We independently review everything we recommend. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more› By Matthew Guay It took computers nearly a half-century to catch up with science ...

Microsoft announced Wednesday that it plans to use text-to-speech technology from ScanSoft in its server application product lines. The expanded deal covers the full portfolio of ScanSoft products, as ...

Q: Are there any free voice recognition programs for my computer that are worth trying? A: The pursuit to have computers understand human speech started in the early 1950s when Bell Labs designed a ...

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Speech recognition without heavy software or energy-hungry processors: researchers at the University of Twente, together with ...

Sam Altman introduced Advanced Voice Mode, and it didn't go over well. If it ain't broke, don't fix it -- or maybe even ...

During her years at CNET News, Ina Fried changed beats several times, changed genders once, and covered both of the Pirates of Silicon Valley. Microsoft is dipping its toe a little further into the ...

Gearbox Software had the voice cast for the Vault Hunters answer community questions. What could possibly go wrong?

Jive Software will add voice over IP (VoIP) calling within a month to its instant messaging software, which has been renamed Openfire. The company on Thursday released a beta of Openfire version 3.2, ...

There’s a scene in Mission Impossible 3 that you might recall. In it, our hero Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) tackles the movie’s villain, holds him at gunpoint, and forces him to read a bizarre series of ...