VoxTiger + VoiceObjects ( + tellme+ skype)

Hi,

Check the following links...

http://www.voxtiger.com/
http://www.voiceobjects.com/en/news/2006/101806vt.html


Cheers
Raxit

Nuance'S Mobile Text Messaging Challenge...

Nuance to host Mobile Text Messaging Challenge, and one parti. is Ben Cook, (world champion of text messaging) Vs Nuance's Speech Technology,

As Nuance telling it as 'Amazing' and 'man Vs Machine' stuff ,it will creating the interest in the speech (and mobile) community


you can view this @ Nuance's Site :
http://www.nuance.com/news/pressreleases/20061016_textmessaging.asp


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Raxit Sheth

One more OpenSource--About Stop Rude Calls

Checkout this,

Stop Rude Calls, Hmmm so Vxml/Ivr/ccxml projects gets increased on SF.net


Cheers,
Raxit Sheth

Disposable Phone Number ?

chkout this,

http://www.oreillynet.com/etel/blog/2006/09/disposable_phone_numbers.html

I have to think this trick really useful ?

Any idea on this ?
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Raxit

Voice Gaming ...!!!

Recently come to know about this,

the KBC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaun_Banega_Crorepati), Indian Gameshow anchored by Amitabh Bachchan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amitabh_Bachchan (Indian Superstar) is ( actually very simillar gameshow ) being played over the telephone, by Telefun (www.telefun.com.pk), with the Name and Voice of Amitabh Bachan and the company get hogged in to some Non-Technical issues,


Even the company is expecting to get very good response, of the game show, Aao Banain Crorepati ( Let's become Millionare), the interesting point is As per this link,
http://www.entertainmentorbit.com/2006/09/14/voice-of-big-b-resounds-to-karachi-callers.html
the company has created VUI/Audio Design in such a way that participant feels that the game show is actually run by Amitabh.(which is actually not)


ref. link
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1992710.cms



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Raxit Sheth

Common Sense Suggestions for Developing Multimodal UI

Checkout this interesting one, by Jim Larson of Intel, on Commonsense Suggestions for Multimodal User Interface,

http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/NOTE-mmi-suggestions-20060911/

If i remember correctly, not of MM but for VoiceApps dirk (of JvoiceXml) has prepared a survey for VUI, for some fact-finding from user perspective, what problems users are facing while using SpeechApps and survey was having detailed question.


before that T.V.Raman of IBM (Currently in Google) has also put some thought on UI principle for Multimodal Design,
http://www.almaden.ibm.com/cs/people/tvraman/chi-2003/mmi-position.html




cheers
Raxit Sheth

Its time of Cellcasting & Live Radio,

Checkout this link,

http://www.optus.com.au/portal/site/aboutoptus/menuitem.813c6f701cee5a14f0419f108c8ac7a0/?vgnextoid=e628ecd10218d010VgnVCM10000029867c0aRCRD&vgnextchannel=44b4ce4b55728010VgnVCM10000029867c0aRCRD&vgnextfmt=default


http://www.onmobile.com/onmobile/mediacenter_pressreleases5.html

It seems one step beyond Podcasting...



Cheers,
Raxit Sheth