Speech Technology eWeekly - January 12, 2011

Features

Want to Listen to the Beatles? Just Ask for the “Fab Four”

Gracenote provides a solution for music search in the MyFord Touch.

A Gray Area

Today's seniors can't be left out of VUI design decisions.

Speech Technology News

Digium Closes Year with More Than 2 Million Asterisk Downloads

Over the past 12 months, the company expanded use of open-source telephony software to 170 countries, released a major upgrade, and launched a new community project.

West's Holly Connects Platform is VoiceXML-Compliant

The company announces VoiceXML 2.1 certification for its Holly Voice Platform 5.1.

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.

Nuance FlexT9 Revolutionizes Universal Input

App for Android combines Dragon Dictation, T9 Trace, T9 Write and XT9 to deliver a complete multimodal input experience.

Nuance Drives Conversational Voice Interface with New Toyota Entune

Toyota's new multimedia system application lets drivers stay connected with Nuance's one-shot voice technology.

Nuance Dragon Dictation at the Heart of LG Voice-to-Text App for Windows Phone 7

Nuance's voice dictation technology enables users to speak text for email, SMS text messages, status updates, and more.

Inside Outsourcing

Is the Cloud Your Answer?

Many questions need to be asked to reach the right conclusion.