The difference with Magic block is that it's taking captured voice and making it searchable. The real challenge in speech recognition is to translate speech to text from multiple people who have not been trained. IBM has another project for "Speech-to-Speech Translation" (http://domino.watson.ibm.com/comm/research.nsf/pages/r.uit.innovation.html ) So the Magic block is not all that suprsing.
Microsoft has been pumping a lot money into UCSD's comuptational linguistics program (ie speech recoginition. Would be interesting to find a contact at UCSD find out how their research is progressing. Would make a interesting topic for a meeting if it's possible. As for MS speech server I have not been following it all that closely recently. --- Tony Su <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Actually Randy, > > Searching speech isn't anything particularly unique > or imaginative. > There is a Speech version of XML and if you can get > text to speech into > any searchable database you can run queries against > it. > > What probably makes IBM's application unique is the > performance and cost > of its Dragon speech recognition which enables the > conversion of speech > to text so you can do other things like search. > > Don't know why this hasn't been more of a hot button > with MS. MS has its > Speech Server, but in general its products and > solutions have been so > expensive that I've only seen larger corporate > business solutions. MS > probably does have substantial inhouse knowledge and > technology in this > area, like others it's essential to penetrate > marketplaces where > keyboards don't support enormous charactersets like > the asian languages. > > Tony > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Randall Shimizu > Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 11:10 AM > To: Fowler, John C; [email protected]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [sdw2003] RE: (IBM's Magic Block: voice > recorder with > speechrecognition) The real leader in voice > recognition showstangible > resutts > > The key difference here is that IBM's magic block > has the abiltity to > search for words or phrases that has been recorded. > My guess is that IBM > will license the product to a another compamy to > market or have some > other company rebrand and market it. This has been > IBM's route to > market for consumer technology in recent years. > > --- "Fowler, John C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > This is too bad... I would like to see the > disabled groups give them a > > > thumb's up for the voice recognition services. > > Today "Dragon Naturally > > Speaking" still leads in that realm. > > > > John > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Randall Shimizu > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 7:24 PM > > To: Fowler, John C > > Subject: Re: (IBM's Magic Block: voice recorder > with speech > > recognition) The real leader in voice recognition > shows tangible > > resutts > > > > > > > > --- Randall Shimizu > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > (IBM's Magic Block: voice recorder with speech > > > recognition) The real leader in voice > recognition shows tangible > > > results. With decades of voice recognition > research IBM has once > > > again shown > > itself > > > to lead the way in R&D. This is opposed to a > > speech > > > recognition technology touted in Vista that IBM > integrated into > > > their own OS over 10 years ago. > > > > > > > > > (http://www.ibm.com/news/nl/nl/2006/02/nl_nl_news_20060308.html > > > ) > > > > > > (http://cellphones.engadget.com/2006/03/20/ibms-magic-block-voice-record > er-w > > ith-speech-recognition/#comments > > > ) > > > > > > -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
