However, whether speech recognition software at the time could recognize 1000 words, as the 1985 Kurzweil text-to-speech program did, or whether it could support a 5000-word vocabulary, as IBM’s ...

Meta has officially acquired Play AI, a voice technology startup known for its work in creating highly realistic AI-generated ...

Apple has improved the performance of its Siri personal digital assistant so much that it now outperforms alternatives like Google Now and Microsoft’s Cortana. The speech recognition capability ...

“Clow-dia,” I say once. Twice. A third time. Defeated, I say the Americanized version of my name: “Claw-dee-ah.” Finally, Siri recognizes it. Having to adapt our way of speaking to ...

Siri’s speech-recognition capabilities can happen on-device beginning with iOS 15. The update will make Siri considerably faster and, in some cases, allow it to function without a WiFi or data ...

Apple quietly acquired an automatic speech recognition (ASR) technology company called Novauris Technologies, which grew out of Dragon Systems R&D U.K. Ltd., the British research subsidiary of ...

Microsoft has acquired speech recognition systems company Nuance in an all-cash deal valued at $19.7 billion, giving it control over the firm that helped Apple process Siri queries.. Following ...

Coming soon – offline speech recognition on your phone A new algorithm makes it possible to interact with digital assistants like “Siri” without any internet connection.

Voice assistants Alexa and Siri are both powered by conversational AI. These devices utilize natural language processing and machine learning.

Nov. 30—CHAMPAIGN — Speech-recognition software doesn't work very well for people who could really use it, like those with Parkinson's or Down syndrome. Researchers at the University of ...

An Arduino With Better Speech Recognition Than Siri. December 31, 2013 by Brian Benchoff 42 Comments . The lowly Arduino, an 8-bit AVR microcontroller with a pitiful amount of RAM, ...