Tag archive: voice

Robin Williams is a funny guy, and once you get him going, he won't stop. This clip is from Ellen a few weeks back. In it, Ellen DeGeneres asks Williams about the future and he immediately brings up the iPhone 4S and Siri. After a quick impression, he explains how a French Siri should talk. There are worse ways to spend a minute, check it out and then LIVE YOUR LIFE! If you haven't had enough of Robin Williams getting geeky, check… Read More

OnStar is due for a feature upgrade to match services offered by rival Ford’s Sync music and information system. According to Bloomberg, General Motors will be adding free services hooking into Facebook to its OnStar subscription service later this month. The service currently provides accident alerts, directions, vehicle diagnostics and roadside assistance in case of an emergency. With the upgrade, OnStar will enable the always-cool… Read More

Iconic singer-songwriter Bob Dylan is in negotiations to become a voice giving directions on a satnav. At least that’s what he told listeners to his The Time Radio Hour, claiming he’d been approached by more than one manufacturer. He said: “You know I don’t usually like to tell people what I’m doing, but I’m talking to a couple of car companies about the possibility of being the voice of their GPS… Read More

In another indication of how awkward things might be getting for Apple and Google, last week Apple not only rejected Google's Google Voice application for the iPhone, but also tossed out third party applications that used Google Voice. Now, the Federal Communications Commission wants to know what's going on, sending an inquiry (PDF) to both Apple and AT&T why the Google Voice applications were rejected. The letter focuses on… Read More

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), or Internet telephony, is certainly growing rapidly, as more and more people use their broadband connections to make phone calls. But in the wake of that has come an entirely new form if identity fraud, according to VoIP equipment maker Newport Networks. People are hacking into VoIP accounts and stealing usernames and passwords, which are now selling online for more than stolen credit card… Read More

Quickly leaping in line behind Verizon, which announced $99.99 unlimited wireless voice plans on Tuesday morning, both AT&T and T-Mobile have unveiled their own competing plans less than a day later. All three carriers now offer plans at the same price that allow subscribers to make as many calls as they want without restrictions. AT&T’s plan will cost $99.99 a month, with no long distance charges or domestic roaming… Read More

For some people, voicemail is a convenient and more personal way to leave a message for another person when they’re not around. To others, listening to these sometimes drawn-out messages is just another speed bump in their fast-paced lives. Alltel is hoping to appeal to the latter crowd with its new Voice2TXT service, which uses voice recognition software to convert voicemails into ordinary SMS text messages. “Our customers… Read More

BlueAnt Wireless has released its Z9 Bluetooth Headset in the United States, which offers dual microphones and patented voice isolation technology to cancel out background noise, wind, and echoes that can make calls placed on phone headsets almost incomprehensible to listeners. “BlueAnt has dedicated over two years to the developmental and testing phases for the Z9 to ensure the highest quality noise elimination and call clarity is… Read More

Creative Technology last week unveiled a new web camera with enhanced voice clarity and noise reduction technologies for video instant messaging. The new Live! Cam Voice is priced at $99.99 and should be available this month. The Live! Cam Voice, said Creative, integrates dual adaptive array microphones to capture the user's voice while reportedly eliminating background and environmental noise coming from outside the webcam's… Read More

Research firm In-Stat reports that revenues for wireline services are in steady decline in the United States, and that growth in wireline broadband services like DSL is not enough to offset declining revenue from wireline voice services. “Voice services, which have experienced persistent pressure from wireless alternatives, are increasingly being challenged by VoIP solutions,” said In-Stat analyst David Lemelin “Long… Read More

In a move sure to rankle Skype's new corporate masters over at eBay, online titan Yahoo has let slip that the forthcoming version of Yahoo Messenger (due any day now at voice.yahoo.com) will offer a “Phone Out” capability which will enable users to place one cent per-minute voice calls to the United States from anywhere in the world, and 2 cents per-minute voice calls to other countries, including China, South Korea, Japan,… Read More

Nokia today announced three new mobile phone models geared towards the business user. Full of cool features and functions, the new Eseries

"Play Fellowship of the Ring." Is it your dream to have a voice activated, Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 powered home entertainment system? That's the idea behind One Voice Technologies' new Media Center Communicator product. One Voice said today they had launched a sales campaign of their voice recognition product at select CompUSA retail outlets to test the viability of the Media Center Communicator on physical… Read More

Midway Games announced today that AREA 51 the story-driven, first-person action thriller has shipped to retail outlets nationwide for the PlayStation2 computer entertainment system and the Xbox video game system from Microsoft. AREA 51 will also be available for PC and is scheduled to ship on May 23, 2005. Midway has created an action-thriller that features an intense storyline packed with scripted events, an arsenal of both human and… Read More

IT departments should plan now for wireless e-mail on all supported handheld devices, as wireless e-mail will be a built-in application on all smartphones by the end of 2008, according to Gartner,Inc. Gartner analysts presented the future of wireless applications during the Gartner Wireless & Mobile Summit, which is being held here April 11-13. Gartner analysts said wireless e-mail is becoming a mainstream application alongside mobile… Read More