Technabob » fonix http://technabob.com/blog Cool Gadgets, Gizmos, Games and Weird Science Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:00:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Nintendo Wii Gets Voice Recognition http://technabob.com/blog/2007/06/25/nintendo-wii-gets-voice-recognition/ http://technabob.com/blog/2007/06/25/nintendo-wii-gets-voice-recognition/#comments Mon, 25 Jun 2007 19:23:55 +0000 Technabob http://technabob.com/blog/2007/06/25/nintendo-wii-gets-voice-recognition/ Soon you’ll be able to speak to your Nintendo Wii. Heck, you’ll be able to sing to it too. Speech recognition middleware maker Fonix today announced the availability of their VoiceIn voice software for the Wii.

talking wii

The software will enable developers to add voice command capabilities to games with little impact on CPU or memory usage. In addition, their a special Karaoke edition of the software will enable the Wii to report timing, pitch and accuracy of vocals, opening the gates to a wave of new singing games for the little console that could.

Fonix has previously provided voice recognition capabilities for other consoles such as the Xbox, Xbox 360, Playstation 2 and Playstation 3, so it’s good to see the Wii get the same.

[Press Release]

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