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- Patent case seeks to silence Nuance voice recognition
- Patent case seeks to silence Nuance voice recognitionanother blah software patent... why? unless the code is word for word..Probaby didnt fringe on it.. its a method of figuring out what the person is saying. I am not sure i agree the idea here is geniune.Patents should be reserved...
- Tags: patent, software patent, Nuance, technique, software, patent case, voice recognition
- Discussion threads 2006-11-09
- Nuances of the Java 5.0 For-Each Loop
- This paper is an in-depth examination of one of the simplest but most pleasing features in Java 5.0 - the for-each loop. The paper shows various nuances of the enhanced for loop introduced in Java 5.0. The paper discusses possible dangers to be aware of, such as auto-unboxing, null pointers...
- Tags: Nuance, Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- White papers 2006-11-07
- Nuance turns text into speech
- Nuance turns text into speechLike the price...Acrobat was a nice product.. but way too expensive. Other free tools have also made simeple PDF creation possible. This I think is well worth a look at. text to speach.... even more interesting.MajConvert MP3/WAV to PDF?Hello!Is there a software that can convert recordedspeech...
- Tags: Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Hello!, Custom Fonts, Nuance, voice recognition, Adobe PDF, PDF Converter Professional Pro, font, custom font, ScanSoft Inc., Adobe Acrobat
- Discussion threads 2006-08-21
- Dragon Naturally Speaking -- first impressions
- Dragon Naturally Speaking -- first impressionsUsing Bluetoothe headsets with voice recognition?I have a big problem with breaking my concentration when taking off and putting back on my wired headset. Is there a good bluetoothe headset that will work with voice recognition?Yes, but ......!!!I have followed voice recognition since Kurzweil Voice,...
- Tags: Domain names, Tools & Techniques, DNS Software, Nuance, DNS, software
- Discussion threads 2006-07-28
- Hate talking to your PC? Nuance gets users heard
- Hate talking to your PC? Nuance gets users heardnot really.. I find swearing at my 399.99 XP PC very soothing ;-)nt ..surpass human speech recognition skills?never gonna happen... there is very little chance a computer will be able to surpass a humans speech recognition ability...maybe in a quiet environment they...
- Tags: PC, lovin, speech recognition, Nuance
- Discussion threads 2006-07-18
- 1300Ttimes Gets Golfers to the Tee on Time
- When TeeBook Global's co-founders and directors designed an innovative, Web-based booking system for golf clubs, they planned to eliminate all those delays waiting in queues at pro shops or sitting on the phone waiting for someone from the club to arrange a booking. So TeeBook Global created 1300Ttimes to help...
- Tags: Queue, Nuance, Intel Corp., 1300Ttimes, Speech Recognition, Portals, Corporate Governance, Web Technology, Emerging Technologies, Internet, Business Operations, Corporate Law
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- Apple announces iPhone 3G; firmware 2.0
- Apple announces iPhone 3G; firmware 2.03G iPhoneIf I upgrade from my current iPhone to the new 3G iPhone, what happens to my current EDGE iPhone? Can I still use it as a video iPod if there is no SIM card in it? And access email and the...
- Tags: Cellular phones, WIRELESS, OOO, iPhone 3G, 3G, Apple announces iPhone 3G, Apple announces iPhone, Apple iPhone, Apple Announces, Apple Inc., firmware, phone
- Discussion threads 2008-06-09
- Icahn miffed at Yahoo response; Has Google envy too
- Another day another Carl Icahn to Roy Bostock letter. In this installment, our activist billionaire is annoyed by the Yahoo chairman's terse response to his previous letter. Hmm. Maybe these folks should just pick up the damn phone. Anyway, here's the letter. You can...
- Tags: Shareholder, Google Inc., Eric Schmidt, Board, Yahoo! Inc., Plan, Carl Icahn, Corporate Governance, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-06-09
- The changing analyst landscape
- The recent Institute of Industry Analyst Relations poll results produced some startling results. While the power hitters of Gartner, IDC and Forrester were well represented, it was the boutique groups that caught my attention. Redmonk, MWD and Freeform Dynamics all performed well across multiple categories, despite being minnows in the...
- Tags: Analyst, Ray, Blogging, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Internet, Management, Software, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-06-04
- Can health care make voice interfaces viable?
- One of the big surprises in my career, watching technology develop, has been the failure of voice interfaces. (Image from Paramount.) Chalk it up to accents and the complexity of English. Listen to a Southerner or a Scotsman and the problem becomes obvious. Better yet try listening...
- Tags: Medicine, Voice, Health Care, Clinician, Professional Development, Vertical Industries, Career, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-05-06
- Why we still hate Microsoft
- Why we still hate MicrosoftPlease tell me my political agenda?I was very careful here not to state my own feelings toward Mrs. Clinton, or Mr. Clinton. I merely passed on what those who distrust both feel, and compared it to the reasons people have for distrusting Microsoft.It's a free world...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., open source
- Discussion threads 2008-03-28
- Rocker Lou Reed takes aim at new technology
- Rocker Lou Reed takes aim at new technologyGive me a breakMaybe if he was a symphony conductor I could take his rantings seriously.Sure MP3 is not perfect, but it's better than Am radio and pretty much on-par or slightly better than FM.We have better formats... Its called MP4 AACThe iTunes...
- Tags: Digital media, Digital music, Rocker Lou Reed, AAC
- Discussion threads 2008-03-14
- Guitar Rig 3: Kontrol Edition
- Without the Guitar Hero video game franchise, most of us would never feel the rush of turning our virtual amps up to 11, slinging our guitars below the waist, and living the fantasy of rock stardom. For those of you who actually have some skill with a real guitar, however,...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, search option, Native Instruments, Guitar Rig 3, guitar
- Product reviews 2008-03-07
- Microsoft releases updated Office-OpenOffice XML translator, ramps up document interop efforts as ISO mulls OpenXML
- Microsoft today launched an update of its OpenXML and ODF translator for its Excel and Powerpoint applications and pledged to keep churning out more documentation to enable interoperability -- and more patents to protect that IP. Following its interoperability announcement on Feb 21, the...
- Tags: Novell Inc., Patent, ISO, Microsoft Corp., OpenXML, Interoperability Initiative, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Open Source, Iso standards, Process Improvement, Emerging Technologies, Quality, Business Operations, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-03-06
- Vlogging from the Mobile World Congress
- At the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, ZDNet blogger Dennis Howlett takes a tour of the show floor. He looks at new products from Nuance and SanDisk, and talks to Daniel Appelquest, senior strategist with Vodafone, about the future of the mobile Web landscape.
- Tags: Mobile, U.S. Congress, Advertising & Promotion, Blogging, Marketing, Internet, Personal Technology
- Videos 2008-02-14
- SmartScore X Pro Demo (msi)
- SmartScore has fully integrated music scoring, MIDI sequencing and music scanning with the world's most advanced music scanning technology. SmartScore X is also one of the friendliest scorewriters available anywhere. Whether for editing scanned music or creating new scores from scratch, SmartScore is fast, easy and, well, smart! Playback is...
- Tags: Playback, Music, SmartScore X, SmartScore
- Software downloads 2008-01-28
- Dragon speech recognition comes to the Mac
- The big brand in text-to-speech technology will be native on the Macintosh this quarter, according to MacSpeech, the company that landed the licensing deal. It's yet another hurdle overcome for switchers to the Mac. The announcement was made here at the Macworld Expo earlier in the week....
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Speech Recognition, Desktops, Emerging Technologies, Hardware, David Morgenstern
- Blog posts 2008-01-17
- Free alternatives to commercial software
- Free alternatives to commercial softwareFoxit reader as a replacement for Adobewww.foxitsoftware.comAny alternative to Real for Vista 64?Amazon uses Real to preview tracks but I won't install that in Windows. Any alternative?RE: Free alternatives . . .I have a couple . . .ZipGenius - an Excellent Winzip Alternative that handles just...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Windows, CCleaner, Free Alternative, commercial software, software, Audacity, AVG
- Discussion threads 2007-11-21
- Under PIRATE bill, Justice Dept would sue filesharers
- Under PIRATE bill, Justice Dept would sue filesharersBi-partisan scum?Or more FUD?Need to vote these out of officeAnd fast tooRE: Under PIRATE bill, Justice Dept would sue filesharersIf this is such a big problem, then why are we out-sourcing every good job? Not to mention Illegal immigration.I see a double-standard here.RE:...
- Tags: Intellectual property, Spam, Strategy, government, Justice Dept, PIRATE bill
- Discussion threads 2007-11-12
- Google rejects GPL in new gPhone alliance
- Days after making waves in the nascent social networking pond with its OpenSocial initiative, Google just cannonballed into the much larger world of mobile phones. Today Google announced the Open Handset Alliance, a consortium of over 30 technology and mobile companies, and Android, an open source software stack for mobile...
- Tags: Google Inc., GPL, Alliance, Linux, Mobile, Java, Apache Software Foundation, Android, Advertising & Promotion, Open Source, Marketing, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2007-11-05
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