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Voice recognition
How voice-activated speakers are lending a virtual hand to parents
Jul 20, 2017
Digital assistants are finding a new purpose as entertainment for children and pets.
Amazon pushes into Wi-Fi communication space with latest Echo version
May 9, 2017
In addition to everything else Amazon can do for you — recommend books, stream movies, let you shop for appliances and clothes and gourmet food, and get it all by overnight delivery — the company also wants to put a video-equipped digital assistant in your house. This is the latest iteration of Amazon’s Echo speaker […]
Artificial intelligence could soon eclipse touch screens
Dec 23, 2016
Silicon Valley is well on its way toward a world of voice-activated interfaces.
Voice recognition software's bilingual problem
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Molly Wood
Nov 26, 2013
Voice recognition software is more and more common on our devices, but if you're speaking with an accent or in two languages at once, you might be in trouble.
Apple Assistant?
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John Moe
Oct 4, 2011
Big rumor is that Apple is going to announce something called Assistant, which is a much improved version of voice recognition. Apple purchased a...
Voice recognition on next iOS?
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John Moe
May 10, 2011
El Cinco (the iPhone 5) won't likely be getting here until at least fall but the next version of the Apple mobile operating system, iOS, will...
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Susan Orlean's smart search app review
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author198
Jun 22, 2010
Susan Orlean, staff writer for The New Yorker and author of The Orchid Thief and other wonderful books, joined our show on Monday. We've received...