"voice recognition" news, interviews, and features

News about voice recognition

• Cisco makes natural language play with US$125M MindMeld acquisition

  Vendor pins hopes on natural language recognition startup

• Facebook says 'oui' to AI with Paris research team

  The Paris location is the third AI site established over the last year

• Microsoft's Windows Phone 8.1 update takes Cortana to China, UK, and three other countries

  The new versions of Cortana come as part of the Windows Phone 8.1 update

• Microsoft reveals next-gen Kinect for Windows design, teases launch

  A powered-up Kinect for Windows sensor is coming. Surprise! It looks an awful lot like the Xbox One Kinect.

• Motorola brings hands-free texting to Moto X and Droids

  Users of these phones can now reply directly to incoming text messages by voice.

• Microsoft uses Kinect to interpret sign language from deaf people

  The technology can also help non-deaf users translate spoken words into sign language

Features about voice recognition

• Vox technica: How Siri gets its voice

  How exactly is a person's voice transformed into a software program that can synthesize any text thrown at it?

• As the digital revolution kills jobs, social unrest will rise

  Gartner offers up 10 strategic predictions for the next 10 years

• Bye-bye, mouse. Hello, mind control

  We're now entering a new era of user interface design

• Want Siri on your Android phone? Try these apps

  The Android Market has lots of Siri-like voice-activated assistant apps that use Google’s excellent voice recognition system

• Wozniak: Voice recognition is computing's next frontier

  The Apple co-founder also analyzes Oracle's acquisition strategy, the tablet space, and new trends in enterprise memory

• 12 amazing productivity boosters

  Manage to-do lists, capture ideas, and overclock your workday (and home life) with these apps for getting things done.