IRIS you are just stating things you are not providing any facts. We know they raised at least 239,000,000 and allgedly eventually earned 100,000,000. Nothing more nothing less.
Does One Voice tech do more than Tell Me's? YES
"Anyway, Tell Me is a pretty cool voice recognition information network which has traditionally been a privately held company in the Bay Area. Microsoft announced today that they have purchased Tell Me."
One Voice is the industry's first and only provider of 4th Generation voice technology. The evolution of speech technology can be broken into four generations as follows:
GENERATION 1 systems require minimal processing power and storage and are often used in embedded devices. These solutions can typically recognize 20-30 words or less and are usually founded embedded in electronic devices such as phones, toys, etc. Due to its limitations, this technology is typically used for limited command & control functions or applications. Companies focused in this space include Conversay and IBM among others.
GENERATION 2 systems expand the recognition capabilities seen in Generation 1 increasing the vocabulary to potentially hundreds of words. These systems frequently use menus to support the delivery of content as seen in Interactive Voice Response (IVR) systems for airline reservations, banking and Voice Portals. Due to the use of menus, these systems can typically deliver a maximum of 6-8 areas of content horizontally and 3-4 layers down in the menu trees before running the risk of "user overload." Companies focused in this space include Speechworks International, Nuance Communications, Preferred Voice, HeyAnita, Bevocal and TellMe among others.
GENERATION 3 systems expand the recognition capabilities significantly to hundreds of thousands of words. The systems can support continuous, free-form transcription of voice into text. These systems are typically used for desktop dictation applications running on PC's in the sectors of word processing, medical and legal transcription. Companies focused in this space include IBM, ScanSoft and Philips.
GENERATION 4 systems take the capabilities of all the previous generations and adds powerful expert systems and Artificial Intelligence capabilities to allow the solutions to not only recognize words, but also understand their meaning. This opens the doors to higher degrees of personalization, more robust system interaction and more advanced applications such as Voice-to-Text Messaging on a phone and full Internet searching. One Voice is currently the only company in the voice technology sector that offers 4th Generation voice technology.
Webers Quote from 7/08 CC "Look at Google with their voice patents and what do they have? They have a sub-set of our voice patent."
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