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Category: Automotive/Telematics

2013 Ford Fusion and Flex Get SYNC as Standard Equipment

Voice-activated system will be installed on more than 9 million vehicles during the next three years.
Industry News, Posted 09 Feb 2012

Kia Motors Debuts Voice-Enabled UVO

Second-generation infotainment system adds new smartphone-based connectivity.
Industry News, Posted 10 Jan 2012

Ford Enables Voice Control of NPR

New application gives users access to National Public Radio stations in the car.
Industry News, Posted 10 Jan 2012

AT&T, Panasonic Automotive to Develop Voice-Enabled Assistant

WATSON technology will let drivers interact with vehicles in everyday language
Industry News, Posted 10 Jan 2012

VoiceBox and Toyota Partner on In-Car Voice Technology

Partnership seeks to bring personal assistant voice-enabled applications to Toyota and Lexus car brands.
Industry News, Posted 10 Jan 2012

Voice Rec Is a Pain Point with Vehicle Navigation Systems

Voice recognition is one of the key areas affecting customer satisfaction with in-car navigation systems.
FYI, Posted 01 Jan 2012

BMW Drivers Can Hear Yelp

New TTS feature enables drivers to listen to information and reviews about area businesses.
Industry News, Posted 22 Dec 2011

Intel and Toyota Research Next-Generation In-Vehicle Infotainment Systems

Joint research will focus on developing user interaction methodologies, including touch, gesture, and voice technologies, as well as information management for the driver.
Industry News, Posted 10 Nov 2011

Nuance Gives Voice to Waze App for iPhone and Android

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

Nuance Expands Ford SYNC to Europe with 19 New Languages

Ford's popular voice-enabled in-car infotainment system powered by Nuance to launch in Europe in 2012.
News Feature, Posted 02 Sep 2011

Nuance, Ford Collaborate on Speech Understanding and Intent

Pair aims to make voice recognition more intuitive in SYNC in-car telematics system
FYI, Posted 01 Sep 2011

Nuance Powers Voice App for OnStar RemoteLink for iPhone

RemoteLink features new navigation capabilities powered by Dragon to let subscribers input directions and search for destinations by voice.
Industry News, Posted 31 Aug 2011

Nuance Powers Voice Capabilities in OnStar FMV Retail Mirror

OnStar FMV lets drivers speak to get directions and make hands-free phone calls in the car.
Industry News, Posted 19 Jul 2011

Ford Trials Complimentary Live Operator Assistance for SYNC Services

Ford is beta testing an Operator Assist feature for the cloud-based network of SYNC Services, giving registered users complimentary access to a live operator for help with business searches and address entry for turn-by-turn directions.
Industry News, Posted 12 Jul 2011

Speech Drives Safety Solutions for Cars

Distractions like texting and navigation systems call for safer user interfaces, and the industry is responding
The View from AVIOS, Posted 01 Jul 2011

Ford and Nuance Collaborate to Advance Speech Understanding and Intent

Ford is teaming up with Nuance to research new voice recognition capabilities that will help drivers converse more easily with Ford SYNC by accurately interpreting command intent.
News Feature, Posted 27 Jun 2011

Ford Adds SYNC AppLink to 10 Vehicles

The move comes as Ford quadruples its connectivity team and grows its app developer community.
Industry News, Posted 22 Jun 2011

Nuance Acquires SVOX

Combined technology portfolios to drive more natural interactions with cars, mobile phones, and consumer electronics.
News Feature, Posted 17 Jun 2011

Guile 3D Studio Introduces Denise, the Virtual Assistant

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

VoiceBox to Power Latest TomTom Products

The partnership will bring voice recognition to in-car navigation systems.
Industry News, Posted 12 Apr 2011

New Study Finds Greater Safety with Voice

The Virginia Tech Transportation Institute concludes that drivers are safer using voice-based systems for texting while in the car.
News Feature, Posted 11 Apr 2011

Voice Assist Partners with Jabra to Provide Complete Hands-Free Solutions

The combination of the Voice Assist cloud-based speech services and Jabra hands-free devices provide a solution for consumers and enterprise users.
Industry News, Posted 22 Mar 2011

iSpeech Releases DriveSafe.ly on iPhone

The app can speak text messages, email, and Tweets aloud and allow for text responses by voice
Industry News, Posted 15 Mar 2011

Ford Adds Languages to Its Sync System

The company works with Nuance to expand the system's vocabulary to 19 languages.
News Feature, Posted 28 Feb 2011

Convenience Drives the Speech Technology Market

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

Windows Automotive 7 Integrates Loquendo ASR and TTS

Loquendo ASR and TTS is now available on the latest Microsoft automotive operating system.
Industry News, Posted 08 Feb 2011

Nuance Unveils VoCon Navigation for Personal Navigation Devices and Mobile Navigation Apps

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

Valor Multimedia Selects Gogo Navigation Software with Loquendo TTS for In-Dash Navigation Product

Loquendo TTS gives a voice to the multimedia on-board multilingual navigation system.
Industry News, Posted 21 Jan 2011

HARMAN and Nuance Collaborate to Develop Voice Solutions for Connected In-Car Infotainment

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

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