To solve this problem, Voice Genesis' Chief Executive Mark Marriott started his company in October 2001 and seeded his startup with capital from the sale of his previous venture--a software e-commerce company called Brave New World that was sold to VA Linux Systems in 1997.

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Rather than dismiss the voice and deal with the problem at hand, I found myself projecting it outward onto random strangers.

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Problem was, Voice Genesis came out with the technology in 2002, and carriers weren't in any position to pay for the server.

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The problem with the current crop of voice-activated devices and software tools is that they only provide an alternative to what is currently available.

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Page, his voice still sounding froggy from a previous vocal problem, started off talking about recent successes in Android, the Google Play content and app store, Google Now, and other products and services.

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The problem these days is that everyone has a voice.

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On the tapes, First Officer Richard Hazen tells a Miami ground controller: "We've got a problem, " he says in a relatively calm voice.

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Google Voice has not yet provided a standard solution to the extension problem, but there are enough inquiries in product forums that an update seems imminent.

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He's adding his voice to Senator Kerry's that he is afraid that the plan put forward is inadequate to deal with this problem.

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