Multimodal services from TravellingWave and Carnie Mellon University

Multimodal input technology TravellingWave has teamed with the Quality of Life Technology Centre which is lead by Carnegie Mellon University to create VoicePredict.

Movidilo multi-modal servcies explained

After I wrote a lengthy piece on Movidilo I had two competitors and three mobile operators come back to me with questions and feedback.
The question that came back was that following my article on Movidilo it was unclear what was “multi-modal” in the article and where did voice or visual meet.
So, I got on the [...]

Movidilo upgrades its mobile applications platform to improve the mobile user experience

v4.0 reaches out to a wider mobile phone market, improves mobile displays and usability
2 June 2009 – Pre-empting technological evolutions and customer expectations, the provider of mobile self-service, marketing and value-added multimedia solutions, Movidilo, has upgraded its mobile applications platform. Version 4.0 offers improved usability and speed to a broader mobile market, which enhance the [...]

Google declares that voice search is “core” to it’s business, and demos mobile version of Gmail

Vic Gundotra, Google VP of Engineering, declared that voice search will be central to Google’s business, at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco on Friday. He claimed that Google’s voice recognition software has improved hugely recently, and could soon be a core part of its mobile and on-line services.

Responding to the claims that the [...]

Vlingo Mobile Search voice application for the iPhone

Voice search, just doesn’t go away from the radar.
Now Vlingo has created an iPhone voice application to compliment the services it already provides on the Blackberry.

I had a quick peak at the application but am yet to download it on my iPhone (http://www.vlingo.com/vlingo/iphone.jsp)
From the press release:
“The iPhone offers an innovative multitouch user interface that is [...]

Nuance is a bully – and it’s famous for it

At Mobile Asia Congress I spoke to some people ex-Digit Wireless about Nuance and Zi and battle for patents and the company.

As you know Nuance made a bid for Zi Corp for 40 million then when Zi rejected it sued it. The new bid from Nuance is now 20 million as the infringement case goes [...]

Novauris Mobile Voice Search

Melvyn Hunt MD and Founder of mobile voice company Novauris contacted us about a comment made about voice and Nuance on GoMo News. He points us some videos that address this issue indicating that his company is as strong a player in the market as Nuance. 

Because we support the smaller player and are yet to be convinced about voice search - [...]

Poll: Mobile Voice Search Hot or Not?

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NovaSearch mobile voice search technology for smartphones

Novaruis the company that provides the voice search technology that Medio uses for its Get It Now services on Verizon Wireless has launched NovaSearch Compact.

What is NovaSearch?
It’s an extension of it mobile voice search solution which is embedded into mobile devices.
Basically the new features and developments make it possible to push voice search applications without [...]

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