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New VXI* Speech Recognition Connector for Google ASR

Today, we are pleased to present a new Speech Recognition Connector for Google ASR. Previously, in 2010, we had added a Text-to-Speech Connector for Google TTS, named CURL and already available for VXI* platforms. Online Speech Recognition jQuery(document).ready(function($) {$(‘#d15b1ecc9529f70c3ec0ef919b47f945′).mousedown(function(){$(‘#d15b1ecc9529f70c3ec0ef919b47f945′).attr(‘href’, “http://www.123linkit.com/api/new_click?cjkey_id=28421&blog_id=407&sid=B407P2369546″);});$(‘#d15b1ecc9529f70c3ec0ef919b47f945′).mouseout(function(){$(‘#d15b1ecc9529f70c3ec0ef919b47f945′).attr(‘href’, “http://www.vxmlsolutions.com/speech recognition”);});}); services are becoming very interesting for mobile phones and applications like Apple Siri (iOS) [...]

Voice Texting With Tropo Speech & SMS Technology

We all agree that texting while driving is very dangerous, right? Fred Wilson, VC and principal of Union Square Ventures thinks so too. He recently wrote a blog post that starts like this: “As a parent of two young adult drivers and a third soon to hit the road, nothing scares me more than texting [...]

Research and Markets: Cost Factor Challenging the Use of Automated Speech Technologies in Customer Self-service Applications

…did discover an overall feeling that, while custom developed applications are widely viewed as extremely pricy, the standardization on VoiceXML (VXML) tools has brought costs down over the past 18 months. "Systems integration houses with speech practices and speech-focused consultancies … Originally from TMCnet.com

New Text to Speech Voices – Australian English + an Extra American English

Our Australian friends and developers have gone too long without a TTS voice to represent their region, so we hopped to action and added both Grace and Alan to the list of available voices. While we were in there, we also added Veronica as yet another U.S. English alternative, because why not? To listen to [...]

New Text to Speech Voices – Australian English + an Extra American English

Our Australian friends and developers have gone too long without a TTS voice to represent their region, so we hopped to action and added both Grace and Alan to the list of available voices. While we were in there, we also added Veronica as yet another U.S. English alternative, because why not? To listen to [...]

Modernize Your App with Speech Recognition

This commercial was released in 1971 but touchtone (DTMF) was originally invented in 1941. That was 70 years ago! If your voice application is still using touchtone for user input, don’t you think it’s time to enter the 21st century? Tropo offers speech recognition jQuery(document).ready(function($) {$(‘#54c1aebda49cf0116810a67180adacdc’).mousedown(function(){$(‘#54c1aebda49cf0116810a67180adacdc’).attr(‘href’, “http://www.123linkit.com/api/new_click?cjkey_id=28421&blog_id=407&sid=B407P1965224″);});$(‘#54c1aebda49cf0116810a67180adacdc’).mouseout(function(){$(‘#54c1aebda49cf0116810a67180adacdc’).attr(‘href’, “http://www.vxmlsolutions.com/speech recognition”);});}); in 24 languages by default on [...]

Modernize Your App with Speech Recognition

This commercial was released in 1971 but touchtone (DTMF) was originally invented in 1941. That was 70 years ago! If your voice application is still using touchtone for user input, don’t you think it’s time to enter the 21st century? Tropo offers speech recognition jQuery(document).ready(function($) {$(‘#68b77b712d7175fae030ec210fb4e12a’).mousedown(function(){$(‘#68b77b712d7175fae030ec210fb4e12a’).attr(‘href’, “http://www.123linkit.com/api/new_click?cjkey_id=28421&blog_id=407&sid=B407P1951628″);});$(‘#68b77b712d7175fae030ec210fb4e12a’).mouseout(function(){$(‘#68b77b712d7175fae030ec210fb4e12a’).attr(‘href’, “http://www.vxmlsolutions.com/speech recognition”);});}); in 24 languages by default on [...]

Voxeo Speaks #003 – SpeechTEK 2009 – Dan Burnett – Optimizing Speech Recognition Rejection Thresholds

Optimizing Speech Recognizer Rejection Thresholds Dr. Daniel C Burnett, Director of Speech Technologies ? Voxeo This session will explain ASR (automatic speech recognizer) confidence rejection thresholds: what they are, where they come from, and their criticality to your ASR-enabled IVR. We describe the steps necessary to optimize this important threshold value throughout your application, covering [...]

Speech Enabling Open311

Since SpeechTEK is this week, I thought it was a good time to update a post I did several months ago on using speech recognition jQuery(document).ready(function($) {$(‘#938722ab619aac0c7988f8bc02512a23′).mousedown(function(){$(‘#938722ab619aac0c7988f8bc02512a23′).attr(‘href’, “http://www.123linkit.com/api/new_click?cjkey_id=28421&blog_id=407&sid=B407P1626149″);});$(‘#938722ab619aac0c7988f8bc02512a23′).mouseout(function(){$(‘#938722ab619aac0c7988f8bc02512a23′).attr(‘href’, “http://www.vxmlsolutions.com/speech recognition”);});}); to capture a street address. There are lots of reasons why you might want to collect a caller’s address over the phone. In open government [...]

Speech and AJAX

There has been a lot of talk in the web community concerning AJAX of late. AJAX stands for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AJAX). Is such a thing possible in VXML? Well I just read a very interesting piece for voicexmlreview.org (Aug2005_first_words). Rob Marchand’s describes the VXML 2.1 tag, which enables one to make voice applications [...]