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LG launching Quick Voice service in Korea, challenging Siri and S Voice

By Jeff Blagdon on June 20, 2012 01:31 am + 18 comments

LG is launching a virtual assistant service in Korea to compete with Apple’s Siri and Samsung’s Continue reading…
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Nuance introduces Dragon ID voice-activated security for smartphones

By Justin Rubio on June 5, 2012 11:25 pm + 8 comments

Between Dragon Drive, Dragon TV, Dragon Express, and more, it's clear that Nuance is no stranger to Continue reading…
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Samsung's S Voice available for Android 4.0 devices through leaked Galaxy S III ROM

By Sam Byford on May 19, 2012 11:31 pm + 207 comments

The firmware for Samsung's Galaxy S III has leaked just over a week ahead of the device's release. Continue reading…
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Lenovo K91 Android 4.0 smart TV launches in China for $2,378

By Sam Byford on May 8, 2012 04:53 am + 6 comments

Lenovo's K-series smart TV range has officially launched in China. We got details last month of the Continue reading…
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'World's first' voice-activated USB flash drive goes on sale for $49.95

By Aaron Souppouris on April 30, 2012 08:58 am + 7 comments

File security is (or should be) important to everyone, which is reflected in the countless USB Continue reading…
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AT&T releasing Watson voice recognition APIs to developers in June

By Nathan Ingraham on April 19, 2012 10:56 am + 13 comments

AT&T's research arm has spent over two decades developing its Watson speech and language engine, Continue reading…
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DIY project makes Google Glasses a reality

By Jamie Keene on April 11, 2012 04:00 am + 31 comments

App developer and augmented reality specialist Will Powell has created his own vision of what the Continue reading…
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Evernote for Android now includes speech-to-text transcription

By Aaron Souppouris on March 28, 2012 08:50 am + 10 comments

Evernote has updated its note-taking Android app to version 3.6, adding voice recognition to its Continue reading…
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Google Assistant listens and responds to voice like Siri, to be company's main focus of 2012?

By Dante D'Orazio on March 3, 2012 07:43 pm + 441 comments

TechCrunch is reporting that Google has a new service in the works called Google Assistant, which Continue reading…
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YouTube improves closed captioning, adds new languages and formats

By Jeff Blagdon on February 29, 2012 08:09 am + 1 comments

YouTube has added a pile of improvements to the closed captioning service it launched in 2006. Continue reading…