Speech Technology eWeekly - November 08, 2017

Speech Technology News

Voicebox Moves to the Cloud

Voicebox Cloud will help companies as they build conversational interfaces.

StoneCalibre Acquires AVST

AVST will be merged with StoneCalibre's XMedius Solutions unit.

Sony TVs Embed Google Assistant

Sony 4K HDR televisions with Android TV now work with voice commands via the Google Assistant.

Instructure Partners with Speechmatics for Video Captioning

Instructure adds captioning for video content created with its Arc platform.

Seismic Adds Speech-to-Text to Aid Content Search

Seismic will partner with Microsoft to incorporate Microsoft Cognitive Services with speech-to-text translation of video content.

Salesforce Goes Hands-Free with Voice

Voice Technology Solutions launches Focus, a voice-activated mobile app for Salesforce.com.