by Bogdan Petrovan, 2 months ago

A new parody showing how guys could use Google Glass to impress women on dates has hit the web. Humor aside, it could be an accurate prediction of a not-so-distant future. The Glass is coming…

by Chris Smith, 2 months ago

Google has recently released Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean for various Nexus devices but it also updated its Google Search for Android app with new features. Among them, there’s one particular feature that was quietly made…

by Conan Hughes, 3 months ago

The developers behind Speaktoit Assistant, one of the best virtual assistants available for Android–ie. one that sets out to be not just an ordinary Siri or S Voice clone–have recently unveiled a premium version of…

by Shea Harris, 3 months ago

Amazon has announced that it has acquired Ivona Software, which specialized in text-to-speech software. The company had already been working close with Amazon, providing text-to-speech, voice commands, and Explore by Touch features to the Kindle…

by Shea Harris, 3 months ago

My first thought upon coming across this bit of information was “Wow…” It’s hard to picture now, but Siri was almost an Android feature. Way back in 2009, Verizon struck a deal with Siri (the…

by J. Angelo Racoma, 6 months ago

Siri was great when Apple launched the iPhone 4S, and had actually been one of the main marketing points of Apple’s smartphone platform. But a startup company says Siri is actually limited in its understanding…

by Varun Raj, 6 months ago

The guys at Gizmodo ran a quick test of the newly released iOS Google Search voice feature against the iOS native Siri and the results clearly favor Google. Although, while both applications had their limitations,…

by J. Angelo Racoma, 6 months ago

When the iPhone 4S was launched last year, one of the most well-marketed features was Siri. The speech-powered interface brought about a change in how users interacted with devices. Sure, voice-control was not entirely new….

by Joe Hindy, 7 months ago

It’s about time for everyone to heave that collective sigh of discontent yet again. It seems that every month, some barely known company is suing over a patent they happen to own. It results in…

by Kristofer Wouk, 7 months ago

We’ve talked about a lot of Siri alternatives for Android, but one that we haven’t yet mentioned is Maluuba. Until today it was only available for customers in the U.S. and Canada, but today Maluuba…

by Andrew Grush, 7 months ago

Ever heard the old saying, “the walls have ears?” Apparently smartphones have ears as well, at least if Nuance has its way. Voice communication with a smartphone isn’t anything new, but Nuance is hoping to…

by Kristofer Wouk, 7 months ago

We looked at Siri competitor Robin for the first time just a few months ago, but it has already made its way to version 2.0, getting a visual makeover in the process. Will the new…

by J. Angelo Racoma, 9 months ago

Speech control has been lauded as one of the Apple iPhone 4S’ selling points when it launched in October 2011. Similar platforms on other OSes, such as Android, have popped up, promising the same kind…

by J. Angelo Racoma, 9 months ago

Nuance is offering a simpler way for enterprises, businesses, and application developers to feature speech recognition in their apps. Nuance is the same company behind the Dragon Naturally Speaking line of speech-recognition apps for PCs, and…

by Chris Smith, 10 months ago

One of the Android features Google overhauled in Jelly Bean is the Google Search app. The company redesigned the app to offer, faster results and included an advanced, Siri-like voice recognition-based search software that lets…