Voice Assistants

News The rumours were true and speech recognition giant Nuance has snapped up SpinVox.

By Maggie Holland Published 30 December 09

Reviews Windows 7 isn't the only new operating system that's recently launched. In this review, we look at the latest flavour of Ubuntu Linux to see if it can compete.

By David Fearon Published 3 November 09

News Microsoft is looking to get Project Natal's speech and gesture recognition to the desktop within a few years.

By Nicole Kobie Published 5 October 09

News Google is set to kick off trials of its Voice call-routing and voicemail system.

By Nicole Kobie Published 26 June 09

News Technology acquired from purchase of Grand Central Communications turns up two years later as Google Voice

By ITPro Published 12 March 09

News A British based technology company is working on a fully voice activated handset that it says could revolutionise the industry.

By Benny Har-Even Published 2 February 09

News Are keyboards and desktops to die off in the next 12 years, to make way for touchscreens, voice-recognition and mobile computing?

By Nicole Kobie Published 16 December 08

Reviews Speech recognition and speech-to-text software has improved considerably in recent years, but can the latest version of Dragon cut it in the real world?

By Simon Williams Published 11 August 08

News A major UK study of customer satisfaction rates telco and TV operators as the worst performers and discovers a backlash against offshoring and automated technologies.

By Miya Knights Published 15 November 07

News Hammersmith radiologists cut processing time on medical reports after moving to automated transcription software.

By Miya Knights Published 2 October 07