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April 2007 - Posts

SpeechSaver -- kinda like a screen saver, but for speech recognition's listening state

I was talking to a customer recently, Greg Duncan, and one of the things that he came up was an idea for a utility to automatically turn the speech recognition engine's state off after a certain amount of idle "speech" time. A couple emails later, this Read More...
Posted Saturday, April 28, 2007 10:33 AM by robch | 0 Comments

SpeechTEK 2007 in NY

SpeechTEK is always an interesting convention for those that are interested in speech technologies. I often go to see what the industry at large is up to, and to see if I can meet some customers. This year, in addition to just attending, I'll also be Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 24, 2007 7:36 AM by robch | 0 Comments
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Hillary Duff's wish list includes speech recognition

I never thought I'd actually post something about Hillary Duff. It's not that I don't like her, or anything. It's just that I never really considered the fact that my professional life and Hillary Duff would cross. But yet ... Apparently, Hillary Duff Read More...
Posted Monday, April 23, 2007 4:39 PM by robch | 1 Comments
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Windows Speech Recognition in Vista: Dictation Everywhere

Here's a question from a reader about the Dictation Everywhere feature in Windows Speech Recognition in Windows Vista: This feature is thus very important to me and my future as a PC user. I have found that in many form fields (such as the one I'm using Read More...
Posted Monday, April 23, 2007 7:53 AM by robch | 3 Comments

"The Vista Show" podcast talks about Vista's Windows Speech Recognition

The Vista Show is a podcast that broadcasts a weekly show in podcast format each week from thevistashow.com . This week Jack discusses Vista's Windows Speech Recognition. You can jump ahead to the 18 minute mark in the MP3 file . Jack says Windows Speech Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 17, 2007 8:27 AM by robch | 0 Comments

My new scooter

I posted about a month ago that I was considering purchasing an electric scooter. I did, in fact, end up buying one. It's the one I blogged about before, the Go-Ped ESR 750 Sport. I've had the Go-Ped for a few weeks now, and it's great. I've been scooting Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 17, 2007 8:08 AM by robch | 0 Comments

Extreme Tech reviews Windows Speech Recognition

Another good reivew of Windows Speech Recognition in Windows Vista: "If you have Windows Vista, even the Home Basic version, you already have one of the more powerful speech recognition systems available. Microsoft has invested many millions of dollars Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 12, 2007 8:26 AM by robch | 0 Comments
 
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