Sunday, January 27, 2008

The Coming Wave of Gadgets That Listen and Obey - New York Times

Timely market segment snapshot

Over all, speech recognition was a $1.6 billion market in 2007, according to Opus Research, which predicts an annual growth rate of 14.5 percent over the next three years. Dan Miller, an analyst at Opus, said that companies that have licensed speech recognition technology would probably see faster revenue growth, as more consumers used the technology. The cellphone market holds the most potential, given its billions of phones, but cellular providers are still working out the business model for such services.

The Coming Wave of Gadgets That Listen and Obey - New York Times

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