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Voice technology is undoubtedly the preferred input method as the mobile web evolves.  The gaming industry will certainly be the leading edge in this evolution.  Now Tom Clancy’s Endwar from Ubisoft Shanghai demonstrates a robust example of what is possible.

A story this weekend makes me wonder whether Botch your Buzz (ByB) is a new way of feeding the social media frenzy.  Botch of course is a blunder, an embarrassing mistake.  However we humans more often talk about others’ weaknesses rather than their strengths.  Perhaps ByB could join other fundamental organizational processes that rely on basic human nature such as BbB (Bullshit Baffles Brains).

There’s a happy vibe that comes from hearing RightNow when someone offers to help. Our eye was therefore drawn to the following headline, “VLM Airlines deploys RightNow to enhance customer self-service“.  SMM has gone with the same theme in the Marketing Right Now series giving practical steps on doing Internet Marketing effectively.

The RightNow deployment will help VLM Airlines deliver passengers an improved customer experience as they interact with the company online.

Source: StayGoLinks

There is an awful lot of political chatter in both Canada and the US at the moment. An interesting tool being developed in the Google labs allows you to stay on top of all this chatter. It’s called the Google Audio Indexing (GAudi) technology. Arnaud Sahuguet describes it in a post entitled Straight from the horse’s mouth.

You can now search for and watch political videos right from the Google News US election page.

Dave Mock of the Motley Fool suggests that Nuance Bucks the Trend.

Nuance Communications (Nasdaq: NUAN) doesn’t top any lists as a recession-resistant stock, but the company is at least showing some solid strength in a tough economic climate.
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The company says its flagship Dragon Naturally Speaking software has gotten an enthusiastic welcome since its release. And the mobile sector continues to be strong, as device makers such as Nokia (NYSE: NOK), Motorola (NYSE: MOT), and Research In Motion (Nasdaq: RIMM) make speech-based interaction a standard feature in new devices.

Source: StayGoLinks

 
Voice Software Really Is Coming

There are some major moves in the voice recognition software marketplace. IBM Research has announced that it is unleashing powerful speech software that will make speech technologies part of everyday life.

As part of an effort to bring IBM Research’s vaunted intellectual capital directly into the marketplace, the opening of IBM Research’s speech assets will make it easier for IBM customers and partners to gain a competitive advantage in new markets by integrating the industry’s most advanced speech recognition software.

Source: StayGoLinks

Snooze buttons should require effort.

Voice Technology is the killer app particularly as the mobile Web becomes more ubiquitous. However there is a downside. Your voice carries. With voice technology, you may even avoid moving. That is certainly possible if you buy an alarm clock that features voice recognition. Here is what such an alarm clock allows you to do:

If it works for your blog, why not your bank?

This blog is created by using the Dragon NaturallySpeaking software from Nuance. Just dictate away and typo-free text appears on the screen. It works very effectively and rarely makes a mistake. It really is very impressive. It is one of the reasons why I believe that speech technology is the killer app for the mobile web.

Voice to text software cuts reporting delays.

Tiffani Mozingo, administrator for the Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) at Sky Lakes Medical Center, in Klamath Falls, Ore. had some dramatic news to report at a recent Medicexchange conference on patient safety. The PACS expedited diagnosis and treatment by getting radiological information into physician’s hands more quickly and with greater accuracy.

Your computer will not spot its own speakos.

Move over, small world, it’s a sound world after all. You might be surprised to see (or perhaps to hear) how much speech technology is impacting your own personal world, as compared with say 12 months ago. Clearly, this is not a silent revolution, but you could be forgiven if you had not spotted the changes. Sound is really the killer app. .. and that’s before we hear the impact of the major initiatives that Microsoft and Google have in hand.

 
You don’t need maps for driving now.

Given the safety concerns of using a cell phone while driving, the words of that old Paul Evans song from the 60s (Seven Little Girls Sitting In The Back Seat) may strike a chord or perhaps a ringtone is now more fitting.

 
Move over Thomas Edison

Since the Mobile Web is likely to increasingly use sound technology, it is perhaps fitting to note that sound technology is even older than we had thought. As the New York Times describes, the oldest known recording will be presented on 28 March at a conference of the Association for Recorded Sound Collections at Stanford University in California.