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If you’re looking to take your productivity up a notch (or if you’re just a really slow typist), the best speech-to-text software is a sure way to do it. The idea is pretty simple: You speak, and the ...

The quality of in-game voice and text chat could soon improve in smaller games. Vivox, the company that provides the communications technology in massive blockbusters like Fortnite, Rainbow Six: Siege ...

Speech recognition has gone from convenient to crucial over the last few years as smart speakers and driving assist modes have taken off — but not everyone’s voice is recognized equally well.

A voice software technology developer is suing Amazon.com Inc., saying the e-commerce giant infringed on patents when developing software for the Alexa digital assistant. VB Assets LLC, which owns the ...

Jive Software will add voice over IP (VoIP) calling within a month to its instant messaging software, which has been renamed Openfire. The company on Thursday released a beta of Openfire version 3.2, ...

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Software maker ScanSoft is set to announce on Tuesday a new version of its OpenSpeech Recognizer software for running voice-activated phone systems. The OSR software typically is used for customer ...

Although there is some noticeable delay between speaking the words and seeing them appear on-screen, Google Docs has a reasonably accurate voice to text transciption tool. It’s also surprisingly good ...

Here is a list of the best free open source text to speech converter software for Windows 11/10. Text to speech or TTS is no new technology and is used in a wide number of applications in modern times ...

Consolidating the rapidly growing market for voice recognition systems and services, Nuance Communications is in the process of acquiring Vlingo, a provider of mobile voice recognition and analysis ...

In today's economy, businesses need to have a fast-paced, global reach in order to compete. Large corporations can afford to hire employees who speak a variety of languages and put them in strategic ...