Comcast , with 23 million cable customers in 36 states, added 483, 000 digital voice customers in its third quarter.
Three objects I have splurged on: my little Sony camcorder, my Sony notebook and my Olympus digital voice recorder.
But last time I checked, big companies like Sony, Panasonic, Olympus, RCA and others were still profitably making digital voice recorders.
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Comcast (nasdaq: CMCSA - news - people ), with 23 million cable customers in 36 states, added 483, 000 digital voice customers in its third quarter.
Comcast is aggressively pursuing broadband and digital voice subscriber through bundled offers and so its story is quite similar to that of its primary competitor Time Warner Cable.
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They seemed like extravagant indulgences at the time, but even those evolved into digital voice mail, laptops, DVD and Blue Ray players and all seem almost essential to daily life today.
Total voice connections, which measures FiOS Digital Voice connections in addition to traditional switched access lines, declined 7.9 percent to 25.0 million - the smallest year-over-year decline since second-quarter 2007.
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There's also an FM tuner, integrated digital voice recorder, a microSD memory card slot that can handle microSDHC cards up to 8GB in size, support for playback of MP3, WMA, and WAV audio files, and enough battery life for playback of at least 30 hours of audio and 6 hours of video.
It is also a force in digital loop carriers, which convert multiple voice calls into a single digital signal and can use either copper or fiber-optic cables.
Its vehicles will be digital packets that haul voice, data and video with equal ease.
Nuance's voice technologies complement the evolving digital TV experience that Samsung is pioneering with its 2012 lineup of Smart TVs featuring Voice Control as a part of its Smart Interaction offerings.
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More recently, however, the company has abandoned those spots while boosting its other services, including Optimum Voice phoning and Digital Video Recording options.
Its most immediate challenge is from the cable industry, which has invested heavily in its infrastructure and is now offering a bundle of digital television, broadband and voice service.
The Vostro V131 is perfect for everyday office operations like document editing, presentations and email, and also provides stellar collaboration options including a full HD camera, SRS Premium Voice Pro, digital array mics and built-in Skype.
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The second electronic device may be a portable electronic device, such as a digital media player, that includes a voice user interface.
This premium navigator also includes lifetime map updates2, Garmin's most advanced traffic service, HD Digital Traffic, 3D buildings and terrain and voice command.
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But a positive effect of globalisation is that you can have a language that is spoken by only five or 50 people in one remote location, and now through digital technology that language can achieve a global voice and a global audience.
Internet telephone services like Skype and Vonage are starting to look less like digital gimmicks and more like the next generation of voice communication.
Applications of image processing include such popular consumer features as light balancing and face recognition, now standard on most digital cameras, which can also be associated with voice recognition.
Who will be looking out for the viewer when digital broadcasting becomes compulsory, and will they have any voice?
So guys, come help out a brother from the motherland with your suggestions for digital telephony transcription, any Brits out there find Google Voice to be the answer?
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Webby categories are split into a regular award, chosen by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, and a "people's voice" award.
Forbes Digital Tool recently tested two state-of-the-art voice dictation programs: IBM's ViaVoice Gold and Dragon NaturallySpeaking from privately held Dragon Systems.
It makes digital signal processors, analog and mixed-signal circuits and algorithms for voice isolation and noise suppression.
Customers can also stay in touch via video chat, while enjoying excellent voice quality with reduced background noise through the built-in digital microphone.
Cricket offers nationwide wireless voice and mobile data services over high-quality, all-digital 4G LTE and 3G CDMA wireless networks.
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Nintendogs will launch later this year in North America, a game in which "owners" interact with and train a variety of breeds of digital puppies (what is up with all the pooch action lately?), giving voice commands, playing games and "developing real emotional bonds" (we'll have to see it to believe it).
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In October the company launched its global area network (GAN), which offers a mobile integrated services digital network (ISDN), ideal for video conferencing, image transfer and high-quality voice transmission.
The digital age is evolving quickly, offering both people and businesses a much larger arena to communicate and voice their opinions in real time.
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