Next week, robots and people will flock to the UK’s De Montfort University in Leicester for the thirty-sixth annual convention for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour (AISB 2010). Alas, the Informer won’t be going, but he thinks it sounds like a fascinating programme, with more than a touch of science fiction about it, aiming to discuss innovations that people will think of as commonplace in 50 years time.
Troubled voice to text pioneer SpinVox is cutting off its consumer users this week, as the company’s new owner prepares to focus on operator partnerships.
Over the Christmas break voice to text firm SpinVox confirmed long standing rumours that it was up for sale by announcing its acquisition by speech recognition firm Nuance.
UK-based voice to text firm SpinVox has found itself in the spotlight again, amid claims that the business has been secretly put up for sale.
Sometimes it’s hard to know what to believe. Over the years I’ve witnessed more ‘live demos’ than I care to remember (more, probably, than I do remember) and if I had to derive one, abiding rule from them all, it would be this: Most demos don’t work – and the ones that do, more often than not, are rigged.
The UK-based text-to-screen provider SpinVox has been forced to issue two strongly-worded statements on July 23 and July 26, in which it defended its technology platform and the way that it offers its speech-to-text services.
UK-based SpinVox has hit back at the naysayers, who claim that the firm’s speech to text technology isn’t as robust as the company claims, by explaining its “world-leading breakthroughs in automatic speech recognition (ASR) combined with artificial intelligence, semantics and natural linguistics”.
At times, the Informer has often imagined, managing a firm’s communications operation must be about as much fun as a trip to the dentist, when the dentist in question suffers from tremors and dismisses anaesthetic as needless pampering. And as he watched voice-to-text messaging firm Spinvox getting put through the ringer good and proper this week, the thought returned once again.
UK-based speech to text specialist Spinvox has been caught up in controversy this week over its data protection standards, leading to questions about the company’s finances.
UK-headquartered speech to text specialist Spinvox has signed a deal with Spanish carrier Telefónica that will see its text voicemail service made available to Telefónica’s entire Latin American customer base. The carrier has almost 125 million customers in the region.
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