The Top Speech Technologies and Vendors: The 2021 Speech Industry Awards
02 Aug 2021
Advances in AI, machine learning, natural language processing, and more fueled speech industry progress in the past year.
2021 Speech Industry Award Winner: HandsFree Health Keeps Seniors Safe
02 Aug 2021
HandsFree Health is revolutionizing the voice-enabled virtual health assistance market with a complete line of voice-enabled products to help the elderly stay safe and healthy in their homes.
2021 Speech Industry Award Winner: ReadSpeaker Gives a New Voice to TTS
02 Aug 2021
ReadSpeaker has been leading the way in text-to-speech (TTS) for more than two decades, delivering high-quality, lifelike voices for artificial intelligence-driven conversational applications, interactive voice response systems, and embedded applications.
2021 Speech Industry Award Winner: Voiceitt Makes Voice More Accessible
02 Aug 2021
Israel-based Voiceitt, a provider of commercial speech recognition technology, is refocusing attention on applications that can translate unintelligible and atypical speech in real time, enabling people with severe speech impairments and other disabilities to communicate by voice.
Seniors Increase Use of Assistive Speech Tech
12 May 2021
The growing aging population is a market ripe for voice-enabled technologies.
2021 State of the Speech Technology Industry
04 Feb 2021
The latest developments and trends in seven important sectors
The State of Speech Development Platforms
04 Feb 2021
New multicloud solutions are emerging
The State of Assistive Technology
04 Feb 2021
Advances bring accessibility to more platforms and devices
Teaching with Speech
01 Aug 2020
Voice technology has infiltrated the learning environment, improving schools for students and educators alike
The State of the Speech Technology Industry
07 Feb 2020
Artificial intelligence is improving almost every aspect of the speech industry.
The State of Assistive Technology
07 Feb 2020
Accessibility solutions expand to new populations
How Speech Technologies Can Level the Playing Field
16 Dec 2019
Speech tech is a major driver behind assistive devices—ones that incorporate artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning and benefit from faster processing speeds and internet connectivity—that are helping people with all sorts of disabilities
Higher Learning: AI, ML, and Speech Tech in Academia
21 Oct 2019
Academics are at the forefront of the biggest AI changes in the industry. Learn more about the latest breakthroughs, the questions researchers are trying to answer, and the challenges they face.
The State of Assistive Technology
08 Apr 2019
The market for assistive tech is growing, but pain points still exist
Nuance Drops Support for Dragon Professional for Macs, Users Feel Left Behind
07 Nov 2018
Nuance announced it will no longer support its Dragon dictation software for Mac, and users with disabilities are left wondering what their options are.
As ADA Lawsuits Mount, Speech Tech Emerges as Key to Compliance
12 Nov 2018
If you build in the right speech technology tools, you could avoid costly litigation and bad publicity
2018 SPEECH TECHNOLOGY IMPLEMENTATION AWARD: SAYIN’ IT SAM
13 Aug 2018
A Game Platform Helps Nonverbal Children Find Their Voice.
Technology Helps Solve Educational Dilemmas
29 Oct 2018
Whether a student is hard of hearing or a foreign-language speaker, speech technologies can help make the classroom more accessible for everyone.
New Smart Glove in Development to Turn Hand Motions into Sound and Text
08 May 2018
Hearing and speech-challenged people could have a new device to aid them with their communications hurdles by the end of this year. Start-up company BrightSign has developed a "smart glove" that includes a series of sensors to translate hand motions into sound and text.
The 2017 State of the Speech Technology Industry: Assistive Technology
17 Feb 2017
Lending a Helping Hand with Speech