Today, YY has moved from gaming to a rich communication social platform based on voice.
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Systems based on voice biometrics look more user-friendly: people already use telephones, and can do so on the move.
Tan and Bass rely so heavily on voice-over narration that it sponges up the possibilities for genuine drama and emotion.
Data plans were often unlimited at first, and consumers paid high prices for buckets and overages on voice minutes and texts.
The other two focus on voice-mail interception, or phone hacking, and alleged payments to police by reporters in exchange for stories.
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After building out its Messenger app to focus on communications, Facebook is now focusing on voice calls and voice messages.
On Wednesday, Microsoft announced plans to acquire media-streams.com, a privately held Swiss software developer, which makes communications applications based on Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology.
With a database of recordings available for analysis, more sophisticated algorithms could also be developed that may lead to a scoring system for disease progression based on voice alone.
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Now, with an even faster adoption rate of smartphones, there is a need for a renewed focus on voice control for the unique capabilities of these devices, especially for the use of apps.
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On Wednesday, Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) announced plans to acquire media-streams.com, a privately held Swiss software developer, which makes communications applications based on Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology.
PLC, has built a reputation on voice quality.
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Obviously, Google was farther along with this product than they are with their version of Google Maps for iOS, but I did find it interesting that it is battling Apple on voice search before maps.
Just as biotechnology and software have sprung up outside the mainstream drugs and computer industries, so the industry that has grown up on voice circuits will find it hard to transfer its grip to the new world of data networks.
We're just hoping for a chance to talk about those crazy outfits Cee-Lo wears on The Voice in real time on the Wii U -- let's make it happen, people!
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This made it hard to swallow and harder to speak, though his voice had long ago sunk to a growl since a botched operation on his voice box in 1993.
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In January , T-Mobile announced HD Voice was available on a handful of phones including the Samsung Galaxy S III and HTC One S. The carrier also said last month it will have HD Voice on the iPhone 5, to be rolled out on T-Mobile's networks in the U.S. for the first time later this month.
John O'Grady, president of AFGE Local 704 in Chicago, left a protest on his voice mail.
The full impact on the iMessage system on mobile voice consumption is yet to be determined.
We'd work on the voice for not more than 45 minutes every other day.
In telling the story, Madonna takes on the voice of a slightly bossy teacher, telling her readers to not interrupt and to listen carefully.
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Palin was nominated earlier Thursday on a voice vote that Sen.
MyLink adds stereo audio streaming and wireless control of smart phones, building on the voice-activated Bluetooth hands-free calling capability already offered in most Chevy vehicles.
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The next morning, a friend called Katz to say he heard Kennedy on the Voice of America radio network listing the names of people leaving the Soviet Union.
Ford is partnering with news outlets like The Wall Street Journal on a voice-activated app to provide the latest headlines, and with BeCouply, which suggests cool date ideas.
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"We and the NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) are in the process of transcribing and, in certain cases, translating the dialogue, what little dialogue there is on that voice recorder, " Mueller said.
They rolled the dice on full voice overs, making every scrap of new work more expensive, slower to produce, and 25% as valuable as three times the traditional material would have been.
In fact, if you try to, say, call up a Web page while on a voice call with the Verizon model, you get an error message warning the two things can't be done simultaneously.
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The HSTP allows, for instance, someone listening to an item on a voice site to hear another linked item and then return to the first one and continue listening from where he left off.
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