IBM plans to announce Monday that it will contribute some of its speech-recognition software to two open-source software groups. The move is a tactical step by IBM to accelerate the development of ...

IBM’s speech recognition system now boasts a 5.5 percent error rate. This milestone is an industry record for conversational speech recognition, according to IBM ...

In addition, IBM handed over software tools for speech editing to the Eclipse Foundation. Both donations are valued at about $10 million, said Brian Garr, program director for the call center and ...

IBM Corp. said Monday it will release as open source code some of its software for speech-enabling applications. The move is intended to spur development in the field and outflank rivals by making IBM ...

IBM and Cisco Thursday announced plans to link some of their voice products to make it easier for organizations to develop and deploy self-service speech applications. The two vendors have been ...

Speech-enabled applications have been around for some time, but they have never reached the level of adoption that proponents of the technology have predicted over the years. IBM is out to change all ...

Software maker ScanSoft said it has struck new speech technology deals with IBM and expanded some existing agreements, a move the companies hope will expand the global market for speech technology.

IBM is now testing speech technology that can verify speakers’ identities over the telephone, even if they’re not speaking their native languages. On the eve of the SpeechTek trade show, which begins ...