Speech Technology eWeekly - November 19, 2014

Speech Technology News

Amazon's Echo Is a New Voice-Controlled Device

The Echo speaker doubles as a speech-enabled personal assistant.

Texas Firm Sues HP and LG over Speech Patents

Firm claims the electronics firms violates its patents for speech input.

Grenada Electricity Services Deploys Vocantas' Utilities OnCall

Grenada Electricity Services is the second deployment of Utilities OnCall to be integrated with Harris' Advanced CIS Infinity.

NICE Joins the FIDO Alliance

NICE brings real-time voice authentication expertise to the Fast IDentity Online Alliance.

Comcast Unveils Voice-Guided TV Interface for Visually Impaired Customers

Future versions will include personalization features such as rate of speech.

Auraya Debuts Voice Biometric Solution ArmorVox for Android

Technology includes slimmed-down, language-independent, speaker-adaptive core voce biometrics algorithm.