Industry News,
Posted 05 Jun 2009
Finnish and Greek are the latest as SVOX expands its European presence.
Industry News,
Posted 22 Apr 2009
Virtual Attendant and Virtual Assistant will rely on Loquendo speech engines.
Industry News,
Posted 27 Mar 2009
The new offering uses TTS to read messages, assist with menu navigation, and much more.
News Feature,
Posted 17 Mar 2009
Google Voice's voicemail-to-text offering may prove a challenge to just about every phone company.
News Feature,
Posted 16 Mar 2009
Wizzard releases version 4.2 of AT&T Natural Voices Text to Speech.
News Feature,
Posted 10 Mar 2009
The new releases offer additional features and aim to give designers more control.
News Feature,
Posted 25 Feb 2009
The new American English voice extends the range of Expressivo text-to-speech products.
Industry News,
Posted 17 Feb 2009
The new network-based platform will allow users to utilize voice commands to access the Web during mobile phone calls.
News Feature,
Posted 10 Feb 2009
Three tech firms team up to build a lifelike, natural language-based digital assistant.
News Feature,
Posted 09 Feb 2009
.NET telephony tool is now available with affordable text-to-speech software.
News Feature,
Posted 04 Feb 2009
VoiceCorp's new webReader server-site solution speech-enables Web sites and blogs.
News Feature,
Posted 27 Jan 2009
The deal allows the company to expand into speech recognition and speech dialogue solutions.
News Feature,
Posted 26 Jan 2009
Mikko joins Milla, the Finnish female voice released in October.
Industry News,
Posted 26 Jan 2009
Resorb Networks releases public beta of BlindSpeak, which lets users send synthesized messages to anyone, anywhere.
News Feature,
Posted 21 Jan 2009
AT&T Intellectual Property's agreement with Wizzard includes AT&T Natural Voices text-To-speech software.
Industry News,
Posted 22 Dec 2008
ClarionMIND features SVOX TTS to power Internet-based navigation and entertainment.
Industry News,
Posted 18 Dec 2008
Telecom Italia provides TIM Mobile Speak and TIM Mobile Magnifier, accessible solutions based on Code Factory and Loquendo technologies, free to all its clients.
News Feature,
Posted 17 Dec 2008
Loquendo and Mediavoice team to deliver the voice-enabled Speaky Media Center 2009.
Industry News,
Posted 17 Dec 2008
Leading supplier of software and services for the location-based services industry enhances its real time, two-way connected navigation service with Loquendo's Text-to-Speech voices.
Industry News,
Posted 09 Dec 2008
Children's Christmas wishes can be confirmed by a phone call from St. Nick, all with a goal of raising money for charity.
News Feature,
Posted 05 Dec 2008
IMS chooses Loquendo ASR and TTS to power its iLane in-vehicle email- and text-reading solution.
News Feature,
Posted 01 Dec 2008
Polish speech technology vendor takes its popular Ivona text-to-speech engine to the Web.
Industry News,
Posted 01 Dec 2008
Frida is the latest of Loquendo's voices for TTS applications.
Industry News,
Posted 19 Nov 2008
Company touts its newest engine as the highest-quality sub-1 MB Text-to-Speech system available.
Industry News,
Posted 11 Nov 2008
With new text-to-speech system, foreign words or phrases can be spoken like a native.
News Feature,
Posted 05 Nov 2008
Latest version of IVO's text-to-speech software integrates with word processing and other applications.
Industry News,
Posted 30 Oct 2008
Nuance Communications acquired Philips Speech Recognition Systems for $96.1 million to expand its healthcare-related business in Europe.
News Feature,
Posted 01 Oct 2008
Under a new partnering deal inked March 13, SAP is integrating VoiceObjects’ phone application server technology into its own NetWeaver platform. The technology will enable easy input and access to SAP applications via the telephone.
FYI,
Posted 01 May 2007
After deploying an IBM/Fluency speech system, an insurance broker saw a 20 percent drop in misdirected calls
Deployments,
Posted 01 May 2007
A Pennsylvania nursing home saves more than $150,000 in staff overtime with Vocollect’s AccuNurse system
Deployments,
Posted 01 May 2007
U.S. forces in Iraq are stepping up field testing of speech translation devices.
Cover Story,
Posted 01 Apr 2007
Microsoft released its Windows Vista operating system on Jan. 30, calling it the most significant product launch in the company's 32-year history. At the same time, it also released its Office 2007 product suite—one of the key components of Microsoft's unified communications offering that is expected to ship this summer (see story on page 14).
FYI,
Posted 01 Mar 2007
Outbound marketers have got the customer's number--but can they use it properly?
Feature,
Posted 30 Jan 2007
IBM in mid-December released a new application programming interface, or middleware, that expands the ability of screenreading programs like Freedom Scientific's JAWS and GW Micro's Window-Eyes, to convert on-screen text and graphics to audio for the blind or visually impaired.
FYI,
Posted 30 Jan 2007
A Netherlands telecom turns to Comsys to help manage text-to-speech service demands.
Deployments,
Posted 09 Nov 2006
Feature,
Posted 03 Jul 2006
Cover Story,
Posted 03 Jul 2006
Hurricane Katrina made landfall on August 29 with 140 mph winds, followed shortly thereafter by Hurricane Rita's 120 mph winds on September 24. With flood waters seeping over levees and homes in shambles, victims of the first hurricane scrambled to prepare for Rita's insurgence. Having realized the devastation of Katrina, Texas evacuated over 2.5 million people from multiple coastal cities - preparing for the worst1. Miles of traffic with delays of 15 to 20 hours…
Cover Story,
Posted 07 Nov 2005
For four years Speech Technology Magazine has recognized the individuals and companies whose efforts have propelled the speech industry forward. Upon being nominated and then approved as a candidate in the topic area; winners were then selected by online voting of the readers of Speech Technology Magazine. The categories and winners are: …
Feature,
Posted 30 Aug 2005
The Past:Speech and language, and the mysteries and magic surrounding them, have a long and venerable history, reaching back into mythological time. Only in this past half century have serious inroads been made into understanding them well enough to be able to emulate them with computer technology. Many top-notch researchers and engineers worldwide have contributed critical pieces to these puzzles. The examples discussed here illustrate just a few of the key milestones, both technical and…
Feature,
Posted 30 Aug 2005
Speech-enabled applications and hardware are increasingly finding their way into the classroom and into the offices of educators at all levels of education, but educational applications still represent a small, though growing, segment of the speech technology market, according to industry analysts. According to Peter Ryan, analyst for London-based Datamonitor, speech technologies derived from education were 3.8 percent in 2004, a figure that is expected to grow to 9.7 percent by 2007. The main areas in…
Feature,
Posted 20 Jun 2005
Automated audio tours are a popular resource at many cultural heritage sites around the world. This application was first introduced more than two decades ago using personal audio cassette players. These "personal" tours allowed museum visitors to enjoy exhibits more privately, without a human guide or docent, and let them move along at their own pace. Typically a patron would rent a player for a fee and then follow a prescribed route through the museum…
Deployments,
Posted 26 Apr 2005
From the editor: Welcome to Innovations - Speech Technology with Impact. Normally in each issue we have a section for notable press releases, but over time this has grown redundant with our Speech Technology Magazine NewsBlasts. So starting this month we are replacing press releases with a new column on innovations or speech technology with impact.
Voice Value,
Posted 26 Apr 2005
Gordon Renton of Speegle explains how search is a fundamental tool, but at present the user needs to change focus to use it and under the pressure of time constraints, an alternative could save a lot of time, and how speech is part of this alternative solution.
Q & A,
Posted 01 Feb 2005