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Apple Looking To Get Serious About iOS Voice Recognition
Trying to thumb type a search query into your iPhone on the run sucks, and it’s sow to boot. Google knows it, which is why they have the Google Search app, allowing you to just dictate your search...
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Will This Be The Way You Interact With iOS 5′s New Voice Recognition...
The convention of rumor has it that the next major version of iOS 5 will boast some truly spiffy, industry-changing voice recognition and text-to-speech capabilities, courtesy of a broad partnership...
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iOS 5 Voice Control Is Still Coming, But Might Only Work With First-Party Apps
Amongst other rumors about iOS 5 that somehow just disappeared into the ether come yesterday’s WWDC 2011 keynote was the advanced Nuance-powered voice control features that has been reported...
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BlueAnt Q2 Bluetooth Headset: The Urbane [Review, Primo Headset Week]
Although BlueAnt focuses exclusively on Bluetooth communication gadgets (and now earphones), they aren’t as well recognized as some of the other names coming up in our review, and they don’t proffer...
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Nuance Speech-to-Text Headed to an iOS Device Near You [Rumor]
Rumors have been that Apple will introduce enhanced voice recognition features in iOS 5. While such features have remained hidden in the developer betas of iOS 5, some have managed to dig into the...
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Siri Trumps Android Voice Recognition In BBC Quick Test
The BBC’s technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones wanted to find out which smartphone was the best listener, so he conducted a quick test of his own. He spoke the same text into a Siri-equipped...
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How To Get Something Like Siri On Your Older iPhone Right Now, No Jailbreak...
Say hello to Voice Actions. She’ll say hello right back. Voice Actions is a basic Siri alternative, available right now in the iOS App Store. For those of you with iPhone 4S envy, it lets you control...
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The iPhone Is About To Become The FBI’s Newest Crime-Fighting Partner...
The MobileOne iPhone Fingerprint Device (Photo/Provided) The next time you are pulled over by police you may encounter a familiar face: your iPhone. Faster than you can say “Book ‘em, Dano,” Apple’s...
View ArticleApple Hires iOS Concept Designer Jan-Michael Cart
Jan-Micheal Cart has made quite a name for himself designing impressive new concepts for the iOS operating system, such as the dynamic icons concept you see above, and an awesome system for...
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Google Has Its Own Siri Alternative For Android Coming In 2012 [Report]
Image courtesy of Gizmodo Apple’s new Siri assistant has really revolutionized the way in which we interact with mobile devices using our voice. It’s no wonder, then, that rivals are scrambling to...
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Nuance Beats Apple To Voice-Controlled Television With New Dragon TV Platform
Nuance, a speech recognition company that powers Apple’s Siri service, has launched a new voice-controlled platform for television sets called Dragon TV. The service allows you to navigate your way...
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Apple Planning New Things For Siri In The Coming Months
Speaking at an interview at D: All Things Digital today with Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher, Apple CEO Tim Cook hinted at some new directions for Siri. “I think you’re going to be pleased with where...
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Google Trying To Take On Siri With Enhanced Voice Search In Upcoming iOS App
Siri will be able to give sports info too in iOS 6 this fall. Apple and Google haven’t exactly been been on the best of terms in recent years. The stock YouTube iOS app disappearing is a more recent...
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Google Gets Spoken Search Right With Latest Update [Review]
Speak and you shall find No matter how long it spent waiting for approval, Google’s updated search app for iOS was worth the wait. Is it a shameless Siri-clone for web search? Yes, pretty much? Is it...
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Parrot Asteroid Classic Car Sound System: The Deck I Wish I’d Had in High...
This is the original Parrot Asteroid Classic car stereo head-unit ($349), and it made quite a splash when it launched last year. The single-DIN, 4×55 watt receiver boasts a formidable array of...
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Nuance CEO Confirms Company Powers Siri’s Voice Recognition
While speaking today at the All Things D conference, Nuance CEO Paul Ricci confirmed that Nuance does indeed help power the voice recognition service for Siri. Since Siri’s launch in 2011, many people...
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Apple Has Opened A Boston Office To Supercharge Siri
Apple has opened a new office in Boston that is working on beefing up Siri… and probably means that Cupertino wants to move away from relying on Nuance to provide Siri’s voice-recognition technology....
View ArticleApple loses patent claim battle against Chinese Siri
A Beijing court has ruled against Apple, upholding the validity of a patent for a “type of instant messaging chat bot system” held by a Chinese company. Zhizhen Internet Technology sued Apple back in...
View ArticleSave 50% on Dragon Dictate, the No. 1 voice-recognition software for Mac [Deals]
Whether you’re transcribing an interview, replying to emails, or writing the next Great American Novel, it’ll go a lot faster with Dragon Dictate speech recognition software for Mac. Not only can you...
View ArticleGoogle makes voice search faster and more accurate
Google voice searches just got faster and more accurate, thanks to new acoustic models that provide better voice recognition, especially in noisy environments. “New acoustic models are now used for...
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