Comments on: Move Over Touch: Voice Recognition Grows Up

By: Nuance Pockets SpinVox for Measly $102.5M – GigaOM

Nuance Pockets SpinVox for Measly $102.5M – GigaOM — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:48:56 +0000

[...] takes on both Google and Microsoft as voice recognition continues to expand into the mainstream thanks to mobile phones. For the investors who backed the startup so strongly, though, it’s a costly resolution to [...]

By: SpinVox: From Flush to Flushed – GigaOM

SpinVox: From Flush to Flushed – GigaOM — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:55:09 +0000

[...] space, as it battles both Google and Microsoft as voice recognition grows from a niche market thanks to mobile phones. So a deal wouldn’t be surprising, and it’s possible that SpinVox’s carrier [...]

By: The Mobile Web Is for Fun and the PC Web Is for Everything Else

The Mobile Web Is for Fun and the PC Web Is for Everything Else — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:01:18 +0000

[...] If you think about web usage as being either consumption- or contribution-based, much of mobile activity falls into the consumption category, likely because of the limitations involved in typing in a blog post or researching a vacation on a cell phone. So it’s possible that even heavy Internet users will spend more time on mobiles if there were a way for them to contribute easily while on the go. [...]

By: juan

juan — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 23:41:06 +0000

I do not understand why if the personal computing trend is “always conected” with simple device (netbook) and avoiding installing applications…the mobile solutions trends is just the opposite, high tier devices & on device apps.
If you have voice and data connectivy you can merge both concepts and make whatever multimodal.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 23:24:29 +0000

…and emoticons all over the world will rise up against this! ;)

By: Ameet

Ameet — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:34:08 +0000

There is an entire segment of users that are left behind in the move towards “touch technology” on personal devices – which, if I remember correctly, was mentioned by Stevie Wonder. Maybe voice recognition is the way to go as an alternative for this. And of course, voice has a huge advantage – be it Speech to Text or Text to Speech. I do believe this is an exciting area that should develop quickly.

By: Stacey Higginbotham

Stacey Higginbotham — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:51:20 +0000

Carmen, you can also download Vlingo for the iphone and get some of these features today. http://www.vlingo.com/vlingo/iphone.jsp

By: Carmen Hughes

Carmen Hughes — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:16:16 +0000

Great piece on Nuance’s cutting-edge voice rec functionality. It will be nice to be able to use voice rec for broader data searches on mobile phones than just a phone directory. I hope iPhone app developers can also run with this to so that iPhone users can also use it.