President Obama discussed American development plans in his Middle East policy speech last week at the State Department.

VOA: special.2011.05.27

"We think the very first processes of language development are actually starting in the womb because they are overhearing their mother's speech."

VOA: standard.2010.05.05

With the likes of Google, Nuance and Vlingo now offering mobile speech-recognition services for phones, and the development of speech-driven systems for use in vehicles, Parakeet may be flying into a growing market.

ECONOMIST: Monitor

The technology reflects more than one million hours of research and development in speech technologies that has led to more than 600 U.S. patents and patent applications.

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The second section of the speech focused on development.

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