There are many ways in which voice is relevant to mobile information
technology. On the one hand, one moves information by voice over
telephone systems. On the other hand, one can record voice into a
"thing" which is sent from point to point (such as a cassette tape),
or one can record information in a "thing" and take the "thing" along.
If voice is recorded, it can be done in analog format, which is
generally bulkier, and does not integrate well with information
systems, or it can be done digitally. Digital information can be
purely a numerical representation of the sounds, or it can be
interpreted using recognition software (or firmware) to its most
fundamental form of information (text or numerical content).
[1999/02/15]
Aug. 28, 1997, Business Wire reports that Centigram Communications
Corporation will use voice recognition technology from Voice Control
Systems Inc., with their Series 6 communications server. [This seems
to be a voice mail system.]
[1997/09/02]
Aug. 26, 1997, PR Newswire reports that Andrea Electronics Corporation
announced that they will supply noise cancelling headsets to be
included with IBM ViaVoice(TM) and VoiceType(R) speech recognition
products.
[1997/08/26]
Aug. 19, 1997, Business Wire reports that IBM has shipped ViaVoice
for Windows 95 and Windows NT at $99.00 (US). Capable of data
entry as fast as 140 words per minute with a vocabulary of up to
64,000 words, ViaVoice comes with a noise cancelling headset, but
requires no other special hardware. A minimum system is a 150 MHz
Pentium MMX or 166 MHz Pentium with 32 MB RAM (48 MB for Window NT)
and 125 MB of free hard disk space. In September, IBM will ship
ViaVoice for UK English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Chinese.
http://www.software.ibm.com/is/voicetype/
[1997/08/22]
Aug. 18, 1997, Canada News Wire reports that VocalTec Communications Ltd.,
the Internet (IP) Telephony Company has launched the first virtual
PC-to-standard telephone network. The effort is supported by Motorola
Dialogic Corporation, ITXC Corp., Compaq Computer Corporation and Digital
Equipment Corporation.
http://www.vocaltec.com/
[1997/08/22]
Aug. 14, 1997 Canadian Corporate News reports that CLM Sales of Atlanta
Georgia has signed an exclusive one-year contract to distribute
BCB Holdings Inc.'s PC Talk voice e-mail and "personal voice logging
software" and NetBoard voice compression sound card.
[1997/08/22]
Aug. 13, 1997, PR Newswire reports that IBM has approved three models of
Telex Computer Audio Group's Nomad(TM) noise cancelling headsets for use
with ViaVoice(R), VoiceType(R) Simply Speaking and Simply Speaking Gold
voice recognition systems.
[1997/08/19]
Aug. 12,1997, PR Newswire reports that Meridian Technology Corp. will
resell Data Race's "Be There!" voice remote access through desktop or
mobile computer system.
http://www.datarace.com/
[1997/08/15]
Aug. 4, 1997, Business Wire reports that Intel has licensed Noise
Cancellation Technologies, Inc.'s ClearSpeech-PC/COM (TM) software
which reduces background noise.
http://www.nct-active.com/
[1997/08/06]
July 9, 1997, PR Newswire reports that Computer Devices announced
that their VoiSys International subisidiary's product Voice Power
will be distributed in North and South America by Tech Data. The
system adds voice command to Netscape Navigator or controls
applications programs.
http://www.voisys.com
[1997/07/14]
June 12, 1997, Newsbytes reports that IBM has announced advanced
speech recognition packages at much lower costs than previous
offerings. Priced at $199 (US) for ViaVoice and $49 US for Simply
Speaking no special hardware is required.
[1997/06/18]
June 6, 1997, Business Wire reports that Dragon's "Naturally
Speaking" continuous speech recognition software has won Byte
Magazine's Best of Show award for COMDEX/Spring '97. Best
portable was the Gateway 2000 Solo 9100. Other finalists
for best portable were Toshiba Portege 300CT with 1024 *
600 display, and Toshiba Satellite 440CDX with new "Fast Scan"
display technology. For other awards information see the
COMDEX website.
http://www.comdex.com
[1997/06/13]
Apr. 8, 1997, Business Wire reports that Motorola has introduced
a new series of PCM codec filters for digitized voice transmission.
The MC14LC5480 series includes 3V low power versions and 5V versions.
www.mot.com/codec
[1997/04/15]
Apr. 3, 1997, Computer Reseller News reports that Dragon Systems
has developed Naturally Speaking speech recognition package that
works with natural, continuous English speech. The system
will sell for about $695 (US) and works on Windows 95 and Windows
NT systems with 133 MHz 32MB RAM for Win 95 or 48MB RAM for Windows
NT. Processor type was not identified in the article.
[1997/04/10]
Mar. 19, 1997, PR Newswire reports that Motorola has licenced
Digital Voice Systems, Inc. (DVSI)'s Advanced Multi-Band Excitation
(AMBE(R)) speech coder for their Satellite Communictations Group to
use in the IRIDIUM(R) satellite communications system.
[1997/03/30]
Mar. 14, 1997, Newsbytes reports that IBM released VoiceType
Connection which is a voice interface package for Netscape
Navigator for $14.95 US.
[1997/03/21]