by David Gonzales, 3 months ago

As part of Google’s ongoing effort to consolidate its resources and hone in on the few core products that it intends to keep going into the future, it has acquired Toronto-based startup DNNresearch for an…

by Chris Smith, 4 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 Gary Sims, 5 months ago

Nuance, the company behind Dragon Dictate and Swype, has unveiled its new project which it hopes will become a challenger to Siri and Google Now. The project, which is codenamed Wintermute – after the AI in William Gibson’s novel Neuromancer, is a cross-platform,…

by Kristofer Wouk, 8 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, 10 months ago

Speech recognition seems to have taken off after Apple launched SIRI with the iPhone 4S. Other platforms have followed suit, such as Nuance’s own Nina (Nuance powers SIRI), as well as Angel Labs’ Lexee, both…

by J. Angelo Racoma, 10 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, 10 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 Gary Sims, 12 months ago

A lot has been said about Apple’s Siri, including some interesting remarks by Apple’s co-founder Steve Wozniak. There are those who love it and those who, how can we put it, those who aren’t so…

by Bams Sadewo, 1 year ago

Though the world is captivated by Siri and her charming ways, old-skoolers know better that she’s not the first virtual assistant to be offering such service. Siri may have brought some personality to the table,…