Sensory Blog

I stopped at Walgreens last week to get some new blades for my razor. Usually when I go in to buy new blades I end up just buying a new razor with blades, since it usually costs about the same. This time was different…I bought an electric razor instead. It's an Eltron brand electric razor… a cordless rechargeable razor, which…

Since Sensory has gotten very actively involved in providing speech recognition for Bluetooth® based products, I have been asking friends and family about their experiences with various "hands-free" wireless devices. I recently had an interesting conversation that I'll share. A woman I know (I'll call her Jane) uses a Jabra SP-200 Bluetooth® car kit. She says she had tried a…

No, we're not under attack from missiles and I'm not referring to results of the current financial crises. I'm talking about Speech Controlled Internet Devices. These are home consumer electronic devices that use a VUI (voice user interface) for the user to interact with the product. The products themselves are able to access data and information from the internet, and…

I normally don’t watch much television, but when I got home last night my family had gone out to dinner, so I grabbed a veggie burger and plopped down in front of the TV. I decided to watch Band of Brothers (I had read a positive review of it once.) During a break I saw Apple’s Voice Control advertisement. It…

OK, I guess I have to blog about Apple's new iPhone 3GS and the new Voice Control feature. Yeah it’s a big deal. My main comment…It’s about time! A lot of people and reviewers complained that speech recognition was missing when the iPhone first shipped. I repeatedly heard through the grapevine that “Steve doesn’t like recognition”. Then miraculously, 20 or…