Posts Categorized: voice recognition

Amazon’s Alexa going live in Canada

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The Toronto Star’s publisher is one of several Canadian companies that have partnered with Amazon as the company’s voice-activated digital assistant heads north. Source: Toronto Star Date: December 7th, 2017 Link: https://www.thestar.com/business/tech_news/2017/12/05/amazons-alexa-going-live-in-canada.html Discussion 1) This article notes that the Toronto Star “is one of several Canadian companies that have partnered with Amazon as the company’s voice-activated digital assistant… Read more »

Microsoft’s Siri Rival to be Available on Android, Apple Devices

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Description: Microsoft is attempting to define the competitive landscape of who can create the most effective and efficient “virtual assistant” to help simplify our lives. Source: Globe and Mail Date: March 13, 2015 Microsoft is working on an advanced version of its competitor to Apple’s Siri, using research from an artificial intelligence project called “Einstein.”Microsoft has been running… Read more »

BlackBerry Updates Software, Offers Access to Android Apps

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Description: Blackberry announces new software upgrade which includes a digital assistance similar to Apple’s Siri. Source: Globe and Mail Date: February 19, 2015 BlackBerry Ltd. rolled out a major software update on Thursday, allowing users of its entire suite of BlackBerry 10 devices such as the Z10, Q10 and Z30 to access Android applications, and a host… Read more »

Smart TV Eavesdropping on You? It’s Not the Only One

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Description: For the purposes of “improving their product”, Samsung announces that users of Smart TVs need to be conscious of what they say in front of the device, as voice recordings are being shared with subsidiaries and agents. Source: Globe and Mail Date: February 9, 2015 In an era of increasing concern about data breaches and government eavesdropping comes… Read more »

One Hundred Little Robots do Mesmerizing, Choreographed Dance

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Description: A future with robot assistants may be a reality that is closer than you think – however, these “Robi” robots are said will be used as a communication device. Source: Globe and Mail Date: January 21, 2015 Questions for discussion: 1. Would you pay $1,200 for the parts to build one of these “Robi” robots?… Read more »

Hello Biometrics, Goodbye Passwords?

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Description: Researchers at Purdue University say it’s coming soon: Biometrics – identification by human traits – is leading the way forward, making it possible to log in with a simple scan of your iris or fingerprint. Source: Globe&Mail Date: December 5, 2013  Your personal features are about to become the highest level security method against anything worth… Read more »

Speech Smack-Down: Siri vs. Android Voice Actions

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Description: Apple’s Siri personal assistant app on the iPhone 4S can do even more than Google’s Voice Actions and provides intelligence that Android doesn’t yet match Source: www.businessweek.com/ Date: Oct 18, 2011 Apple (AAPL) reported on Monday, Oct. 17, that it has sold 4 million iPhone 4S handsets in the debut weekend of the new… Read more »