Minimal Handsets Can Bridge The Digital Divide
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Let your voice bridge the divide
Not surprisingly Microsoft and Yahoo seemed to be somewhat cool on the Open Handset Alliance initiative being promoted by Google. However part of Google’s thinking is music to the ears of developers in the Third World. Just listen to the words of C. Mohan Ram, founder of LatticeBridge Infotech Pvt Ltd (LB) of Chennai, India.
We are working on very simple devices with only a speaker and microphone and connectivity to a central server (a ‘personal assistant’ for everyone) to do connections, transactions and search for information, etc.
He believes these newer devices like a minimal mobile can help overcome the shortcomings of a low PC penetration in his country. Lattice Bridge (LBIT) is a pioneer in the Speech Technology space and empowers people to communicate with information systems using voice commands. In that way you can get rid of the keyboards on the PC or the key pad on the telephone and just communicate by speech. Mr. Ram believes that Speech Recognition can make this futuristic dream come true.
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Surprise! Microsoft And Yahoo! Cool To Google Mobile Effort
More Speech-Enabled Applications With The Open Handset Alliance
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