Speech Recognition

Today's Mobile Monday project is a Windows Phone 8 SDK Sample project that shows off something I've not seen highlighted too often, how you can build in voice and speech into your Windows Phone 8 app's. Alarm Clock with voice Commands SampleThis sample demonstrates how to manage an alarm by using…

Speech recognition is likely a key part of any Kinect for Windows SDK application. And while there are a number of examples available, I thought this one distilled it down into an easy to follow, and better yet understand, series of development steps... Speech Recognition for the Kinect, the Easy…

Today's project focuses on the a part of Kinect development that might not be a awe inspiring as augmented reality, games, 3D modeling, NUI's, etc, but in the end is one of the killer features of the Kinect, speech recognition and using it to add communication capabilities to your projects...…

A NESL is a set of libraries for Silverlight developers that allow them to access some really cool features of Windows 7 from their Silverlight applications. Take advantage of sensors like accelerometers, light sensors, compasses, GPS etc. Access content from connected portable devices like…

Chris Smith had a talk at the CodeMash conference in January 2010 titled “Being an Evil Genius with F# and .NET”.  Chris created a post about his talk and doing Computer Vision, Speech Recognition, and shooting missiles at people all with F#!  Here is a bit of his speech recognition…

After deploying Blue&Me for Fiat and Sync for Ford, in-car dialog systems are morphing from cool gadgets that amaze people and sell more cars to integral parts of in-car infotainment. Commute UX raises the bar for the functionality, usability and reliability of these systems.…

TellMe became a part of the Microsoft fold this morning for the sum of $800m (and change). The acquisition is designed to grow voice technology in areas of unified communications, mobile services, as well as the overall Speech platform. Om Malik has the relevant details for those who are…

Speech Recognition on Windows Vista empowers the user to interact with their computer by voice.  So if you're tired of using your mouse or incapable of using your mouse...this feature can enhance your productivity and creativity.  You can dictate everything from emails to documents to…

As referenced in my previous Blog entry, I just returned from delivering the opening keynote address at the NextGen Users Conference in Las Vegas. The event was attended by nearly 2500 people. As I looked out across the vast audience that filled the Grand Ballroom I couldn't help but think about how…

Explore the speech recognition capabilities in Windows Vista and watch a demonstration to learn how you can operate them to open, close, and use programs; navigate around the screen; explore the Web; and create documents. You’ll also get some tips on how to edit documents, improve recognition of…