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Information Technology News AT&T develops speech recognition service for iPhone and other devices
Information Technology News AT&T develops speech recognition service for iPhone and other devices | AT&T develops speech recognition service for iPhone and other devices |
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| by Stephen Withers | |
| Thursday, 24 July 2008 | |
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Page 2 of 2 Speech Mashups would do nothing to meet user demand for voice dialling on the iPhone, a feature that is commonly found in simpler and less expensive handsets. SpeechCloud Voice Dialler, available free from the App Store, aims to fill the gap, but opinions are polarised about the quality of recognition. Another frequent criticism is that it merely finds the (hopefully correct) contact from the address book and that the amount of interaction required with the iPhone means it does not deliver hands-free dialling.AT&T chairman and chief executive officer Randall Stephenson said "In the days following our exclusive US launch of this new device, powered by the nation’s fastest 3G wireless network, customer response has been everything we had anticipated and more. This strengthens our wireless business, and it reinforces our positive view of the opportunities ahead for AT&T and the industry." AT&T's wireless data revenue has grown by 52 percent on a year-on-year basis, with more than 18 percent of wireless subscribers using an integrated device such as an iPhone.
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