Speech Technology eWeekly - July 15, 2009

FYI

Tellme Pushes One-Button Voice Access to Mobile Communications

Voice features will be a big part of Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.5 phones.

Speech Technology News

Nuance Comes Under Government Scrutiny

Justice Department confirms an antitrust investigation into Nuance's acquisition of Philips Speech Recognition

Microsoft to Halt Response Point Offering

The software giant announced this week plans to scale back its Response Point small business VoIP and UC solution.

Bookshare Teams Up with Code Factory to Help Visually Impaired

Code Factory agrees to help Bookshare get its library on mobile devices.

Fonolo Adds Powerful Features for Consumers

The company introduces new offering that allows companies to add deep dialing to Web sites.

MacSpeech Ships MacSpeech Dictate Legal

The first speech recognition dictation solution for the Macintosh will understand more than 30,000 legal-specific words and terms.

Forward Thinking

On-Demand Services and Mashups

Both allow for greater use of voice on mobile devices