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Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Speech recognition / synthesis in real use
Update 20070125: I got some feedback from Jesse Adkins, product manager for the mobile application used in Tellme:
Thanks for the interest in Tellme. We currently run on these Cingular & Sprint phones. We are adding support for new phones every week.
We do use the Java application to handle the recording and sending of audio. We use the media.record control in JSR 135.
Currently the service only does local search queries for the US. You can use the service anywhere.
Tellme offers a service that enables users to call in, say a search phrase, and get search hits spoken back. This is of course all centralized, so the heavy lifting done for the speech recognition and synthesis doesn't burden the phone.
What they've now released in beta version is a solution that combines saying the search criteria and getting textual feedback. I'm guessing it's done via a small Java application that records and sends what you say, but I have sent a question to Tellme about this. The application can also show a map of the location.
Tellme also offers simple text queries via SMS, where of course the search hits are returned in an SMS.
Thanks for the interest in Tellme. We currently run on these Cingular & Sprint phones. We are adding support for new phones every week.
We do use the Java application to handle the recording and sending of audio. We use the media.record control in JSR 135.
Currently the service only does local search queries for the US. You can use the service anywhere.
Tellme offers a service that enables users to call in, say a search phrase, and get search hits spoken back. This is of course all centralized, so the heavy lifting done for the speech recognition and synthesis doesn't burden the phone.
What they've now released in beta version is a solution that combines saying the search criteria and getting textual feedback. I'm guessing it's done via a small Java application that records and sends what you say, but I have sent a question to Tellme about this. The application can also show a map of the location.
Tellme also offers simple text queries via SMS, where of course the search hits are returned in an SMS.
