Stories about: Recognition Systems

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    One in three prefer speech recognition to a real person 07/05/2008 14:21:51

    A study by research firm Callcentres.net has found that both Australian customer satisfaction with speech recognition systems, and the technical capabilities of the systems, have increased significantly over the past several years.
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    Search evolution: New ways to get better results 26/09/2007 10:41:46

    If you're ready for a new take on Web searching, a bunch of beta services are set to offer novel ways to search and to organize your results. The beta services that are offering these and other innovations promise to turn conventional Web search on its ear.
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    Antispam system behind massive book digitization effort 29/05/2007 09:46:06

    You know those pesky but necessary CAPTCHA boxes whose squiggly letters and digits you need to retype to make use of certain parts of sites such as Yahoo, Wikipedia and PayPal?
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    Researchers turn keyboard clicks into text 14/09/2005 12:04:54

    Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have found a way to turn the clicks and clacks of typing on a computer keyboard into a startlingly accurate transcript of what exactly is being typed.
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    Intel plans lip-reading boost for voice recognition 01/05/2003 08:09:34

    Intel Corp. has released software which enables a computer to perform a similar task to human lip-reading, as an aid to existing sound-based voice recognition systems, the company said Monday.
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    New interface looks to endanger mouse, keyboard 11/10/2002 08:00:00

    Researchers at the University of Delaware (UD) have invented a technology that they say will do away with the traditional mouse and keyboard, replacing them instead with a touch pad and finger motions that will allow computer users to control their machines "like magic."
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    Biometric security barely skin-deep 02/08/2002 08:11:00

    With just US$10 in materials and less an hour to complete his work, a Japanese researcher molded fake fingerprints that could overwhelmingly deceive biometric thumb scanners, a security technology expert reported at the BlackHat Briefings conference Las Vegas.
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    IBM deals up a card-size computer 11/02/2002 08:14:14

    IBM Research has built a computer the size of a stack of index cards partially to find out how people will react when they can carry their PCs with them everywhere they go, said Ken Ocheltree, lead IBM research engineer on the Meta Pad project.
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    Omron has a pet robot for cat lovers 19/10/2001 08:00:00

    Problem: you want to own a pet robot, but you are a cat person -- and most available entertainment pet robots, such as Sony Corp.'s Aibo, are dog-like.
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    IBM ramps up speech technology products and research 26/06/2001 14:54:36

    In the belief that speech technology is a big, fast-moving, and diverse market, IBM will put its stake in the ground over the next two quarters by giving its portfolio of voice recognition systems a new umbrella term -- Conversational Services.
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    The Digital Future 21/01/2000 16:55:09

    How will the next advances in computing affect your life and work? The horizon is crowded with possibilities, from polymorphic viruses to wireless everything. Here's what's in store - we think.
 
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