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- Voice Recognition Is a Success for Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Trusts
- Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Trust comprises Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Cheltenham General Hospital, Standish Hospital, and Delancey Assessment and Rehabilitation Hospital. Following a reorganization of health care services in Gloucestershire, the Trust set about reviewing the way in which it handled the 500,000 plus calls it receives each month. In addition there...
- Case studies
- Headsets, Far Field and Handheld Microphones: Their Impact on Continuous Speech Recognition
- The paper reveals that the digital signal processor of the digital microphone intelligently discriminates between speech and background noise to provide superior voice recognition; handheld or internet phones; axial interference tube or stick microphones. Some of these devices are reported to be "super-directional" devices meaning, they provide the ultimate capability...
- White papers 2001-10-09
- Applying Six Sigma to Improve Diagnostic Imaging
- The paper begins with the fact that since the discovery of X-rays in 1895, the field of diagnostic imaging has undergone dramatic changes. Within a year after its introduction, the application of X-rays to diagnosis and therapy had already become an established part of medicine. The decades to follow produced...
- White papers
- VoiceScan Technology in Clinical Practice
- In 2003, GE Healthcare was the worldÆs first to introduce VoiceScan, an advanced technology that provides voice-activated control of GE's LOGIQ 9 ultrasound system. With a wired or wireless headset and the latest command-and-control speech recognition technologies, users can interact with the LOGIQ 9 during exams to perform more than...
- White papers 2004-10-01
- Ernestine, Meet Julie: Natural Language Speech Recognition Is Markedly Improving Voice-Activated Self-Service
- A new technology, called natural language speech recognition, is markedly improving voice-activated self-service. Powered by artificial intelligence, these speech-recognition systems are altering consumer perceptions about phone self-service, as calls for help no longer elicit calls for help. That, in turn, is spurring renewed corporate interest in the concept of phone...
- White papers 2005-01-04
- We Have the Proof!: SIENET at Kaiser Franz Josef Hospital
- What use are the best examination methods when the medical staff spends its time with paperwork, film envelope archival, documenting reports, and organizing film-transports, and while the patients are subjected to undue stress? This problem has been solved in the Cross-sectional Imaging Center of the Kaiser Franz Josef Hospital using...
- Case studies 2000-05-01
- Honda: IBM e-Business On Demand Solution Drives Customer Satisfaction
- Honda set out to develop a first-of-its-kind, voice-based navigation system based on IBM's voice recognition technology that would bring its navigation system into the mass market and improve customer loyalty. The best selling car in America for the past 10 years needed new style, performance and sophisticated features to attract...
- Case studies 2003-11-03
- Redundancy And Productivity In The Speech Technology Lexicon
- Current lexica for speech technology typically contain much redundancy, while omitting useful information. A comparison with lexica in other media and for other purposes is instructive, as it highlights some features we may borrow for text-to-speech and speech recognition lexica. We describe some aspects of the new lexicon we are...
- White papers 2006-06-13
- Accessibility In Microsoft Office Project
- Microsoft is committed to making its products and services easier for everyone to use. Many accessibility features are built right into Microsoft Office Project. These features are available to everyone, without the need for additional accessibility aids. Examples of accessibility aids include screen readers, speech-recognition programs, and on-screen keyboards. This...
- White papers
- New Voice in Healthcare: Speech-recognition software offers productivity boost via efficiencies to workflow at point-of-care (PoC)
- As a society we have come to expect medical miracles as a matter of course in the progression of health sciences. Today healthcare practitioners are depending on their own small technology miracles to enable a better quality of care. Speech recognition technology is viewed as one of those miracles. It...
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Is Voice Commerce The Next Wave?
- Business executives across industries are finding that voice commerce - the use of speech recognition, voice authentication, and text-to-speech to support commercial activity - has a particularly strong business case. It can dramatically reduce call-center operating costs while at the same time improving customer experience, even help build brand image.
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Earnings: Nuance's Q4 Swings To A Profit; Mobile Revenues Hit New Record
- Burlington, Mass.-based Nuance Communications, which creates speech-recognition software for multiple platforms, including mobile phones, reported a fourth-quarter profit based on improved operating margins. The company's stock jumped $1.28, or about 17 percent, today to close at $8.78 a share. Q4 profits totaled $22 million, or 9 cents a share,...
- External links 2008-11-25
- Nuance buys speech-recognition firm Zi Corp
- Nuance Communications has completed its acquisition of Zi Corp for USD35m and is ready to integrate Zi’s mobile search technology into its suite of services. The company plans to incorporate Zi’s speech-recognition software on Nokia handsets, allowing users to send text messages and navigate by issuing...
- Articles 2009-04-13
- Spinvox provides voice recognition for Telefonica
- London-based Spinvox is providing its voice-recognition technology to Telefonica in a deal that is reportedly worth USD100m. The agreement covers Telefonica’s operations in Europe and Latin America, representing some 100m subscribers. Spinvox provides telecoms operators with services...
- Articles 2009-06-22
- Nuance buys voice-to-text mobile service Jott
- Speech recognition company Nuance is acquiring Jott, a startup that lets users create notes and reminders, and send email and messages with their voice. Nuance and Jott plan to focus on voice-to-text projects. Jott has raised ...
- Articles 2009-07-14
- It's Media Day At SpinVox
- We weren't invited to SpinVox's technology demo on Tuesday morning, but we didn't take offence; honest. The reception sounded like an effort to woo mostly bloggers, complete with pastries and minibuses, to get them to think positive thoughts about the company. Did it work? Here's what happened at the...
- External links 2009-08-04
- Rovi Q2 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you, sir. We will now begin the question and answer session. (Operator’s Instruction) Our first question comes from the line of Richard Davis with Needham & Company. Please go ahead. Richard Davis - Needham & Company So, two quick questions, one, how...
- Earnings calls 2009-08-28
- Talk to the Machine Not the Hand | BTalk Australia
- (17min 25) Click on "Play" to hear the podcast or click "Get It" to download. Asking customers to work their way through IVR systems before they get to talk to a call agent can be frustrating and damaging for your brand. Speech recognition software can help the...
- Blog posts 2008-08-13
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- Kolvox and Phoenix Technologies team up to deliver new desktop speech recognition technology breakthrough
- TORONTO--BUSINESS WIRE--April 5, 1995--Kolvox Communications Inc. (Alberta Stock Exchange: KOL), a provider of speech recognition solutions for office productivity, and Phoenix Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: PTEC), the leading supplier of system-level software for PC manufacturers and an emerging supplier of consumer-level software to users worldwide, today announced they have signed...
- Research articles 1995-04-05
- Dubai Financial Market Invests in Nuance-Powered Stock Inquiry Service; Emerging Technologies Uses Nuance Bilingual Speech Recognition to Deploy Voice-Enabled Stock Quote System in Just Two Months
- MENLO PARK, Calif. -- Time is money and for investors, instant, real-time access to stock quotes is imperative. With the number of investors growing by more than 200 percent annually, Dubai Financial Market had to ensure callers could get fast, easy access to stock quotes -- each time they called....
- Research articles 2005-09-12
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