IBM Software - Speech Recognition:
Big Blue's ViaVoice offerings in the desktop continuous speech
dictation arena. Competes with Dragon Systems. Has mobile dictation
and telephony products as well. Has continuous speech recognition
for the Apple Macintosh.
http://www.software.ibm.com/speech/
Digilog UK:
Develops computerized lie detector systems that perform realtime
diagnosis of vocal segments. Products include Truster - the world's
first personal lie detector, and Trusterpro - a professional version
that provides investigators, law enforcement agents and executives
with reliable truth verification through multiple modes of
operation.
http://www.digilog.org
IMSI Software:
IMSI Utilities Group licenses IBM ViaVoice technology to produce
their own line of "VoiceDirect" dictation software.
http://www.imsisoft.com
Natural Language Recognition:
Simplis, Inc, provides a Java based "natural language" speech
recognition interface designed to simplify access to existing
programs and web applications.
http://www.simplis.com/
Speech Recognition News and Studies:
TMA Associates publishes Speech Recognition Update, an industry
newsletter on the business, products, markets, and companies in
speech recognition, text-to-speech, and speaker verification. The
site contains headlines and recent news, as well as descriptions of
TMA conferences and market studies in speech recognition.
http://www.tmaa.com
HAL Hits the Home:
Voice recognition software (with product names HAL2000) for Windows
95/98 that supports air conditioning, telephony, infrared, Internet,
X-10 and security - for use in home systems. Site gives audio
examples of the interactions possible.
http://www.automatedliving.com/
Speak Freely for Windows:
An Internet "phone" program for talking to someone PC-to-PC over a
network, i.e., a voice chat program. No banner ads. No phone
charges. Also has encryption hooks, "answering machine," text chat,
cross platform versions for Unix/Linux. Optional facility for a
buddy addressing server so that you can find out who else is on-line
similar to the "commercial" instant messaging programs. Integrates
with ICQ. Good voice quality. Very popular. Free software download.
Optional C++ source code (free) for those interested in tinkering
with Internet speech protocols.
http://www.speakfreely.org/
Speech Technology Magazine:
Online edition of the magazine, plus information on an annual 'SpeechTEK'
speech technology business exposition.
http://www.speechtek.com/
Voice Applications, Inc.:
Knowledgeable and un-hyped web site explaining business applications
of speech and voice technology.
http://www.voiceio.com
Answers For Executives:
Site addressing typical questions executives might have about speech
recognition for offices and companies. Contains product reviews,
installation guidelines, provocative analysis of the industry for
people who would rather use voice technology instead of typing.
http://www.voicewizard.com
PGPfone:
Pretty Good Privacy internet phone allows encrypted talking over a
network. MAC and PC versions available.
http://web.mit.edu/network/pgpfone/
Grover Industries, Inc.:
Provides command and control applications for internet and desktop
contexts.
http://www.groverind.com
Mobilethink:
Danish startup specializing in developing mobile phone speech
solutions that are integrated with Internet information systems.
http://www.mobilethink.dk
Speech Technology Center:
Russian organization providing unusual variety of speech processing
products and services for research and development, speech
recognition, voice verification, speaker identification, noise
reduction in speech signals, noise cancellation, forensic
examination, audio analysis, logging and communication channel
protection.
http://www.speechpro.com
MS Agent Characters and Software:
Microsoft Agent based command and control uses voice to browse the
web, receive email, schedule appointments and participate in chat
groups.
http://www.e-clips.com.au
Scansoft - Dragon Naturally Speaking:
Acquired Lernout & Hauspie, Dragon Systems speech recognition and
synthesis resources and products. Also known for digital imaging
products.
http://www.scansoft.com
Game Commander:
Speaker independent (no training required) voice control software
for Windows games replaces keystrokes with voice commands for
popular games. Template files, patches, message boards, downloads,
free trial version.
http://www.gamecommander.com
Guardian Business Solutions, Inc.:
Provides speech software for business applications including voice
warehouse picking and inventory counting. Partnered with Syvox for
warehouse applications; has own software for the manufacturing
arena.
http://www.gbsvoice.com
Hand Held:
Site sells a large-vocabulary continuous speech recognizer that runs
on a PDA. Current offering (free beta download) is a voice enabled
address book for Win 95, Win 98, Win NT, Win CE, Pocket PC.
http://www.handheldspeech.com
Talking DeskMain:
Speech recognition, text-to-speech software transforms a Windows
computer into a conversational desktop companion. Provides
dictation, web navigation, voice email, web cams, on-line news,
weather maps, stock ticker, X10 home automation, MP3 music player,
3D avatar, disabilities features. Project in progress.
http://www.talkingdesktop.com
Speech Recognition for In-car Use:
Germany based Bأ¶hme Datentechnik deals in hands-free systems having
echo and noise cancellation features.
http://www.voice-recognition.de/english/start_engl.html
Speech and Handwriting Recognition for Wireless:
Advanced Recognition Technologies, Inc. - designs, develops and
distributes speech and handwriting recognition software products and
technologies focusing on embedded software for cellular devices,
mobile communicators, and PDAs.
http://www.artcomp.com/
Speech FX:
An ongoing speech recognition project for the Apple Macintosh,
currently concentrating on enhancing command and control.
http://software.accettura.com/products/speechfx/
Fourth Annual Telephony Voice User Interface Conference:
Brings together leading managers, experts and investors in speech
recognition and telephony, to explore the business opportunities
created by telephone speech recognition, text-to-speech synthesis,
and voice web technology. February 4-6 2002
http://www.kprinc.com/2001/pr037.htm
Dragon Naturally Speaking:
Desktop and mobile dictation, telephony, vertical market add-ons and
developers' tools. Brand and technology acquired by Lernout and
Hauspie and recently (November 2001) sold to Scansoft.
http://www.scansoft.com/naturallyspeaking/
HAL2000 Distributor / UK:
UK distributor of HAL2000 voice-activated home operating system.
http://www.habitek.co.uk/
Open Source Speech Recognition System:
Carnegie Mellon Sphinx project. Real-time continuous speech
recognition system. Downloadable source for Linux/Unix and Windows
NT or later.
http://fife.speech.cs.cmu.edu/sphinx/
Philips Speech Processing:
Worldwide provider of speech recognition solutions for telephony,
voice portals, automotive and consumer embedded systems, medical and
legal dictation with multi-lingual capabilities. SDK's available for
inclusion of speech recognition in business systems.
http://www.speech.philips.com/
Conversay:
Computational Computing Corp. sells application specific speech
enabled products including voice responsive browsers, office
messaging system, speech SDK's for mobile devices, telephony speech
servers.
http://www.conversay.com
Speech Recognition Resources:
Broad collection of site links to speech recognition companies,
services, products, magazines, trade shows, books, developer tools
and online resources with a brief personal summary of each.
http://www.SpeechXP.com/commercial/speech.htm
Natspeak Information Pages:
An unusual compendium of insider knowledge about Dragon Systems
NaturallySpeaking speech recognition products. Downloadable
utilities, tips for improved usage as well as a detailed, programmer
oriented explanation of techniques for adding extended macro
capabilities using Python code and custom grammar files. Generally
oriented towards versions 4.0 and lower but still insightful for
later versions. Hosted by Synapse Adaptive, provider of a wide range
of assistive technologies.
http://www.naturalspeak.com
SpeechRecognition.Net:
A speech technology brokering firm bringing together suppliers of
speech technology products, start-ups, merger candidates, funding
sources, marketing or outsourcing services.
http://www.speechrecognition.net
Applied Technologies on Language and Speech: IberVox ASR:
Barcelona based firm offering speech recognition, TTS and VoiceXML
products for Spanish, Catalan, Basque, Portuguese, and the varieties
of Spanish spoken in Latin America.
http://www.atlas-cti.com
Verbatim Careers Institute:
Offers training for new careers made possible by advances in speech
recognition technology.
http://www.verbatimcareers.com/
Voice Technology in Warehouse Management:
A guide to the use of speech technology in warehouse management
systems - FAQs, white papers and articles.
http://www.voicepicking.com
