Nagoya University, Fujitsu Create Technology to Detect Over Trust Situations Based on Voice Pitch and Level
Nagoya University and Fujitsu have developed what they say is the world’s first technology to analyze phone conversations that automatically detect situations in which one party might “over trust” scammers. Over trust, the organizations said, might involve in a situation in which an individual may have a diminished capacity and can’t objectively evaluate an explanation [...]
Traits of My Favorite Telco Clients, Part I
I am blessed every week to gain lots of new clients who either approach me after being referred by a colleague or come my way by way of a Google search that eventually brings them to my Web site. However, in addition to fresh new clients, I am also blessed to have a full roster of [...]
Siri Gets Sued
Frank Fazio of Brooklyn, NY, is so fed up with Siri’s limitations that he has initiated a class action lawsuit against Apple. Fazio claims that Apple has misled and deceived the public in falsely advertising how Siri works, by showing ads that feature users making appointments, finding restaurants and learning guitar chords. “Defendant’s advertising [...]
No Siri on New iPad
Well, there it is. After months of speculation, the new iPad that Apple is set to begin selling March 16 will not have the Siri voice-enabled personal assistant that has been a hit on its smaller cousin, the iPhone 4S. At a media event in San Francisco that concluded today, Apple CEO Tim Cook outlined [...]
SpeechJammer Gun Silences Annoying Talkers
If only Jerry Seinfeld had a SpeechJammer gun to silence all those long, loud, close and high talkers. Thanks to Japanese researchers this could one day be a reality. Scientists from the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology and Ochanomizu University recently published a paper, “SpeechJammer,” detailing two prototypes that combine a direction-sensitive [...]
BigHand’s New Campaign Advances Speech for All
BigHand, a provider of workflow digital dictation for the legal market, today announced a new campaign, “Unleash Your Voice – Transform Your Firm,” which seeks to change how people view speech technologies. The new campaign refers to speech as “Voice Productivity Technology” (VPT). Steve Butterworth, president and CEO of BigHand, notes that lawyers today are [...]
The Voices Behind The Consoles
There are certain TV shows and films that have featured unseen, automated, mechanical “voices” that never materialized into human form. They occupied a mechanized framework instead of a physical body, and became all the more fascinating and alluring to us because of their mystique as unseen characters. One of the most legendary “Voices Behind the [...]