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iphone recognizes speech courtesy of voicesignal

filed under: media players | mobile tech

VoiceSignal VTunes for iPhone

The engineers over at VoiceSignal have put together a prototype voice recognition application for the iPhone that makes it capable what I’ve been dreaming that Apple would add to its iPods for years. The demo application, called “VTunes” shows off voice-based selection of songs…

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August 23rd, 2007 1 comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

robot can understand several people talking at once

filed under: future tech | robotics

Robot Audition Three Speakers

Here’s a pretty impressive demonstration of a complex new speech recognition technology. The robot in this video clip is able to listen to three people speaking at the same exact moment, understand exactly what they each said, then process the data dynamically.

Be sure to have your speakers turned on for this video clip or you’ll miss how it works…

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July 28th, 2007 1 comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

nintendo wii gets voice recognition

filed under: video games

Wii Talking

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.

The software will enable developers to add voice command capabilities to games with little impact on CPU or memory usage…

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June 25th, 2007 2 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

the touchless touchscreen monitor

filed under: future tech | gadgets

Touchko Display

Sure, everybody is doing touchscreen interfaces these days, but this is the first time I’ve seen a monitor that can respond to gestures without actually having to touch the screen.

The monitor, based on technology from TouchKo was recently demonstrated by White Electronic Designs and Tactyl Services at the CeBIT show…

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March 19th, 2007 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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