Tag: voice recognition
HSBC’s voice recognition technology has saved bank £300 million in fraud
Home security company Blink announces Alexa and IFTTT integration
iPhone 4S Siri features missing for UK owners
Manage to get an iPhone 4S this morning? Having fun asking Siri questions that wouldn't be out of place in 2001: A Space Odyssey? Well cherish those initial moments of joy UK tech fans; we've got some bad news…
INTERVIEW: Rare's Scott Henson on Kinect, Xbox 720 and the future of Banjo Kazooie and Perfect Dark
Hot on the heels of the Tokyo Games Show and our recent hands-on playtest with the latest features of Kinect Sports: Season 2, we sat down for a quick chat with Rare Studio head, Scott Henson. The ex-Xbox chief…
Google Voice Search gets personal
Google's Voice Search app is getting a personal touch for owners with handsets running Android 2.2 or above. As well as allowing you to search though your phone using only your voice, Voice Search will now be more accurate thanks…
Nuance add gaming controls to Dragon speech recognition software
Nuance have updated their Dragon Naturally Speaking voice recognition PC software to let gamers control select titles using the power of speech. Calling out "duck" or "take cover" or "reload" among many other commands will see your onscreen character follow…
Ocado voice recognition Android app now available
Everyone knows writing out shopping lists can be a chore, so kudos to Ocado for today launching their voice recognition shopping helper for Android phones. The Ocado On The Go app allows Android users to browse Ocado's virtual aisles simply…
Google Shopper searches stores using your voice or camera phone
Google have launched their very own shopping app, Google Shopper Google Shopper lets users browse stores using voice and picture recognition, or by using an inbuilt barcode scanner. For instance, take a picture of an Xbox game or speak it's…
Zumba phone promises secure, accurate voice control
Designed on an industrial estate in Hereford, the Zumba is the world’s first fully hands-free mobile phone. It comes in two sections – an earpiece and a body. The body is about the size of a credit card and looks a bit like an MP3 player. The earpiece is more like a hearing aid.
Voice recognition tech navigates you through the menus and your contacts are securely stored on a website called “Zumba Lumba”(!). The manufacturers claim that if lost, the phone is useless to anyone but you. It’ll be in shops before the end of the year, and there’s no price tag yet.
(via Reg Hardware)
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Hello, Hello Kitty Robo
If no one else understands you, Hello Kitty Robo might be able to help. It has a microphone for listening to your crazed whispers, plus, being a dependable robot, it won’t then post all your secrets to the internet.
Kitty has stereo cameras for face recognition, so hopefully it can see when you’re crying and rotate one of its moving arms to attempt something approaching a reassuring hug…
