Speech Technology eWeekly - January 24, 2018

Speech Technology News

Speech Technology Could Aid in Dementia Detection

New algorithm looks at speech patterns to help identify early stages of Alzheimers, dementia and aphasia.

Nuance Unveils AI-Powered Dragon Medical Practice 4

Nuance's latest Dragon Medical Practice version provides 99 percent accuracy to doctors in smaller practices.

Blackboard and ReadSpeaker Partner

ReadSpeaker's text-to-speech technology is being integrated into Blackboard Ally, enhancing the accessibility of digital course content.

NICE COMPASS Adds Automated Call Extraction

NICE COMPASS's Automated Call Extraction helps financial firms retrace voice communications for regulatory requests. (Featured on SmartCustomerService.com.)

PlumVoice Integrates with Stripe

The integration between Plum Voice and Stripe allows companies to accept payments through their IVRs. (Featured on SmartCustomerService.com.)

AudioCodes Launches Voice.AI Business Unit

Voice.AI unit focuses on augmenting AudioCodes' speech recognition and call recording technologies with artificial intelligence.

SpotHero Integrates with Google Assistant

SpotHero users can find, reserve, and pay for parking using their voice through Google Assistant integration.