Tag: Voice
Vox Pop: the voice search revolution and how to make your business stand out
Say a command: The future of data is the spoken word, judging from Google and Autonomy
According to the Hollywood version of the future, we will eventually interact with computers just by speaking to them. We've come a way from humble beginnings in voice recognition, when cinema information lines kept messing up Brighton and Birmingham,…
POLL: Should EA keep Andy Gray as a FIFA 2012 pundit?
Sky football commentator Andy Gray has seen his television presenting contract terminated after a series of sexually innapropriate comments were made to and about female staff. The Sky Sports presenter had mocked female Premier League Assistant referee Sian Massey, believing…
MWC 2010: Day 2 Round Up
Day two of Barcelona's Mobile World Congress is drawing to a close. Here's the round up of today's biggest stories, including HTC's latest range of smartphones and Orange's plans for crystal-clear mobile calls. HTC Legend gets UK release date, but…
MWC 2010: Orange to trial HD voice calls in the UK
While HD displays are usually top of the agenda at tech shows, Orange are focussing on HD sound at this week's MWC 2010. Orange are set to trial HD voice calling in the UK, which they believe will give unparalleled…
Blue Microphones unveil the Snowball USB mic
Blue Microphones have today announced the release of their Snowball USB mic. Ideal for podcasts, Skype conversations or home recording, the microphone costs £89.95, available from Solutions-Inc. Thanks to a dual capsule design and three-pattern switch (cardioid, cardioid with -10db…
GMail adds voice and video chat
Yet more new features for everyone’s favourite webmail client, Google Mail. This time, the team has enabled video and voice chatting on the service, which joins SMS, OpenID, Calendar and Doc gadgets and emoticon support on the feature list.
Google’s going to be rolling out the new functionality over the course of today, so if you can’t get it yet, then try again a little later. To get to it, you’ll need to install a small plugin, which you can pick up here, and then it’ll appear in the bottom of your chat windows.
Let us know in the comments how it performs on your broadband connection, and how you think it compares to similar services, like Skype.
Google Video Chat (via Official GMail Blog)
Related things Google has added to Gmail recently: SMS | OpenID | Calendar and Doc gadgets | Emoticon support
Sony unveils ICDUX70 and ICDUX80 dictation devices with MP3 playback
Sony has added to its voice recorder range, introducing the ICDUX70 or ICDUX80, with the added bonus of MP3 music playback.
NavStar's Voice Navigator – GPS without the screen
Whatever specification your sat nav unit has, one thing is pretty constant – the screen. Unless you pick up NavStar’s Voice Navigator.
YourPND – GPS in your own voice
I’m not sure I’d be all that keen hearing my own voice echoing around the car, but if the egomaniac in you is bursting to get out, YourPND could be the thing for you.
