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June 29, 2005
Dictaphone Corporation Announces New Contract Wins for Speech Recognition Systems
Dictaphone Healthcare Solutions Group announced today that numerous new contracts have been signed with customers in early 2005 for its speech recognition systems.
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June 28, 2005
Why speech recognition systems can mean good ROI for IT managers
Speech recognition systems can help to turn IT managers into corporate heroes by dramatically improving the bottom line. By offloading repetitive service tasks, such as customers asking for the balance on their checking accounts, from customer service representatives, who represent a recurring -- and rising --expense, to devices that have a one-time charge, IT managers can dramatically reduce their firms' operating costs.
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NASA, Xerox, Team On Voice Recognition In Space
With thousands of tasks on hand for astronauts, a voice recognitions system can be of tremendous help.
The space agency has a few bugs to work out of the system first. In testing, the voice recognition system had an error rate of ten percent, far too high for potential use in space. After collaborating with Xerox, they've lowered the error rate to only five percent.
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June 25, 2005
Mount Carmel St. Ann's Hospital Selects ScanSoft Dragon NaturallySpeaking Medical 8
ScanSoft, Inc., a global leader of speech and imaging solutions, today announced that Mount Carmel St. Ann's Hospital, a large healthcare provider in central Ohio, has implemented ScanSoft(R) Dragon NaturallySpeaking(R) Medical 8, the leading speech recognition solution for medical professionals, to automate transcription within its Emergency Department. Since implementing Dragon NaturallySpeaking Medical, the department has reduced reliance on manual transcription services by 97 percent and in doing so has saved $600,000 per year. In addition, doctors, nurses, and other emergency room staff no longer need to wait several hours or days for patient records to be transcribed - this information is available immediately, saving valuable time and speeding critical care to patients.
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June 24, 2005
See the Latest in Enterprise Speech Recognition and Fax Products from Brooktrout at Microsoft Tech.Ed Europe 2005
At Microsoft Tech.Ed Europe 2005, Brooktrout will display its TR1000(TM) for Microsoft Speech Server (MSS)...
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June 22, 2005
Speech recognition by humanoid robot in real environment
Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), an independent administrative institution, has developed a speech recognition function in real environment using an array of microphones, successfully extending the sensing capability of humanoid robot under the Humanoid Robotic Project HRP-2 "Prométhée".
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Sensory Joins Symbian Platinum Program; Speech Recognition SDK Now Available on Symbian OS-based Series 60 & 80 SmartPhones
Sensory, Inc., the world leader in embedded speech technology, today announced that it has joined the Symbian Platinum Program to support the growing market for smartphones based on Symbian OS(TM). As a Platinum Partner, Sensory is extending its expertise in embedded speech recognition to the Symbian OS ecosystem. Symbian develops and licenses Symbian OS, the operating system that powers today's most popular smartphones. Symbian OS is licensed by the world's leading mobile phone manufacturers.
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June 20, 2005
Voice-activated badges save time for Regions nurses
Nurses testing new voice-activated badges at Regions Hospital say the system has been saving time, while hospital leaders hope the badges save money as well.
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June 16, 2005
ScanSoft VoCon Games Speech SDK Available for Free Evaluation by PC and Console Developers
ScanSoft, Inc., (Nasdaq: SSFT) a global leader of speech and imaging solutions, today announced that its family of VoCon(R) Gaming Speech Software Developer Kit (SDK) products is now available for free download and evaluation for qualified PC and video game developers. Some of the world's most popular titles, including SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs for Sony PlayStation(R) 2 and Mario Party(R) 6 for Nintendo GameCube(TM) have incorporated speech recognition technology from the VoCon Games Speech SDK to enhance the gaming experience.
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Samsung Phone Combines Bluetooth, Voice Recognition
Samsung said Wednesday that a new phone it is releasing combines Bluetooth with voice recognition enabling users to send and receive calls without touching the phone.
The company said its new SGH-E620 phone will be sold in Europe. To make calls, the user speaks the person's name and the system automatically searches the phone book and makes the call. The Bluetooth element means that, unlike other phones with voice recognition, the phone need not be put to the user's ear to make calls.
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June 15, 2005
Processing Power of Voice Recognition Technologies Requires Enhancement for Continuous Speech Recognition
The real-time speech recognition technology currently found in voice portals, consumes immense processing power and was considered unviable until recently. The computation-intensive hidden Markov model (HMM) technology of the mid-1980s improved the ability to recognize word relationships and ultimately led to the development of powerful speech-recognition applications.
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June 13, 2005
Voice2Form, LLC Announces Website Integration Support Using its Patented Voice & Speech Recognition Technology
Voice2Form, LLC, which holds a patent for a voice recognition system to help people fill out forms for a variety of commercial and governmental agencies, today announced commercial website integration support using Voice2Form patented technology.
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June 09, 2005
Malacañang and the "Garcigate" tape
According to reliable sources, both the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) are in possession of computer equipment for voice recognition. If this is true, the challenge to them now is to use their capabilities in the pursuit of the truth, in the true spirit of public service, and not in the service of whoever their political patrons are.
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AgileTV and SeaChange Jump Navigation Hurdle for On Demand Television
AgileTV, a pioneer in voice enabled search and navigation services, and video-on-demand leader SeaChange International (Nasdaq: SEAC) today announced the first voice-activated VOD solution for the cable industry. Promptu, AgileTV's voice activated search and navigation service has successfully been integrated with SeaChange's VOD system and deployed in cable systems in technical and marketing trials.
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MCL Technologies and Vocollect Provide Customers with Voice Recognition for Mobile Computers
MCL Technologies, a recognized leader in high-productivity software development tools for mobile workforce applications, and Vocollect, the global leader in voice-directed work, today announced the release of MCL-Collection with Vocollect Voice(TM).
MCL-Collection is a sophisticated software suite to create, integrate, and deploy enterprise, multimodal mobile worker applications quickly and easily. Now, MCL-Collection with Vocollect Voice, brings voice input and output control to these same applications.
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June 03, 2005
Speech recognition system sets Voice Technologies for lift-off
Paisley company Voice Technologies has teamed up with Glasgow School of Art's Digital Design Studio to develop what it claims is a ground-breaking speech recognition system for the healthcare sector.
Voice Messenger enables doctors to access and use their hospital's reporting system from anywhere in the world over a web browser. Using SpeechMagic technology from Philips, medics can dictate directly into letters, forms or reports and convert to text in real time.
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June 01, 2005
Speed of sound
Voice-recognition software has been used for some time now by many of Australia's best-known companies - including Telstra, Qantas, Vodafone and the Australian Taxation Office.
But it has had more than the usual teething problems that beset new technology in allowing for the human factor - unpredictable at best - which includes accents, intonation and speech clarity.
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