News tagged with electronic voice
Remote control pushed aside by gesture-sensitive devices
The remote control has never been much beloved. If it's not getting lost or running out of batteries, the device - and its inscrutable buttons - is confusing some family member or acting as a totem in an argument about what ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 25, 2012 |
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TVs getting 'smarter' but maybe not better
If last week's Consumer Electronics Show is any indication, the next major computing device to enter consumers' homes will be a "smart" television - whether viewers like it or not.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 20, 2012 |
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Stephen Hawking seeks help to make voice heard
(AP) -- Can you help make Stephen Hawking's voice heard?
Dec 29, 2011 |
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Live television, new 'Halo' coming to Xbox 360
(AP) -- Live television and another chapter of the "Halo" game are landing on Xbox 360.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jun 06, 2011 |
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Woman can speak again after voice box transplant
(AP) -- A woman is able to speak again after she had a rare operation to replace her voice box, her doctors said.
Jan 20, 2011 |
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Always connected lifestyle on display at CES
Smarter devices, homes and cars for the always connected lifestyle are taking center stage as the annual Consumer Electronics Show kicks off here on Thursday.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 06, 2011 |
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Robot waiters in China never lose patience
(AP) -- Service with a smile also comes with an electronic voice at the Dalu Robot restaurant, where the hotpot meals are not as famous yet as the staff who never lose their patience and never take tips.
Dec 22, 2010 |
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Microsoft touts games for Xbox 360 motion controller
Microsoft unveiled an array of Xbox 360 videogames tailored for play using the movement-sensing Kinect controller set to debut in November.
Oct 19, 2010 |
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Microsoft to launch Kinect in Japan in November
Microsoft's long-awaited Kinect motion-sensing system for the Xbox 360 videogame console will hit the Japanese market in November, the company said Wednesday, as competition in the sector heats up.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 08, 2010 |
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Microsoft's Kinect to cost $150, on sale in November
Microsoft announced Tuesday that its new gesture-sensing system for the Xbox 360 videogame console, Kinect, will cost 150 dollars and go on sale on November 4.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jul 20, 2010 |
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IBM Researchers Develop Shield to Mask Sensitive On-Screen Information
IBM Research - Haifa has developed software that more efficiently and effectively hides sensitive or personal information that might otherwise appear on the computer screens of unauthorized personnel. It could prove particularly ...
Jul 09, 2009 |
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Group protests Kindle e-reader's read-aloud limits
(AP) -- A group representing the blind and other people with disabilities protested limitations to the new read-aloud feature on Amazon.com Inc.'s latest Kindle electronic reader Tuesday, arguing that the ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Apr 07, 2009 |
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