Speech Technology eWeekly - December 29, 2021

Speech Technology News

Athreon Launches Medical Speech Recognition

Athreon now offers a front-end speech recognition solution for clinical documentation. 

Augmedix Partners with Google Cloud on Documentation Solution

Augmedix and Google partner on medical speech recognition technology.

German Appliance Maker Adds Fluent.ai Speech to Assembly Line

Workers at a BSH plant in Germany use speech-to-intent AI technology to assemble home cooking appliances.

Strong Growth Projected for Smart Wearables

The global market for smart watches is expected to reach $72.5 billion by 2027.

Paradox Brings Conversational AI to HR Recruiting

New $200 million in funding will advance Paradox's vision for Olivia, its conversational assistant for human resource functions.

LG Works with DSP Concepts on Voice-Enabled TV

DSP Concepts' TalkTo technology allows consumers to issue voice commands to the new LG Objet TV.

Standards

The Ongoing Effort for Interoperable IVAs

Intelligent virtual assistants now have billions of users. When will they be platform-independent?