Microsoft’s Speech Recognition Tech Now Understands Conversations
Microsoft Artificial Intelligence and Research group has claimed in a paper published this week that its speech recognition system can now understand human conversations, marking the first time "human parity" has been reported for conversational speech. According to Network World, Microsoft's researchers are now working on ways to make sure that speech recognition works well in more real-life...
Apple Reportedly Expanding Siri Speech Recognition Research Team Based in Boston
Apple is working on expanding its Boston-based research team currently working on Siri's speech recognition, reports BetaBoston. The company has reportedly leased a new space, which measures in at 13,000 square feet. The new facility will be used to house the Cambridge-based research team. "Several commercial realtors tell me that the Cupertino company has leased...
Apple Buys Speech Recognition Pioneer Company ‘Novauris Technologies’ [u]
According to a report by TechCrunch, Apple has quietly acquired Novauris Technologies, an automatic speech recognition (ASR) technology company well-known as the voice dictation pioneer. The company, which was founded in 2002, grew of a British research subsidiary of Dragon Systems and was being run by Yoon Kim, Melvyn Hunt and John Bridle, a team who worked at Dragon,...