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Tuesday, October 16, 2001
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/11/technology/circuits/11VOIC.html Researchers Bring Voice Recognition to Palmtops By LISA GUERNSEY OVER the past few years, Liam D. Comerford, a speech engineer at I.B.M.'s Thomas J. Watson Research Center, has developed a habit of conversing with his Palm III. Sometimes he tells the device about his chores. Other times he will listen as the machine reminds him of a scheduled meeting. Once in a while he'll simply ask it for the time. Mr. Comerford is not losing his mind. His organizer can actually recognize his speech in addition to uttering sentences itself. It is one of nearly 100 Palm organizers that I.B.M. (news/quote) Research has reconfigured in an attempt to create a speech system small enough to reside on a hand-held computer....
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