Douglas Wolfe writes for The Village Voice and the online magazine Slate.
According to the New York Times, more and more online companies are eschewing the human voice in favor of the virtual one.
As with Siri and iOS dictation, you need to be online for this to work: Mountain Lion captures your voice and sends the recording to the cloud for processing.
In February, SNX acquired Link2Support, a provider of voice, e-mail and online chat technical support.
The multimedia system COMAND Online with internet access, navigation and LINGUATRONIC voice control is also available as an optional extra.
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It announced several new Xbox Live functions, including an online voice-based chat room and a feature that can alert and invite other players to join in online contests.
It engages users in online group activities via voice, text and video.
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Designed to deliver crystal clear vocal fidelity in multiplayer games, online chats and video conferencing, CrystalVoice technologies also enhance voice communications for VoIP solutions such as Skype.
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For example - just say "web browser" to get online, use voice recognition to start a search, and wave a hand to control the mouse cursor and select links.
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Designed to deliver crystal clear vocal fidelity in multiplayer games, online chats and video conferencing, CrystalVoice technologies also provide a compelling voice communications option for VOIP solutions such as Skype.
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"Popular online applications like gaming, Voice over IP (VoIP) and HD video are some of the most sensitive to latency and packet loss over Wi-Fi connections, " said Bigfoot Networks CEO Michael Howse.
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In 2010, Star Trek Online, a massively multiplayer online (MMO) game featuring the voice acting of Leonard Nimoy and Zachary Quinto, was launched by Atari and Cryptic Studios.
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Brock's method, as explained in a voice-over in his online tutorial, was to climb away from opponents and hide along a rafter.
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Microsoft's sprawling business division now competes with Cisco for the business of digitizing office voice communications (bolstered by Raikes' acquisition of voice-recognition software specialist Tellme last March) and Elop will have to take on online threats to Microsoft's productivity software, such as the free online productivity tools offered by Google, as well.
Microsoft's sprawling business division now competes with Cisco (nasdaq: CSCO - news - people ) for the business of digitizing office voice communications (bolstered by Raikes' acquisition of voice-recognition software specialist Tellme last March) and Elop will have to take on online threats to Microsoft's productivity software, such as the free online productivity tools offered by Google (nasdaq: GOOG - news - people ), as well.
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