From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from ycardz.com(server52.aitcom.net[208.234.0.31]) (2164 bytes) by braille.uwo.ca via smail with P:esmtp/D:aliases/T:pipe (sender: ) id for ; Tue, 14 Mar 2000 10:38:08 -0500 (EST) (Smail-3.2.0.102 1998-Aug-2 #2 built 1999-Sep-5) Received: from 2034.iadfw.net (2034.iadfw.net [206.66.13.175]) by ycardz.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with SMTP id KAA20823 for ; Tue, 14 Mar 2000 10:38:09 -0500 Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.20000314093520.007cb1d0@ycardz.com> X-Sender: davros@ycardz.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 09:35:20 -0600 To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca From: Buddy Brannan Subject: ibm puts voice on palm Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" List-Id: Got this off another list, and thought others might find it of some interest: >>) ==+ >> IBM Puts Voice on Palm >> IBM announces ViaVoice version for handhelds, non-PC devices (like cars). >> >> by Ephraim Schwartz, InfoWorld >> March 8, 2000, 6:55 a.m. PT >> >> At the Mobile Insights 2000 conference, IBM demonstrated its speech >> recognition and text-to-speech technology on a Palm III personal digital >> assistant. The Personal Speech Assistant prototype shown on stage was >> attached to the back of a Palm III, similar to other Palm III add-ons. >Inside >> the PSA unit was the Embedded ViaVoice software, optimized for both the >Palm >> OS and an NEC embedded processor. >> >> In the demonstration, billed as only a technology demo, IBM official David >> Barnes made numerous voice-command and control calls to the unit, which >> responded by verifying appointments, taking short messages, and >translating >> selected words into Spanish and Japanese. >> >> Read the entire story at: >> >link http://www.pcworld.com/cgi-bin/pcwtoday?ID=15638 >> >> >> >> >> ************************************************************ >> * ACB-L is maintained and brought to you as a service * >> * of the American Council of the Blind. * >> ************************************************************ >bottom >Doris Fisher >Bellflower California >doryfisher@mediaone.net > > -- Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV Email: davros@ycardz.com Voice mail: 877-791-5298 All opinions are all mine!