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"I talk to myself but I don’t listen" – Elvis Costello

The new Android OS doesn’t have this problem! I read about one of these devices with TTS (Text-To-Speech) built in and voice commands too, so of course I had to try one out. I put it into TTS mode where it speaks everything, hit the recognition button and it prompted “SPEAK NOW.” I said something like “Starbucks in Sunnyvale, California”…and…
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Phrase Spotting Offers New Opportunities for New products

We have had a lot of requests over the years for products that are always on and listening for a key “trigger” word. The challenge of this approach is making a “trigger” that doesn’t accidentally trigger when it is not spoken, but also doesn’t accidentally NOT trigger when it IS spoken. The trade-off between these two types of errors is…
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How Can A Consumer Electronics Manufacturer Survive???

I stopped at Walgreens last week to get some new blades for my razor. Usually when I go in to buy new blades I end up just buying a new razor with blades, since it usually costs about the same. This time was different…I bought an electric razor instead. It's an Eltron brand electric razor… a cordless rechargeable razor, which…
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See Jane Drive

Since Sensory has gotten very actively involved in providing speech recognition for Bluetooth® based products, I have been asking friends and family about their experiences with various "hands-free" wireless devices. I recently had an interesting conversation that I'll share. A woman I know (I'll call her Jane) uses a Jabra SP-200 Bluetooth® car kit. She says she had tried a…
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The SCID’s are Coming!!!!

No, we're not under attack from missiles and I'm not referring to results of the current financial crises. I'm talking about Speech Controlled Internet Devices. These are home consumer electronic devices that use a VUI (voice user interface) for the user to interact with the product. The products themselves are able to access data and information from the internet, and…
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