Speech Technology eWeekly - July 23, 2014

Speech Technology News

Nuance Dragon NaturallySpeaking 13 Promises Greater Speed and Accuracy

Updated features include a new interface and built-in microphone support.

NIST Speaker Recognition Challenge Shows Improvement

Improved accuracy is a key finding of the NIST evaluation of more than 100 product submissions.

Speech Analytics Market to Hit $1.33 Billion by 2019

Research and Markets predicts strong growth for speech analytics in Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa.

TomTom Adds Four More Languages to Voice Maps

TomTom Voice Maps now covers 76 countries with 46 unique languages.

Speaktoit Raises $2.6 Million in Series B Funding

The natural language understanding platform developer is expanding into Internet of Things and connected devices for the enterprise.

Expect Labs Inks Investment and Technology Development Deal with In-Q-Tel

The partnership will drive development of the MindMeld API for U.S. government applications.

Fonetic and Tango Networks Bring Mobility to Voice Biometrics and Compliance Recording for Financial Transactions

Fonetic and Tango collaborate to deliver linguistics recording across multiple devices for comprehensive voice compliance.