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Voice Finger – software that improves the Windows speech recognition system by adding several extensions to it. The software enables controlling the mouse and the keyboard by only using the voice. It is especially useful for aiding users to overcome disabilities or to heal from computer injuries.
Voice-to-text and text-to-voice: Siri can transcribe spoken words into and text as well as read text typed by the user out loud. [95] [96] Text commands: Users can type what they want Siri to do. [97] Personal voice: This allows users to create a synthesized voice that sounds like them. [98]
In 2007, Briggs recorded his voice for text-to-speech software developed by ScanSoft, [4] later acquired by Nuance Communications. In 2011, Nuance's software was used by Apple Inc. for their British Male version of Siri, the personal assistant application for Apple devices. [5] Briggs's voice is renamed "Daniel" for these purposes.
Dragon Dictation speech recognition is based on Dragon NaturallySpeaking speech recognition technology from Nuance Communications. It works online, requiring an Internet connection by the user. [1] Other apps which used the same speech recognition technology include Siri, [2] which Apple acquired in 2010 and is now integrated into iOS.
Braina is a virtual assistant [1] [2] and speech-to-text dictation [3] application for Microsoft Windows developed by Brainasoft. [4] Braina uses natural language interface, [5] speech synthesis, and speech recognition technology [6] to interact with its users and allows them to use natural language sentences to perform various tasks on a computer.
Nuance Communications, Inc. is an American multinational computer software technology corporation, headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts, that markets speech recognition and artificial intelligence software. Nuance merged with its competitor in the commercial large-scale speech application business, ScanSoft, in October 2005.
The iPhone 4S, iPad 3, iPad Mini 1G, iPad Air, iPad Pro 1G, iPod Touch 5G and later, all come with a more advanced voice assistant called Siri. Voice Control can still be enabled through the Settings menu of newer devices. Siri is a user independent built-in speech recognition feature that allows a user to issue voice commands.
The Victoria voice was enhanced significantly in Mac OS X v10.3, and added as Vicki (Victoria was not removed). Its size was almost 20 times greater, because of the higher-quality diphone samples used. A new, much more natural-sounding voice, called "Alex" has been added to the Mac text-to-speech roster with the release of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard ...