Vlingo Launches Localized Voice-Recognition for Yahoo! oneSearch
June 18, 2008 7:15 AM | Services | Yahoo | Comments (0)
Vlingo Corporation has announced that it localized its voice-powered interface for Yahoo! oneSearch, a mobile search service, by enabling the English language product to recognize Indian and Singaporean accents. Through Yahoo! oneSearch with voice, BlackBerry users in India and Singapore can access information on the mobile Internet with the power of their voice. Available beginning today, consumers in these regions can download the new versions of voice-enabled Yahoo! oneSearch at http://m.yahoo.com/ from their mobile browser, or learn more about the products by visiting http://in.mobile.yahoo.com/ or http://sg.mobile.yahoo.com/ on their PC. Vlingo’s voice-enabling technology is a natural input method for mobile search queries and provides Yahoo! oneSearch users with a simple way to access better answers and relevant information on the mobile Web. Users do not need to change how they speak or memorize a list of commands. |  |
They can say what they want, how they want, and vlingo captures the results – word for word. Vlingo uses a specialized set of technologies called Adaptive Hierarchical Language Models (A-HLMs) that provide an open interface unconstrained to particular applications. Vlingo adapts a complex set of statistical models based on regional usage – including adapting to the details of how users sound, how they pronounce words, and what they say into particular applications on their mobile phones.
Yahoo! reinvented the mobile search experience with the introduction of Yahoo! oneSearch, a search experience specifically designed for the mobile phone that delivers relevant results and better answers in a user-friendly interface, removing the need for consumers to navigate through a sea of PC Web links.
Yahoo! oneSearch with voice is currently available on the BlackBerry Pearl, BlackBerry Curve and the BlackBerry 8800 series. For additional information visit http://mobile.yahoo.com.
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