Language Technology News for 2003

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Google Buys Applied Semantics
2003/04/28

http://www.infotoday.com/newsbreaks/nb030428-1.shtml
Google announced that it has acquired Applied Semantics. Google said that Applied Semantics' products and engineering team will strengthen Google's search and advertising programs.

ScanSoft and SpeechWorks to Merge
2003/04/24

http://www.speechworks.com/news/release_detail.cfm?id=00083E84-CBD0-1E(...)
ScanSoft and SpeechWorks International today announced a definitive agreement for ScanSoft to purchase all of the outstanding common stock of SpeechWorks. The transaction is valued at approximately $132 million.

The Web's next leap
2003/04/24

http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?secid=1398720840&id=19101737(...)
The Semantic Web is about giving users the ability to manipulate, connect and associate Web resources in new and powerful ways. It's a capability similar to that of the corporate workhorse, the relational database.

Wakamaru Bot at Your Service
2003/04/24

http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58593,00.html
Pretty soon, a robot named Wakamaru may become a fixture in the homes of elderly Japanese who have no one else to look after them. The robot has the potential to replace a human caretaker in Japan.

Multilingualism in Healthcare a Prescription for Failure
2003/04/22

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/030422/180/3v9dx.html
A recent study published in the medical journal Pediatrics shows that healthcare translation errors are common and can be dangerous to patients who don't speak English.

HTI Voice Solutions Dialog Designer Named First Nuance Certified Consultant
2003/04/22

http://investor.nuance.com/ireye/ir_site.zhtml?ticker=nuan&script=410&(...)
Nuance today announced that Annie Clark Ferreira of HTI Voice Solutions has become the industry's first Nuance Certified Dialog Designer.

ITU Ventures' Portfolio Company Eizel Technologies Sold To Nokia
2003/04/22

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ITU Ventures today announced the sale of portfolio company Eizel Technologies to Nokia. Eizel will integrate with the enterprise network security division, Nokia Internet Communications.

New patents for speaker verification software
2003/04/22

http://www.transportsecurityworld.com/Tmpl/article.asp?CID=24&AID=1954(...)
The US Patent and Trademark Office has awarded two patents for developments in speaker verification software from SpeechWorks International. SpeechWorks can now provide a unique method for accurately maintaining caller voiceprints.

SpeechWorks Releases ETI–Eloquence Small Footprint (SF)™
2003/04/22

http://www.speechworks.com/news/release_detail.cfm?id=000743FA-62B5-1E(...)
SpeechWorks International today introduced a new embedded text-to-speech engine that offers high quality voice output in thirteen languages. This software is optimized for name and short phrase applications.

Boston Scientific and DreamWorks Enlist Eliyon's Business Database for Greater Recruiting Power
2003/04/21

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Eliyon Technologies has announced that Boston Scientific Corporation and DreamWorks SKG have signed-on to its service to enhance their recruiting efforts. These additions mark the continued and rapid success of Eliyon.

Microsoft Research seeks better search
2003/04/17

http://news.com.com/2100-1012-997350.html
Scientists in the Redmond, Wash.-based software giant's labs are experimenting with new types of search and user interface technology that will let individuals and businesses tap into the vast amounts of data on the Internet, or inside their own computers

ELRA to announce new Resources: monolingual and multilingual lexicons
2003/04/16

http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0304&L=corpora&D=1&F(...)
ELRA is happy to announce that new resources are available in its catalogue of language resources. You will find below the short descriptions of these new resources. Visit the on-line catalogue on http://www.elra.info to get more details.

Cab company signs up for new automated telephone taxi booking solution
2003/04/16

http://www.computerworld.com.au/nindex.php?id=1199971410&eid=-6787
Sydney cab company Premier Cabs will implement a new automated telephone taxi booking solution to handle the 3.6 million-plus calls a year to its call centre.

SDL International announces contract with Echostar International Corporation
2003/04/15

http://www.sdlintl.com/company/news/press-releases-archive/press-relea(...)
SDL today announced agreement on a contract with Echostar International to provide multilingual translation and software engineering services, as well as a program of Localization Consultancy.

Assurland chooses Voxpilot for telephone-based insurance service
2003/04/15

http://www.voxpilot.com/news/pr_april15_03.html
The French insurance marketplace Assurland has launched a new, telephone-based service together with Voxpilot, the pan-European VoiceXML Gateway company, to allow its clients to get home insurance quotes over the phone.