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From Your Lips to My Mobile.(The Technologist; SOFTWARE)(SpinVox's new software allows conversion of voicemails to text messages)(Brief article)

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Byline: Jaime Cunningham

Ever had such a hectic travel schedule that when you call back to your office you find you have 15 voicemail messages and can't find a pen to write it all down? Why isn't there a technology to translate voice to the written word so you can have the messages emailed or sent as text messages? After decades of refinements, speech-recognition software is still not good enough to reliably recognize free-form speech from many different speakers--exactly what's needed to master the average voice inbox. London-based SpinVox has come up with a clever work-around. Its new ...

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