News tagged with voice recognition systems

Remote control pushed aside by gesture-sensitive devices

The remote control has never been much beloved. If it's not getting lost or running out of batteries, the device - and its inscrutable buttons - is confusing some family member or acting as a totem in an argument about what ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Carmakers lure youth with gadgets, sleek design

Dashboards glittering with gadgets, turbo-charged engines and sleek designs are on offer as automakers try to attract young consumers who care more about computers than cars.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Battery life fix out for new iPhone, Apple devices

Apple has released a software update to fix a problem that is shortening the battery life of some iPhones, iPads and iPods.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Apple's tongue-tied Siri faces 'Singlish' rival

Singapore's SingTel has developed an application to rival the voice-activated Siri on the iPhone 4S that is sure to go down well in the island state -- because it can understand "Singlish".

Technology / Software

created Oct 28, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0

HTC launches social smartphones with Facebook

Facebook users will be able to show friends their exact GPS location as well as sharing text and photos with new smartphones launched here Tuesday by top Taiwan device maker HTC.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Feb 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bionic speech recognition

As speech recognition systems become more commonplace - on the computer desktop top, at the call centre and even in the car - it is increasingly important to ensure that the voice signal is as clear as possible before it ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Sep 09, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast