Alexa, do I need a coronavirus test? That’s a query that almost certainly was not in the repertoire for Amazon’s voice assistant six months ago. But the ins and outs… Read More
Nuance Communications has quietly acquired Voicebox Technologies, a Bellevue, Wash.-based company that was an early leader in speech recognition and natural language technologies, GeekWire has learned. The acquisition wasn’t publicly announced,… Read More
Google continues to focus on ways it can use its artificial intelligence research to court cloud customers, announcing Tuesday that it will make the text-to-speech technology inside some of its… Read More
Microsoft says it has built the first machine that can translate parts of news stories from Chinese to English as well as humans can. Researchers have toiled to find a… Read More
Facebook has thrown out its share of moonshots over the years, but this one puts the rest to shame. The social media giant, through its innovation arm Building 8, is… Read More
In what it calls a “major breakthrough in speech recognition,” Microsoft has built technology that can decipher conversation as well as people can. A group of researchers and engineers with Microsoft’s Artificial… Read More
Microsoft just revealed a new tool that’s capable of analyzing photos to identify human emotions. For example, imagine sitting in a movie theater with a camera pointed at the audience. Microsoft… Read More
Nuance Communications, a company with deep expertise in speech-recognition industry, may be up for sale. The Burlington, Mass.-based company has been in talks with various suitors, including private equity firms and Samsung, reports… Read More
Now that Amazon has rolled out two back-to-back hardware products with voice recognition software, we can expect more as the Seattle retailer gears up for a smartphone unveiling in the… Read More
Publishers are struggling to make money on mobile, a challenging scenario given that more folks are now consuming news and information on tablets and smartphones. But a new ad unit… Read More