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The Value of Speech Patents (part 2)

I’ll continue on with a few thoughts from yesterday’s blog because I got asked the question: “Why would speech patents be worth so much more than general telecom and other patents?” There are 2 key reasons: Speech is HUGE in mobile. Look at Google/Android. I read in the Mercury News this week that Google believes 80% of its revenues will…
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Following M&A Monday--It's About the Patents

Two BIG acquisitions happened over the last week. One is big for the smartphone space, and the other is big for the speech industry. I think they both had something to do with technology patents. Google acquired Motorola. As everyone knows, Google has been wrapped up in a lot of legal feuds over Android. Android is certainly doing well, its…
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A Tale of Two Awards

I recently learned about 2 awards that Sensory has won over the past year. The contrast is in how we learned about them, and the different nature of these awards. It’s really amusing, so I thought I’d share my take. Both awards were for our TrulyHandsfree™ Voice Control. One was for the significance of Sensory’s truly hands-free trigger in implementing…
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I Love Watson!

I have a new favorite toy. It’s Watson the Raccoon, one of Hallmark's new Interactive Storybook and Story Buddy™ characters. I used to have the time to buy every product that featured one of Sensory's technologies. I have to admit I don’t do that much anymore, and as my kids have gotten older, I buy fewer and fewer toys in…
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There You Go Again!

That’s what America's most charismatic President used to say! I didn’t necessarily agree with Reagan’s politics, but I sure did like his presentation. Nuance’s Paul Ricci is kind of the inverse of that; a lot of people don’t like him, but it’s hard to argue with his politics (although I will later in this blog...)Nuance does seem to perform remarkably…
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