Comments on: Nuance BeVocal vs Microsoft Tellme http://www.vuidesign.net/nuance-bevocal-vs-microsoft-tellme.htm Interface Design Lessons From The World Around Us Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:37:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: howard lindzon http://www.vuidesign.net/nuance-bevocal-vs-microsoft-tellme.htm#comment-22 howard lindzon Thu, 15 Mar 2007 19:30:01 +0000 http://www.vuidesign.net/nuance-bevocal-vs-microsoft-tellme.htm#comment-22 om says that nuance will get license and royalties from microsoft/tellme so good for nuance here om says that nuance will get license and royalties from microsoft/tellme so good for nuance here

]]> By: eolvera http://www.vuidesign.net/nuance-bevocal-vs-microsoft-tellme.htm#comment-23 eolvera Wed, 21 Mar 2007 22:23:21 +0000 http://www.vuidesign.net/nuance-bevocal-vs-microsoft-tellme.htm#comment-23 On the other hand though, this much consolidation is certainly going to hurt new advances in the technology. In the past, Nuance and SpeechWorks were in a continuous race to beat each other, which led to great advances in the Speech Recognition Industry. But with less and much bigger players, they won't be able to react as fast as they used to, and will not have the same motivation to keep pushing the envelope... On the other hand though, this much consolidation is certainly going to hurt new advances in the technology. In the past, Nuance and SpeechWorks were in a continuous race to beat each other, which led to great advances in the Speech Recognition Industry.
But with less and much bigger players, they won’t be able to react as fast as they used to, and will not have the same motivation to keep pushing the envelope…

]]> By: Todd http://www.vuidesign.net/nuance-bevocal-vs-microsoft-tellme.htm#comment-60 Todd Tue, 03 Apr 2007 19:44:50 +0000 http://www.vuidesign.net/nuance-bevocal-vs-microsoft-tellme.htm#comment-60 Hey there. TellMe does use Nuance's recognizer, although there won't be additional license revenues to Nuance unless TellMe expands their data center or upgrades to the upcoming Nuance Recognizer 9. There's been some speculation that Microsoft will convert TellMe's infrastructure to the MS recognizer. That will take a while and be expensive, but we've seen that MS will spend money where they think it's important to get market share. Nuance is not the only recognizer game in town. BBN, IBM, and Microsoft have their own offerings, and deep pockets. There are also a few minor players. I would expect these companies to make improvements in their offerings, as platform companies like Intervoice, Cisco, Genesys, etc. investigate diversifying their platforms. Todd Hey there.

TellMe does use Nuance’s recognizer, although there won’t be additional license revenues to Nuance unless TellMe expands their data center or upgrades to the upcoming Nuance Recognizer 9. There’s been some speculation that Microsoft will convert TellMe’s infrastructure to the MS recognizer. That will take a while and be expensive, but we’ve seen that MS will spend money where they think it’s important to get market share.

Nuance is not the only recognizer game in town. BBN, IBM, and Microsoft have their own offerings, and deep pockets. There are also a few minor players. I would expect these companies to make improvements in their offerings, as platform companies like Intervoice, Cisco, Genesys, etc. investigate diversifying their platforms.

Todd

]]> By: Todd http://www.vuidesign.net/nuance-bevocal-vs-microsoft-tellme.htm#comment-61 Todd Tue, 03 Apr 2007 19:45:22 +0000 http://www.vuidesign.net/nuance-bevocal-vs-microsoft-tellme.htm#comment-61 Oh, and Dragon Dictate became Dragon Naturally Speaking 10 years ago. Todd Oh, and Dragon Dictate became Dragon Naturally Speaking 10 years ago.

Todd

]]> By: Voice User Interface Design VUI » Blog Archive » 1-800-Google http://www.vuidesign.net/nuance-bevocal-vs-microsoft-tellme.htm#comment-166 Voice User Interface Design VUI » Blog Archive » 1-800-Google Mon, 09 Apr 2007 19:11:01 +0000 http://www.vuidesign.net/nuance-bevocal-vs-microsoft-tellme.htm#comment-166 [...] This makes things really interesting considering Microsoft recently acquired Local Voice Search capabilities as well through the acquisition of Tellme. [...] […] This makes things really interesting considering Microsoft recently acquired Local Voice Search capabilities as well through the acquisition of Tellme. […]

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