MacSpeech Inc., the Mac-only speech recognition company, has updated iListen to version 1.6. iListen has “TalkAnywhere” technology, which lets you dictate into a variety of Mac applications. It translates speech to typed text and characters anywhere you would normally type. iListen is speaker dependent, meaning you have to spend some time “training” iListen to the … Read moreiListen update improves speed, accuracy
I had the FCC press broadcast on today in the background while doing some emails and noticed that both before and after the press conference they played some pretty lively jazz music. Is this music that was licensed for broadcast or just something they felt like sharing I wonder…
When I first started hearing about this product I did not think it was something I would actually be interested in having…. though the more I travel, the more I can really see the use for a dedicated video machine – especially something a sleek as this. The real trick will be finding content that … Read moreArchos ships ‘cinema-to-go’ mobile video player
Why Centrino and VPNs Don’t Mix Intel’s Centrino chipset is not compatible with most Virtual Private Networks, an Intel spokesman admits. Unless laptop users disable a key feature of the chip when it runs with a VPN, they get nothing but a blue screen. By Elisa Batista. [Wired News]
(2003-06-02) — Today the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will approve a new set of rules allowing newspapers no one reads… [ScrappleFace] “That’s true,” said Mr. Powell, “But it’s like owning Baltic Avenue on the Monopoly board game. Even if you put hotels on that puppy, it’s still not Boardwalk or Park Place. “
Direct Marketing of course! It all starts with collecting data on usage and viewing preferences. Then targeting relevant programming and commercial messages to people who will be genuinely interested. Good for TiVo here… I doubt it will be the only player in the data market. Look for Replay to do this as well (my guess). … Read moreThe holy grail of Interactive TV?
Last night I caught Scratch which covers the entire Turntable and Hip-Hop movement from the initial scratch on Herbie Hancock’s Rockit SCRATCH is the critically-acclaimed, award-winning, feature length film about hip-hop DJs and the turntablist movement. From the South Bronx in the 70’s to San Francisco today, the world’s best scratchers, diggers, party-rockers and producers … Read moreMusic Movies…
The software giant is phasing out standalone versions of its Internet Explorer Web browser, according to statements attributed to IE’s program manager on its Web site. [CNET News.com Entertainment & Media] I wonder what this really means… The browser will become part of the OS officially now, I guess and anything else will probably feel … Read moreMicrosoft to abandon standalone IE