Speech Interfaces

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	2003	Download all 2003 Viewpoints (PDF)
Dec/Jan -		2003: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 2004
November -		What to Do in Case of Noise: Alternative Interface Technologies Supporting Speech Recognition Announcement: Next Generation Technologies
October -		Distributed Speech Recognition: The Best of Both Worlds?
September -		Consolidation in the Speech-Technology Industry Becomes Evident
August -		Speech-Enabled Solutions on the Road: NIST Award Supports a High-Profile Research Project
July -		Market for Speech-Enabled Applications in Warehouses and Distribution Centers Poised for Growth Recent Developments: Audio-Blogs: Toy or Meaningful Application?
June -		New Trends in Speech Technology
May -		From Powerhouse to Goliath: ScanSoft Changes the Speech Technology Industry for Good
April -		Speech-to-Speech Translation: Chasing a Dream or a Real-World Application?
March -		Nuance, Speech Works, and ScanSoft Release Annual Results—A Mixed Bag of Promising and Disturbing Insights Usability Testing: Does the System Walk the Talk?
February -		Going the Last Mile: Voice Personality DARPA's Speech-Technology Efforts

	2002	Download Aug.–Dec. 2002 Viewpoints (PDF)
Dec/Jan -		2002: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 2003
November -		ScanSoft: Now Speech-Technology Powerhouse
October -		Speech-Technology Industry Hits Speed Bumps
September -		Voice Biometrics: Design Issues and Applications
August -		Nuance and SpeechWorks Provide a Snapshot of the Current State of the Speech-Technology Industry Recent Developments: SALT Picks Up Steam
July -		After Call Centers: Directory Assistance Speech Graffiti: Gimmick or Valuable Tool
June -		Speech Recognition and Data Mining Recent Developments: Nuance versus SpeechWorks Revisited: Pros and Cons of Establishing Benchmarks Explorer Announcement
May -		Nuance and SpeechWorks Publicize Their Competition Niche Markets for Disabled or Impaired Consumers Move to the Center of Attention
April -		Recent Developments: Speech-Enabled Appliances Move into the Limelight • Strategic Alliance Targets Leadership Position among Telecommunication Carriers • IBM Goes Head-On With SALT by Proposing Multimodal Extension of VoiceXML to W3C • T-Mobile's EasyGate Gives Wireless Customers in Germany access to Nuance Speech Technology
March -		Recent Developments: Microsoft-Led SALT Speech-Technology Specification Gathers Momentum • University of Texas at Dallas Establishes Human Language Technology Research Institute
February -		Recent Developments: Lernout & Hauspie Bankruptcy Saga in the United States Is at an End • Remaining L&H Assets Are Sold • IBM Will Launch Super Human Speech-Recognition Project • Nuance Releases Speech-Recognition Software Upgrade

	2001
Dec/Jan -		2001: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 2002
November -		Increased Security Awareness Helps the Speech Verification Market
October -		Recent Developments: Lernout & Hauspie Bankruptcy Saga Nears the End • Wavemakers Releases Improved Noise-Reduction Software
*Prior to October 2001, this technology area was known as "Speech Recognition".*
September -		Recent Developments: Oracle Will Voice-Enable Its Technology and Applications Software Product Lines • Visteon and SpeechWorks Forge a Joint Licensing and Technology Development Alliance for Embedded Speech Solutions • L&H Introduces RealSpeak Software for Mobile Devices • AT&T Labs Will Market Natural Voices Text-to-Speech Software
August -		Recent Developments: Regulatory Issues on Cell-Phone Use in Vehicles will Favorably Affect Speech Market • Ford Adds Cellport 3000 Voice-Command Hands-Free Cellular to 2002 Models • Conversay Will Speech Enable go2 Location-Based Services • Oki Electric and KDDI Research and Development to Debut Voice Portal Service in Japan
July -		Voice XML Specification to Enable Speech-Industry Growth
June -		Tellme and MagicPhone Merger Will Increase Voice-Portal Market Reach • L&H to Reorganize and Possibly Sell off Parts of the Company • Phillips Speech Extends Voice-Recognition Vocabulary to More Than 1 Million Words • Conversay Signs Deal with Qualcomm to Embed Speech Technology • MobileAria to Provide Speech-Enabled Location Service
May -		Recent Developments: Motorola Japan and NTT Software Collaborate on Mya-Enabled Voice Platform • SpeechWorks Formalizes an Alliance with Microsoft and Announces Enhancements to the Speechify Text-to-Speech Engine • Sprint Signs HeyAnita for Voice Portal Service • VerbalTek, Inc., Launches Voice-In, Data-Out Application
April -		Recent Developments: Say It and Buy It with Voice-Enabled Electronic Wallets • Two More Telecommunications Carriers Select Voice Portals • Vicinity Corporation Launches Speech-Enabled Business Finder • Blue Wireless and @Road Collaborate to Voice Enable Mobile Resource Management
March -		Recent Developments: Philips Speech Processing Brings Natural Language Understanding to Fixed and Mobile Telephony • Conversay Speech Technology Enables Wearable Computer • Speech Interface Emerges for Medical Handheld Computer Applications • Televigation Launches Voice-Activated Location and Information Service in the United States
February -		Speech Emerges for Automotive Applications Recent Developments: Speech Interface for Linux-Powered PDA

	2000
Dec/Jan -		2000: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 2001
November -		Recent Developments: Increasing Consumer Acceptance of Speech Recognition • Yahoo Launches Limited Voice-Driven Access Service • America Online Counters Yahoo with AOL by Phone Voice Activated Service • IBM and ATX Technologies Bring Speech Activated Services to the Automobile • Voice-Activated Internet Interface and Portable Computing Platform for the Automobile Are New
October -		Recent Developments: Intel Makes a Strong Move in the Voice Portal Market • L&H Demonstrates Multimodal Interface System for Net-Connected Devices
September -		Recent Developments: Palm Will Use SpeechWorks Voice Access Capability for AnyDay.com Calendar Application • Lycos Changes Partners for Development of a Voice Portal • AOL Buys Quack.com to Provide a Voice Link to Their Internet Services • General Magic Makes Deals with IBM, Nuance, and SpeechWorks to Broaden Market Penetration • SpeechWorks Announces Speaker Verification Capability • Speech will Play a Major Part in Microsoft .Net Initiative
August -		Motorola and Speechworks Move to Keep Pace with Lernout & Hauspie Applications: Is a Speech-Enabled Personal Computing Device on the Horizon?
July -		Voice Portals for Mobile Wireless and Wireline Services Are Here!
June -		L&H Acquires Dragon: Is the Industry Consolidating? Recent Developments: Phonecasting Is a New Service
May -		Speech Recognition for Language Training Recent Developments: L&H New Voice Products • AOL MovieFone
April -		Voice Portals
March -		Highlights from the Telephony Voice User Interface Conference Recent Developments: New Voice Products • Contract Performance
February -		Speech Recognition for Customer-Service Call Centers

	1999
Dec/Jan -		1999: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 2000
November -		Speech Technology and Health-Care Robotics
October -		Speech Recognition and the Electronic Medical Record
September -		Speech Recognition for Mobile Professionals Players: L&H Business Restructuring • Voice Control Systems for Phillips
August -		Explorer Technology Charts
*Before August 1999, the Explorer service was called TechMonitoring, and Viewpoints* were TechLinks.**
July -		Standards for Speech-Activated Handheld Devices Recent Developments: Datamining Using Speech Recognition from Dragon • Andrea Array Microphones for the AutoPC • Japanese Speech-Activated Robotic Pets
June -		Using Speech-Recognition Technology to Improve Customer Service and Support Recent Developments: Product to Combine Continuous Speech Recognition, Translation, and Voice-Powered Accessories • SpeechObjects Source Code from Nuance
May -		Recent Developments: L&H is Looking to Be a Major Player in the Telephony Market • Fidelity Expands Offering of Speech-Driven Financial Services • General Magic and AutoPC Team Will Provide a Specialized Telephone Assistant • A Speech-Enabled Fax-Back Solution Comes to Market • Federal Government Deploys Voice-Activated Auto
April -		Recent Developments: Federal Express Deploys Speech-Enabled IVR System • Speech-Recognition Forum Takes Place in China • Dragon and AOL Will Develop and Deploy Speech • Dell Offers Dragon's Speech-Recognition Technology • NASA Listens to Mars with a Speech Chip
March -		The Business Case for Speech Recognition in Telephony Recent Developments: VXML Alliance • Wildfire from Pacific Bell • Voice Control from Jaguar
February -		Speech Recognition in the Automobile Recent Developments: Talking Web Browser from IBM

	1998
Dec/Jan -		1998: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 1999
November -		Recent Developments: Dragon's NaturallySpeaking for Teens • IBM's Speech Research in China Areas to Monitor: V-Commerce
October -		Accessing the Web Using Voice Recent Developments: E-Mail over the Telephone from Qualcomm • Nuance 6 and General Magic's Portico Service
September -		Recent Developments: Electromagnetic Sensors for Speech Recognition Applications: Integration of Speech Recognition with an Expert System for Customer-Service Applications • Speech-Enabled Personal Assistant for the PC • Portable Dictation System from Sony and Dragon Systems Players: Kurzweil Educational Systems to L&H
August -		Applications: Nuance Verifier for Telephony-Based Call-Center Applications • Speaker Verification for Web Applications from T-Netix • Voice Verification for PC Software Access from Veritel
July -		General-Purpose Continuous-Dictation Product from Philips Recent Developments: SpeechObjects from Nuance Communications • Incorporation of Speech Recognition in Office Suites • New Voice Chip from Analog Devices
June -		Telephony-Based Speech-Recognition Systems
May -		Lernout & Hauspie Ships Voice Xpress Products Recent Developments: Speech Recognition for China from IBM
April -		Recent Developments: Nuance and Omron to Bring Speech Recognition to Japan • UPS's Speech-Based Automated Package-Tracking System • Computer-Generated Talking Head by Fluent Speech Technologies • Telephony-Based Dictation by Speech Machines
March -		Speech Recognition in Portable Devices
February -		Recent Developments: Spanish-Language Speech Recognition Technology for Telephone-Based Services • Development of Speech Recognition E-Mail System • SGML-Based Document Architecture for Health-Care Applications • Microsoft and Intel Investment in Wildfire

	1997
Dec/Jan -		1997: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 1998
November -		New Advance in Continuous Dictation Recent Developments: New Speech Recognition Module for Telephony Application • Virtual Reality Environment and Dragon Speech Recognition
October -		Verbal Middleware Recent Developments: Microsoft and L&H in New Alliance
September -		Spoken Language Understanding: A Next-Generation Technology Recent Developments: Schwab's Stock Quote System • American Express Testing Speech Recognition Application • Lernout & Haspie's Last Acquisition
August -		An Update on Text-to-Speech Technologies Recent Developments: Continuous Speech to Text for Medical Specialties by Philips • SpeechMike Trackball Microphone
July -		Key Ideas to Build Winning Speech Recognition Applications on PCs and Portable Computers Recent Developments: Nuance6 for U.K. English Areas to Monitor: R&D Text-To-Speech Technology
June -		Speaker Verification Recent Developments: Voice-Driven Timetables • IBM VoiceType Developer's Toolkit Version 3.1 Areas to Monitor: Standards
May -		Payment Systems by Speech Recognition Telephony
April -		China: An Emerging Market for Speech Recognition Applications
March -		Jumping from Academic Research to Commercial Applications
February -		Spoken Language in Human Machine Interfaces: The Past as Springboard to the Future

	1996
Dec/Jan -		1996: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 1997
November -		IVNS with Speech Recognition
October -		Toolkits versus Speech Recognition Plug-Ins?
September -		Evaluation of Speech Recognition System Performance • New Chips for Speech Recognition
August -		AESOP 2000 • The Elder Care Robot • SR2, Security Robot System
July -		Toolkits: Enablers of Speech User Interfaces?
June -		Speech Recognition in High-Noise Environments • VCP and Windows NT • AT&T Watson Advanced Speech Applications Platform
May -		Speech in IBM's Operating System • Voice-Activated Voicemail • Tools for Game Developers • In-Vehicle Communications System • DragonTel • Accessing E-Mail by Phone • Speech Standard Released • Galaxy from MIT
April -		Speaker Verification System from Linkon • Voice-Activated Cellular Telephones • System for Noisy Environments • Speech-Based Games • Mobile Assistant • Wearable Office of the Future
March -		Advanced Telephony Services
February -		Parrot Organizer • Wildfire Deals • Pen and Voice Commands for Virtual Reality • Language Products • Speech Services for the Internet • Speaker Verification in Home Security • Banking Interface
Dec/Jan -		1995: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 1996