Opera Announces Real-Time Speech Technology
Posted by Daniel Fleshbourne on 01 April 2005 - 09:29 · 31 comments & 14096 views
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#1 Posted by BlazingTech on 01 Apr 2005 - 09:30
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#2 Posted by oooarrr33 on 01 Apr 2005 - 09:31
- lol, gotta love April
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#3 Posted by Sushubh on 01 Apr 2005 - 09:34
- dont kid me. its an april fool joke. and not as good as google gmail was.
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#4 Posted by tm™ on 01 Apr 2005 - 09:36
- Man, I love today. ^_^
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#5 Posted by eAi on 01 Apr 2005 - 09:39
- Thats quite good. More subtle than many
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#6 Posted by ElectricDemon on 01 Apr 2005 - 10:12
- har har har har, that's the one april fools joke i fell for today
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#7 Posted by nvizible on 01 Apr 2005 - 10:13
- GOTTA LOVE IT... the best of the lot so far
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#8 Posted by Rickie on 01 Apr 2005 - 10:30
- ROFL, Go opera :p
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#9 Posted by Lloydje25 on 01 Apr 2005 - 10:42
- "uses analogue signals carried through open air" - lol - just great
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#9.1 Posted by rogerroger on 01 Apr 2005 - 14:27
- Sad only we (neowin readers) get that. Great joke though.
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#10 Posted by bi11gates on 01 Apr 2005 - 10:56
- Neowin got april fool by Opera. HA HA H AH AHA HA HA AH AHA HA AH
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#11 Posted by RaisedFist on 01 Apr 2005 - 11:05
- Good joke!!!
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#12 Posted by Avi on 01 Apr 2005 - 11:11
- Jeez, all these "jokes" aren't even funny. This day is a big day for all the idiots who like reading false posts.
::closes Neowin for today, in order to avoid more loss of time::
Grow up ppl.
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#12.2 Posted by theyarecomingforyou on 02 Apr 2005 - 04:03
- Agreed... it should be something amusing, not a product that would actually be useful that they will never deliver.
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#13 Posted by MrA on 01 Apr 2005 - 13:07
QUOTE ... a platform-independent speech solution for short- and medium-range interpersonal communication. Based on open standards, ...
This part's hilarious. Makes it sound like it's real and related to the computer world.
EDIT: How the hell did my post end up on top?
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#13.1 Posted by BManDD on 02 Apr 2005 - 01:47
- I downloaded the Technical Preview and it took me a while to figure it out. By the time I figured it out and used it, someone already had cracked it and I caught a virus within 10 minutes. Now I'll be in bed for a week.
I also heard they have applied for a patent. If anyone has some prior art you may want to foward it to the USPTO.
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#14 Posted by Liisachan on 01 Apr 2005 - 13:29
- btw, why don't we have a real link?
Opera press releases
P2P Revolution: Opera Announces Platform-Independent Real-Time Speech Technology
Oslo, Norway - April 1, 2005
http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2005/04/01/index.dml
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#15 Posted by TheSarge on 01 Apr 2005 - 13:43
- In other words, if you are in the same room with another Opera User, then you can use the "technology"
April Fools, everyone!
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#16 Posted by frazell on 01 Apr 2005 - 14:37
- Ahh im loosing the kid in me somehow
I keep reading these and going "Why in hell would they develop that" or "This dosen't make sense" then i read more and realize "Ohhhhh it's April Fools" lol.
I hope i regain the kid in me before the day is over else, it might not be such a good life anymore.
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#17 Posted by mrogers on 01 Apr 2005 - 15:32
- These annual Neowin April Fool's news posts are getting more transparent every year--but I have to admit this one was creative.
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#18 Posted by tiwaris on 01 Apr 2005 - 17:19
- Today is my day (Fool's day)
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#19 Posted by nic on 01 Apr 2005 - 19:23
- ohhh brother
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#20 Posted by BigCheese on 01 Apr 2005 - 19:55
QUOTE Opera Software's R&D department today announced the discovery of a new technology
What do they mean they discovered a new technology? Surely the invented it?
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#21 Posted by eilegz on 01 Apr 2005 - 20:53
- old news anyways good for opera they r inovative as usual
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#21.2 Posted by PCyr on 02 Apr 2005 - 04:34
- Makes you wonder how many people say this but are full of it
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#22 Posted by utomo on 02 Apr 2005 - 02:42
- anybody know what is the situation of http://www.scansoft.com
they make Omnipage for OCR, but the latest version (14) is more than 1 year old and they did not release newer version.
and they make the speech recognition softare, and they look really serious by buying the L&H.
but until now they did not release newer version too.
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#23 Posted by lester_kun on 02 Apr 2005 - 05:04
- Man it's so easy to be deceived by someone you trust (Neowin & Opera in this case).
Opera is spearheading the development to let people communicate without using a keyboard, and the new SoundWave technology was accidently discovered during an R&D study to speech-enable Opera's e-mail client. One of Opera's desktop developers needed to find an alternative way to relay a message to his colleague at a time when the e-mail server was down, and was startled to notice that his verbal outcry was intercepted and understood immediately.
"As most people, I have used e-mail as my primary means of communication for many years and accepted that it is not always 100 percent effective," says Trond Werner Hansen, Opera desktop developer and inventor of SoundWave, via a Technical Preview of the new technology. "Opera SoundWave has opened up a whole new world for me, enabling me to get things done faster and more efficiently than before - and it is remarkably easy to use."
More than an efficient way to communicate without keyboard input, Opera's new P2P speech technology solves the problem of frequent misunderstandings in non-contextual communication. Opera researchers realized this technology can incorporate dynamic emoticons far more advanced than those typically used in e-mails and instant messaging. Platform-independent, the P2P real-time speech technology from Opera seamlessly integrates with mass-market services like dating and shopping.
Opera Software admits the speech technology is at an early stage and that there are still problems that need to be solved. There may still be some compatibility issues, especially when roaming in foreign countries. Furthermore, the technology does not seem to work well over distances of more than 100 feet, and several issues related to security and privacy remain to be fixed.
"We have yet to find a good way to deal with spamming and phishing-attacks," writes Hakon Wium Lie, CTO, Opera Software, in an e-mail. "This may not be a problem in closed environments, such as walled gardens, but it can become a challenge on more crowded networks where you may be exposed to messages that are not meant for you, or you may have limited or no means of determining the identity of the sender."
"Opera's vision is to provide the best user experience, and the use of real-time speech technology is the natural step in the evolution of efficient interpersonal communication," writes Jon S. von Tetzchner, CEO, Opera Software. "Our research shows that there is a great need for this kind of technology, and we expect the market potential to be significant."