Klausner sues Apple iPhone over Voicemail

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By Eric Auchard

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Klausner Technologies said on Monday the company had filed a $360 million suit against Apple and AT&T Inc over voicemail patents that Klausner claims the Apple iPhone infringes. Read more

Posted on Tue, 4 Dec 2007 00:03:49 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sanyo Diply Talk 8GB Voice Recorder ICR-PS390RM

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Sanyo announces a digital voice recorder with 8GB of built-in memory dubbed Diply Talk ICR-PS390RM.

Sanyo is able to record 1,116 hours onto the 8GB storage with their new voice recorder. Sanyo claims that this is the world's longest recording capacity, at least for a dedicated small voice recorder that might hold true.
Other features of the Sanyo PCM and MP3 recording, PCM, MP3 and WMA-DRM10 playback support, USB2.0 and line-in. Read more

Posted on Tue, 6 Nov 2007 10:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sony ICD-UX80 and ICD-UX70 USB MP3 Voice Recorder

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Sony announces two new digital voice recorder ICD-UX80 and ICD-UX70.

The new Sony ICD-UX80 and ICD-UX70 record stereo in MP3 format. You can easily transfer the recordings to a PC via the integrated USB port known from flash memory drives. On the Sony ICD-UX80 with 2GB you can record 581 hours. Read more

Posted on Tue, 6 Nov 2007 08:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

VoiceSense Windows CE powered PDA for the Blind

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A PDA designed for the blind is apparently hitting the shelves in Japan next week.

The PDA that features a set of buttons instead of a screen is called VoiceSense and runs Windows CE.
VoiceSense has a vocal guiding system and allows users to write documents, work with calendar and contact management functions, surf the web and instant message. Read more

Posted on Sat, 14 Jul 2007 08:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

SimulScribe makes fun of iPhone Visual Voicemail [Videos]

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SimulScribe published two Apple spoof ads that make fun of iPhone Visual voicemail feature.

SimulScribe is actually converting voicemails into text and sends them as text message. Apple's visual voicemail is not doing that. The visual aspect is just in the management of the voicemail box.

The SimulScribe Apple spoof ads feature a sexy actress - reason enough to watch the two videos below. Read more

Posted on Fri, 6 Jul 2007 10:59:35 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Globalstar Offers Unlimited Satellite Voice & Data Plan for $49.99

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What do you do when you live or work in an area where you can’t get reliable cellular or land line phone services? You go with satellite phones of course, just like the guys in 24. I have heard of satellite service before but I always assumed it was hundreds of dollars per month to get that sort of service.

Globalstar USA has a constellation of satellites in orbit to provide voice and data services. The surprise for me came in Globalstar’s pricing, they offer unlimited airtime for $49.99 per month. That is cheaper than my cellular plan. Each year through 2010 the price of the unlimited plan goes down so in 2008 it will cost $39.99, and in 2009- 2010 it will be $19.99.

There are a couple catches to the service, the first is the phone. They are larger than current cellular phones and sport giant antennas that you have seen on TV most likely. The phones themselves will run you from $799 to $999 which isn’t that much more than you will pay for that new N95 from Nokia. Read more

Posted on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 10:08:50 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

It's a Pen, It's a MP3 Player, It's a Voice Recorder! No, it's Super Pen!

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Wing Inter showed off a pen that rolls all sorts of geeky goodness into one package. What all can a pen do you ask? Well it’s an MP3 player for starters, replete with headphone jack.

Just think how cool you will look in the bus with headphones coming out of your pen. It also has a USB flash drive inside and a voice recorder. The battery is good for 5-6 hours of record time and it recharges via USB. Read more

Posted on Fri, 9 Mar 2007 18:00:00 CST | by Shane McGlaun

Star Trek Voice Operated Dimmer, a Geeks Clapper

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Somewhere out there a Trekkie geek is about to burst a blood vessel. If you like the convenience of a device like the Clapper, but the Clapper just isn’t quite geeky enough for you how about a Star Trek Voice Operated dimmer?

Plug this thing in between your lamp and the out let and you can dim the lights in your room via voice commands straight from the bridge of the Enterprise. Alas it doesn’t appear to recognize anything with the word tachyon in it but you can say “Computer lights to 50%” and have them dim to 50%. Read more

Posted on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 17:00:00 CST | by Shane McGlaun

HP iPAQ 500 Voice Messenger Announced and Reviewed

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3GSM 2007: HP enters smartphone business with the iPAQ 500 Voice messenger series.

The HP iPAQ 500 runs the new Windows Mobile 6.0.
Features of the iPAQ 500 include Wi-Fi, Quad band GSM/GPRS/EDGE, 2 inch screen, Bluetooth, 6 hours talk-time an microSD card slot. Read more

Posted on Mon, 12 Feb 2007 09:30:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sharp and IBM Developed Small Voice-To-Voice Translator

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Sharp will introduce a small handheld device that can translate spoken japanese into English and vice-versa.

This is similar to the Sony PSP Talkman. I assume the new Sharp translator is more sophisticated. It runs IBM speech recognition software that is normally run on PCs.

The US military has been using a PDA-sized device called Pharselator since 2003. Read more

Posted on Tue, 3 Oct 2006 16:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Tiny VIVO Voicekey Skype Adapter

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The VIVO Voicekey is a small USB to phone adapter that enables you to use any standard phone for VOIP calls. What is special about this VOIP phone adapter is its compact size.

The VIVO Voicekey supports calling up to 9 people at the same time. You can switch between the different calls. You can also talk to up to 5 people in a conference call. Of course you can dial Skype numbers from the connected standard phone. Read more

Posted on Sat, 5 Aug 2006 09:17:56 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

NoVoGo V50 Voice Controlled GPS Receiver Video Review

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PocketInfo from the Netherlands published a video review (in English) of the compact NoVoGo V50 GPS device.

The video review is well made, only the driving sequence through Amsterdam is a bit too long and shots of the NoVoGo V50 User interface are missing.
Besides voice control the NoVoGo V50 comes with TMC receiver and remote control.
More details in the video review. Read more

Posted on Tue, 2 May 2006 04:31:20 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New Sony USB Stick Voice Recorder ICD-U70 and ICD-U60

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Sony announces a compact digital voice recorder that can be directly plugged into a USB port to transfer data.

The Sony ICD-U70 (1GB) and ICD-U60 (512MB) can also play MP3 music files and record voice in MP3. It is nice to see that Sony sticks to the MP3 format. The 1GB model can record voice over 502 hours in long play mode. In MP3 format it’s only about 17 hours. The battery in recording mode holds for about 16 hours. Read more

Posted on Tue, 14 Mar 2006 15:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

New Compact Panasonic Stereo Voice Recorder RR-US900 and RR-US500

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Panasonic announces in Japan two new voice recorder with stereo microphone dubbed RR-US900 and RR-US500.

Apparently the RR-US900 has the world's longest stereo voice recording capacity of 67 hours.
The new Panasonic stereo Voice recorders also feature a zoom microphone. Meaning the microphone can be aimed at a target and just record sound from a controlled area.
Panasonic bundles a voice language translation PC software to their new IC voice recorders. Read more

Posted on Thu, 19 Jan 2006 02:51:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Fonix powers Microsoft Xbox 360 Voice Recognition

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Fonix Speech already delivers the voice command technology for the Xbox. The Xbox 360 will support the same technology.

Microsoft Xbox games currently shipping with Fonix voice command technology include Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six 3, Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six 3 Black Arrow, Tom Clancy Rainbow Six: Lockdown, and Tom Clancy Ghost Recon 2, all published by Ubisoft, Delta Force-Black Hawk Down, published by Novalogic and SWAT: Global Strike Team, published by Vivendi Universal Games.
More details in Fonix Press-Release.

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Posted on Wed, 1 Jun 2005 01:07:58 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sony Visual Voice Recorder ICD-CX50

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Posted on Wed, 20 Apr 2005 04:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New Voice Controlled TV Remote Controls

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A new bread of voice controlled TV remotes is supposed to take watching TV to the next level.

The Promptu (made by AgileTV) voice controlled TV Remote has a TV program search engine built-in that allows users to utter commands like: "Watch Oprah" or "Nicole Kidman movies". The Promptu system will scan through the available current running programs and switch to what the user wants to view if available. Only works well of course on systems with lots of channels. I could not find where the Promptu remote is sold. The video on the site says it is available now.
More details and video of the Promptu in action here. (via Slashdot).

The NY Times runs an article on Voice controlled TVs and paints a scenario where consumers will order Pizza by talking to the TV (Interactive TV). The article also mentions OneVideo, that is also developing a voice controlled TV system.

Voice Activated TV Remotes or voice activated appliances are not a new idea, the combination with smart software is new and possible the key to success.

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Posted on Mon, 4 Apr 2005 01:15:07 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Gizmodo's T-Mobile Voice Mail Hacked

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First it was Paris then Vin, now its Gizmodo's Joel, who got his T-Mobile Voicemail hacked. Difference? No, not that Joel would not be a celebrity (he is, he interviewed Bill Gates for crying out loud), Joel knew about it. He had a company called Flexilis proof it to him that they could hack his T-Mobile voice mail - and they could.
The story on Gizmodo also instructs how every T-Mobile user can secure his or her voice-mail by setting up a password.
Read the full story on Gizmodo.

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Posted on Thu, 24 Feb 2005 02:47:59 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sanyo Diply Talk 5GB HDD Voice Recorder HDR-B5GM

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Have a lot to say and think it is important? Get the new Sanyo Voice recorder HDR-B5GM that can record and store 693 hours on its 5GB hard-drive.

The Sanyo Diply Talk HDR-B5GM is supposedly the world's first voice recorder with built-in hard-drive. On the other hand most MP3 players can record voice too.

If the 5GB storage is not enough the Sanyo voice recorder also offers a SD Card Slot. The HDR-B5GM also works as a music player supporting MP3 and WMA file formats.

The HDD voice recorder measures 45x94x19mm and weighs 93g. Price not set yet. Teh HDR-B5GM goes on sale in March in Japan.
More details in Sanyo Press-Release. First seen on Soroban Geeks (French).

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Posted on Fri, 4 Feb 2005 08:38:11 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

New White Sharp Digital Voice Recorder - PA-VR10

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I for one think digital voice recorders are a going away anytime soon with every MP3 player anyway having a voice recording feature these days.

The new Sharp PA-VR10 digital voice recorders at least look very stylish, or maybe its just the iPod white color that makes it look so trendy.

The Sharp PA-VR10 has 64 MB flash memory to store a maxium of approximately 28 hours of voice recording. Goes on sale in Japan December 18th for 17,850 Yen (~$172).
More details in Sharp Press-Release (Japanese).

Shop for Digital Voice Recorders or just get an MP3 Player.

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Posted on Wed, 8 Dec 2004 03:27:38 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Marantz PMD670 Professional Solid State Portable Voice Recorder

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The Marantz PMD670 Professional Solid State Portable Recorder can directly record audio files to Microdrives or compact flash cards.
It supports MP3, MP2, BWF, WAV formats. The Marants PMD670 supports 40 assignable quality settings as well as a FAT32 File Allocation Table larger multi-Gigabyte drives.

The professional recorder W264 mm x H55 mm x D185 mm and weighs 1.3Kg. It features a totally retro geeky design and the whole gadget is full of plugs and switches. This kind of professional gadget has its price. The Marantz PMD670 sells at the current lowest available price for $659.95.

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Posted on Tue, 5 Oct 2004 04:02:12 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr