Language Technology News for 2003

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Physician Micro Systems and ScanSoft Integrate Dragon NaturallySpeaking with Practice Partner Patient Records Software
2003/06/19

http://www.scansoft.com/news/pressreleases/2003/20030619_dns.asp
Physician Micro Systems, Inc., a leader in electronic medical records and practice management systems, and ScanSoft, Inc., today announced that PMSI has selected ScanSoft® Dragon NaturallySpeaking®

Neospeech announces Reseller Agreement with Babel Technologies
2003/06/18

http://neospeech.com/english/news/hot.php
The move is intended to expand NeoSpeech's language coverage for its Text-to-Speech product line and customer base.

SoundAdvice gives voice to computers
2003/06/18

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/edwardbaig/2003-06-18-baig_x.ht(...)
The promising program is SoundAdvice, billed as the first "voice information retrieval" software. For more than three decades, the manufacturer, Telesensory, has been making electronic and computer-based products.

Hi-Tech phones for hard of hearing: Speech to artificial animation
2003/06/18

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2996994.stm
Millions of people with hearing problems can get by in face to face situations by reading lips. However, the skill is of little use when it comes to talking on the phone.

Amtrak Saves $13 Million with Speech Processing: Ticket Purchasing by SpeechWorks Solution
2003/06/18

http://www.speechworks.com/news/release_detail.cfm?id=00057254-689B-1E(...)
Julie, the voice of Amtrak’s automated speech system and America’s favorite speech personality, is now able to handle credit card transactions from train passengers over the phone.

SpeechWorks Receives Highest Marks in Independent Testing of Text–to–Speech Software
2003/06/17

http://www.speechworks.com/news/release_detail.cfm?id=00067A5B-25BC-1E(...)
SpeechWorks International, Inc., a global leader in speech technologies and services, today announced that its text-to-speech (TTS) products received the highest scores for accurately presenting text in an audio format

Decuma's OnSpot Handwriting Recognition Technology Included in New Release of Sony CLIE Handheld
2003/06/17

http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/cb_headline.cgi?&story_file=bw.061(...)
Sony will start including Decuma's handwriting recognition software as standard in the latest CLIE which is being released in the US this month. Decuma's software allows users fast and natural handwriting input on mobile devices.

A Designing Life: Blade Kotelly
2003/06/17

http://www.acm.org/ubiquity/interviews/b_kotelly_2.html
A speech-recognition software expert explains the difference between good design and ambiguity, how good designs go bad, and why everyone is a designer.

GPS to Help the Blind Navigate
2003/06/14

http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,59174,00.html
The European Space Agency and other organizations are testing a personal GPS-based navigation system that helps blind people get around better on their own.

Multilingual mathematics dictionary launched
2003/06/14

http://www.sabcnews.com/south_africa/education/0,1009,60371,00.html
The Multilingual Mathematics Dictionary contains mathematics terms for all 11 different languages. Ngubane said people should be allowed to access information, education and training in the language they know best.

VOICE.TRUST and SpeechWorks Partnership Powers Secure and Highly Efficient Self–Service Solutions for User Help Desks
2003/06/13

http://www.speechworks.com/news/release_detail.cfm?id=000101B7-9149-1E(...)
German-based VOICE.TRUST AG, a European market leader in voice biometrics-based authentication solutions, announced today a partnership with SpeechWorks International, Inc.

ScanSoft Teams with Microsoft and level 1 partner for assistive products based on Speech
2003/06/12

http://www.scansoft.com/news/pressreleases/2003/20030612_microsoft.asp(...)
ScanSoft teams with Microsoft to expand the use of assistive products based on speech Recognition and text-to-speech.

TTS to advance interaction and learning between researchers and virtual instructors
2003/06/12

http://neospeech.com/english/news/press_releases/Press10.html
NeoSpeech today announced that ODU Center for Advanced Engineering Environments at NASA Langley has selected its Text-to-Speech product, VoiceText as a key component for a breakthrough learning environment under development.

Speech Magic integraged into Fusion Text for medical market - Philips and Dolbey announce Partnership
2003/06/11

http://www.speechrecognition.philips.com/index.php?id=5&full=542
Royal Philips Electronics and Dolbey today announce a partnership agreement regarding the integration of Philips’ speech recognition technology SpeechMagic™ in Dolbey’s Fusion Text.

The Translation Challenge
2003/06/10

http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/walter0603.asp
Software based on rules, examples, or statistics seeks to erase language barriers. It's far from perfect, but sometimes close is good enough.