Speech Technology eWeekly - September 02, 2015

Speech Technology News

Speech Will Be a Main Interface for Mobile Devices by 2020, Tractica Predicts

Tractica expects speech recognition to achieve 82 percent penetration in smartphones, tablets, and wearables in five years.

Manulife Adds Natural Language and Voice Biometrics

The Canadian financial services firm has added Nuance's voice security technology to its call center.

Library of Congress to Use TTS

The Library of Congress allows visitors to its Web site to hear an audio summary of bills in Congress.

North America to Continue to Dominate the Speech Analytics Market

North America holds 51.13 percent of the total global market for speech analytics.

Dunkin Donuts to Bring Gronk to Waze Voice App

Football star Rob Gronkowski lends his voice to Waze crowd-sourced traffic and navigation app.

PCCW Teleservices to Deploy Verint Speech Analytics

The Asian business process outsourcing company will deploy Verint speech analytics in Greater China.