SpeechRecognition Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Siri clone Evi is off to a very bad start

by Mel Martin (Jan 24th, 2012)

Siri has been a big hit for Apple, but as we all know, it runs only on an iPhone 4S. I've been expecting some Siri knock-offs to appear, and now one has that can be used on any iPhone and even the iPad if you don't mind not seeing it full screen. The app is called Evi by True Knowledge. It's ...

Dragon Go! is a must-have voice search app for your iPhone

by Mel Martin (Jul 14th, 2011)

Like the proverbial genie in the bottle, you can ask a lot of Dragon Go! and have a pretty good chance of the app granting your wish. Dragon Go! is the latest free app from Nuance, creators of Dragon Dictate for the Mac and Dragon Dictation for iOS devices. In this latest app, Nuance has ...

Nuance buys SVOX ahead of iOS 5 release

by Mike Schramm (Jun 16th, 2011)

There's a whole trail of rumors hinting at an upcoming deal between speech recognition company Nuance and Apple. For quite a while now (ever since Apple picked up personal assistant software maker Siri), the scuttlebuzz has claimed that the folks in Cupertino would make a deal with Nuance for ...

iOS 5 speech recognition concept showcased in video

by Kelly Hodgkins (May 16th, 2011)

Recent rumors and a patent application suggest an upcoming version of iOS will include some form of speech recognition. Inspired by these revelations, graphic designer Jan-Michael Cart created a short video that shows how Apple could add this speech-to-text functionality to iOS 5. His ...

Nuance voices found in Lion Developer Preview 3

by Michael Grothaus (May 14th, 2011)

Yesterday, we told you that Apple had seeded Lion Developer Preview 3 to developers. We noted at the time that among the new features in Developer Preview 3 were a new boot animation, new graphical elements in the Finder's toolbar, new desktop wallpapers and that Reading List is now enabled in ...

Nuance-like Apple speech recognition patent emerges

by Michael Grothaus (May 14th, 2011)

Rumors have been flying that Apple has entered into some kind of agreement with speech recognition company Nuance. Now Patently Apple has published an Apple patent that shows a possible use for Nuance's technology in the iPhone. The patent covers text-to-speech and speech-to-text conversion. ...

Is a Nuance and Apple deal in the works?

by Michael Grothaus (May 7th, 2011)

TechCrunch is reporting that Apple is in the process of some sort of deal with Nuance Communications, one of the leading companies in the field of speech recognition. Many readers may be familiar with Nuance's Dragon NaturallySpeaking software, however the Dragon speech engine is also licensed and ...

Patent application suggests contextual voice commands for iPhone

by David Quilty (Dec 9th, 2010)

A patent application filed by Apple in 2009 but just released to the public last week shows that they want to improve on the voice command abilities of the iPhone. As reported by AppleInsider, the patent looks as though it would make voice commands available in individual applications rather than ...

AT&T Navigator for iPhone updated, features direct speech recognition

by Steven Sande (Oct 1st, 2010)

If you're a subscriber to the free AT&T Navigator app and the associated service , then you'll want to load the latest update ASAP. AT&T Navigator v1.7i is the newest version of the TeleNav-powered app, and it's now the first iPhone GPS navigation app that incorporates direct speech ...

Dragon Dictation comes to the iPad

by Mel Martin (Apr 2nd, 2010)

This should get a lot of iPad owners excited. Dragon Dictation, which has been so popular on the iPhone, is now available for the iPad. The app is free for a limited time, and adds some new features to the original iPhone version. The app also includes a new Dragon Dictation Notes feature that ...

Nuance acquires MacSpeech

by Mel Martin (Feb 16th, 2010)

Nuance Communications, the company behind Dragon Dictate and Dragon Search for the iPhone, has acquired MacSpeech, the company that makes MacSpeech Dictate and other voice recognition apps for the Mac platform. The first product from MacSpeech was iListen, which was available until 2008. At that ...

January 1 reflections on my favorite things

by Mel Martin (Jan 1st, 2010)

January 1 is always a little strange. A quiet time after a night out, a time to take the tree down and deal with all the green light cords that started out so neatly applied and wind up a tangled maze of complexity. Time to get rid of all the holiday wrappings and hope the trash pickup is soon. ...

ShoutOUT TXT brings voice recognition to SMS messaging

by Mel Martin (Dec 24th, 2009)

ShoutOUT TXT is a new app for the iPhone [iTunes link] that lets you dictate text messages to your iPhone and send them just as you would with regular SMS text messaging. You set up an account and text away, using your existing contact list, or entering any phone number that can be texted. After ...

iSpeak: Voice dialing for iPhone 3G

by Steven Sande (Jul 9th, 2008)

Sunday night on the TUAW Talkcast, we were discussing how much fun this week was going to be from the iPhone software perspective. This announcement from Fonix Speech is exactly what we were talking about. Fonix iSpeak is a voice activation application for the iPhone 3G. There are a couple of ...

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