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

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

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

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 7

Stephen Hawking seeks help to make voice heard

(AP) -- Can you help make Stephen Hawking's voice heard?

Technology / Other

created Dec 29, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 5

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

created Jun 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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

created Jan 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

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.

Electronics / Robotics

created Dec 22, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

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.

Technology / Software

created Oct 19, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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

created Sep 08, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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

created Jul 20, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

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 ...

Technology / Software

created Jul 09, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

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

created Apr 07, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 1