Nuance, the amazing voice-recognition technology behind Siri and other voice-recognition software on phones, has announced that they’ll be bringing their voice tech to TVs now with Dragon TV. Basically, Nuance wants you to talk to your TVs. And since Apple is supposedly making an HDTV that let’s you talk to the TV, this is getting VERY interesting. More »
Local Marcus Schappi has found a way to get the iPhone 4S’s voice-activated assistant Siri to respond to custom commands, in an effort to transform it into the ultimate home automation device. Right now, it can turn lights on and off and browse the web, but in the future he expects it could unlock doors and… keep his chickens safe. More »
Just when we thought the comedic potential of Siri had been thoroughly exhausted, they went and introduced the two things that guaranteed make anything funnier: a collapsing marriage and abundant cursing. More »
Amazon has, apparently, ponied up for a speech recognition company called Yap, The Atlantic reports. More »
OK, I had my fun with Siri last week testing the limits of its Australian accent recognition. Time to get down to more serious work — what can you actually use Siri for? More »
It’s official. The human arm is now a vestigial limb. It no longer serves a purpose now that you can search Google with naught more than the melodious sound of your voice. More »
Apple’s mammoth North Carolina server farm just got a little less mysterious. Fitting a (very big) piece into the Siri buyout puzzle, Apple’s reportedly holding hands with the voice recognition experts at Nuance to give your next iPhone speech superpowers. More »
