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A Very Speech Interactive Holiday Season
SANTA CLARA, Calif. --(Business Wire)--
Talking to your technology is one of the emerging trends of 2011 and
speech-equipped products are turning out to be hot purchases for this
holiday season.
Sensory, Inc., the leading provider of speech technologies for consumer
products, has a number of suggestions for those searching for voice
interactive gift ideas:
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The Samsung (News - Alert) Galaxy S II: This
best-selling Android phone's Voice Talk technology comes equipped with
Sensory's TrulyHandsfree
Voice Control. Just say "Hi Galaxy" and Voice Talk will let you
send a message, navigate to a location, call a friend and more - all
without having to push a button. The Galaxy S II is great for driving,
when hands need to be on the wheel, or in
the cold, when you don't want to take
off your gloves.
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Cordless Phones: Both VTech
and AT&T (News - Alert) recently introduced phones with talking caller ID. Using
Sensory's MicroTTS technology, both phones speak the caller's name,
letting users decide to answer or ignore the call.
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Home Electronics: There are seeral home
electronics available that use Sensory's speech technologies:
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Toshiba's (News - Alert) voice controlled air conditioner line, the Daiseikai
VOiCE NDR Series, gives users the ability to operate the
wall-mounted units with their voices. The air conditioner
recognizes 21 different words and phrases such as stop, start, hot
and cold.
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The Moshi Voice Control Alarm Clock is the first "listening" alarm
clock that responds to 12 voice commands including "set alarm,"
"turn off alarm" and others.
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Accenda's VOICE CONTROL for the Classic iPod lets users adjust
volume, play, stop and skip songs all without lifting a finger.
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The Kelvin Voice Activated Talking Programmable Thermostat gives
users the ability to control the temperature of their home, using
their voice.
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Toys: Some of the hottest toys of 2011
use Sensory's technology, allowing for fun, voice interaction:
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Fijit Friends are interactive talking and dancing creatures.
Utilizing Sensory's Beat
Predict, TrulyHandsfree Voice Control and Sonic Net
technology, Fijit Friends are able to recognize more than 30
keywords for interactive jokes and chatting, and then respond with
more than 150 phrases.
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Hallmark's Interactive StoryBooks come with a plush friend called
a StoryBuddy that listens while the story is read and
intelligently interacts with the reader.
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Headsets and Car Kits: Dozens of
different Bluetooth-enabled car kits and headsets with Sensory's
TrulyHandsfree Voice Control and MicroTTS technology are available.
These include:
About Sensory, Inc.
Sensory, Inc. is the leader in speech technologies for consumer
products, offering a complete line of IC and software-only solutions for
speech recognition, speech synthesis, speaker verification, music
synthesis and more. Sensory's products are widely deployed in consumer
electronics applications including Smart Phones, Automotive, Bluetooth™
products, toys, and various home electronics. Sensory's customers
represent the leaders in consumer electronics, including such companies
as AT&T, BlueAnt Wireless (News - Alert), Hasbro, JVC, Kenwood, Mattel, Mitsubishi,
Toshiba, Uniden, VTech, Samsung and Sony. The company can be found on
the web at www.sensoryinc.com
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