All items tagged with voice recognition and transcription (9)

Synaptics Introduces World's First AI SoC Optimized for Unified Communication and Collaboration Products

October 31, 2023 by audioXpress Staff

Synaptics Introduces World's First AI SoC Optimized for Unified Communication and Collaboration Products

Synaptics announced the availability of the DVF120, a power-efficient and cost-optimized system on chip (SoC) that is optimized for advanced Unified Communication and Collaboration (UC&C) products, and leverages the company's experience to integrate all major features required for such applications. The SoC extends its range of compute engines with a field-proven Linux and Android SDK, enterprise-grade security, and native support of popular collaboration platforms.

Otter-ai Launches OtterPilot Smart AI Meeting Assistant to Automate Note-taking and Meeting Summaries

February 15, 2023 by Joao Martins

Otter-ai Launches OtterPilot Smart AI Meeting Assistant to Automate Note-taking and Meeting Summaries

Audio to text transcription engines powered by artificial intelligence are increasingly being integrated in meeting and collaboration solutions, leading to extraordinary possibilities in automation. A leader and pioneer in that space, Otter-ai is now launching OtterPilot, a smart AI meeting assistant that automates meetings from start to finish to help professionals and teams save time and increase meeting productivity.

Picovoice Announces Speech-to-Text 2.0: Better, Faster, Stronger

March 9, 2022 by Joao Martins

Picovoice Announces Speech-to-Text 2.0: Better, Faster, Stronger

Picovoice announced a new speech-to-text engine that they believe will be able to disrupt the $30B transcription market. The young Canadian company focused earlier on its own wake word (Porcupine), speech-to-text, and speech-to-intent engines. To prove its latest Speech-to-Text solution, Picovoice is offering 100 hours of free transcription per month to showcase that cloud-level accuracy can be achieved without sacrificing privacy, reliability, and affordability.

Microsoft Acquires Voice Recognition Pioneer Nuance Communications

April 12, 2021 by Joao Martins

Microsoft Acquires Voice Recognition Pioneer Nuance Communications

As rumored, Microsoft has announced the acquisition of Nuance Communications, the speech-to-text and voice recognition pioneer, for US$19.7 billion - the second-largest acquisition in Microsoft’s history. Microsoft apparently recognized the value of Nuance's efforts in healthcare, financial services, telco, retail, travel, and government applications, and recent investments in conversational AI. How will Microsoft leverage the company's products and technologies is certainly more related to his efforts in those very same verticals and synergy with its Office and Business software suites, than any effort to revive Cortana.

LiveVox Announces Acquisition of Speech Analytics Specialist Firm SpeechIQ

January 28, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

LiveVox Announces Acquisition of Speech Analytics Specialist Firm SpeechIQ

LiveVox, the customer service and digital engagement tools company, announced the acquisition of SpeechIQ, a speech recognition and voice transcription technology company. LiveVox is a one-stop-shop for cloud-based CRM, call-center, contact center and customer engagement service platforms, unifying all conversations and interactions in one place. Adding voice recognition, voice to text transcription and analytics is obviously a great add-on for LiveVox.

Voicera Launches New Voice Collaboration AI Solution Featuring Transcription and Voice-Activated Integrations

November 19, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

Voicera Launches New Voice Collaboration AI Solution Featuring Transcription and Voice-Activated Integrations

Voice applications for business are benefiting from both new technology advances and user's familiarity with voice recognition and interfaces. Voicera, maker of the Enterprise Voice Assistant EVA, unveiled a number of innovations that further separates its voice collaboration platform from transcription apps and note-taking assistants. The new features, which include an Artificial Intelligence (AI) phone dialer, voice-activated reminders, and visual integrations, help increase productivity from workplace conversations.

Expanding Horizons in Audio and Voice

September 28, 2017 by Joao Martins

Expanding Horizons in Audio and Voice

It's been an interesting week! Just prior to the IBC 2017 show, Apple made its traditional event for the launch of the new iPhone 8 and iPhone X (and those Augmented Reality demos were amazing!), also debuting the new Apple TV 4K. And before Samsung and all the other Smartphone manufacturers start announcing their own versions of "X" models, we had a series of interesting corporate and technology announcements, culminating by Amazon's announcement of a series of new Alexa-based hardware devices...

March 22, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

Philips Launches Brand-New Music and Voice Audio Recorder with Three Microphones

Austrian company Speech Processing Solutions, a Philips subsidiary, has announced a new audio recorder, which expands the company's tradition with voice recording also as a recording device for music enthusiasts. The Philips VoiceTracer audio recorder DVT7500 has been specially developed for high quality recordings, combining three high-quality microphones, an XLR and line-in connector, as well as 16GB of internal storage space. And of course, it still supports the company's famous voice to text applications.

Philips Introduces Renewed Voice Tracers Audio Recorder Range

August 16, 2016 by audioXpress Staff

Philips Introduces Renewed Voice Tracers Audio Recorder Range

Believe it or not, even in this smartphone era, dedicated dictation recorders still offer best-in-class voice recording in any situation, especially when considering pairing with available speech to text recognition applications and transcription services. Professional dictation specialists Philips Speech Processing Solutions, now offers its new Voice Tracer audio recorders range with 8 GB internal memory space, doubling the recording time of its previous models.