HP hosts 'hackathon' for autism

Submitted by Don Whittecar
on October 14, 2011 - 1:08pm

In a crowded conference room on the Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) campus in Cupertino, a team of volunteer computer coders huddled around a big, white notepad, tossing out ideas for a touch-screen application that will teach an autistic child how to follow traffic signals and safely cross a street.

A few steps away, a young woman with an autism disorder happily chatted with strangers by typing out words on an iPad. Just a few years ago, her mother said, Kayla Takeuchi, 20, could not speak.

Nearly 100 tech professionals and advocates for people with autism took part in an unusual software

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Liberated Learning Consortium Announces Nuance Joining the Effort to Advance Information Accessibility in Higher Education through Speech Recognition

Submitted by Don Whittecar
on October 5, 2011 - 12:00pm

Nuance Communications
Using innovative speech recognition and language understanding developments from Nuance for lecture transcription, consortium aims to advance aqual learning access for students of all abilities

BURLINGTON, Mass., – October 5, 2011 – Nuance Communications (NASDAQ: NUAN) has joined the Liberated Learning Consortium, (LLC), an international group of technology providers, colleges and universities working to advance information accessibility in higher education through the use of speech recognition technology.

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MacSpeech Dictate now Dragon Dictate

Submitted by Don Whittecar
on September 19, 2010 - 9:10pm

September 20, 2010 - Nuance, Inc. announced today the recently acquired MacSpeech Dictate has been renamed "Dragon Dictate" for MAC OS X and version 2.0 has been released. Among the new features being introduced in Dragon Dictate 2.0 is the ability to control the mouse with your voice using a unique grid system, patented by Nuance and first introduced in Dragon NaturallySpeaking on the PC.

The Emergent Institute remains committed to helping people become more productive with speech recognition technologies and is happy to announce that training is immediately available for Dragon Dictate

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The Emergent Institute Expands Speech Recognition Training

Submitted by Don Whittecar
on January 21, 2010 - 8:06pm

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Stevensville, MT - January 22, 2010 - The Emergent Institute is pleased to announce the immediate availability of speech recognition training for Dragon NaturallySpeaking and Windows Speech Recognition. 

After announcing the availability of one-on-one training for MacSpeech Dictate last month, The Emergent Institute received many requests for help with speech recognition software on Windows computers. Because of these requests, the company put its planned rollout of training for Dragon NaturallySpeaking and Windows Speech Recognition on the fast track.

"We had no idea

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