Wireless access to the Internet has emerged as a huge opportunity, driving a great deal of technology development and infrastructure investment. Until now one of the biggest limitations in accessing the web from small, mobile devices has been the user interface.
Keyboards are impractical for small devices, and pointing and clicking has limited expressive power.
Speech technology is emerging as a core piece of the user interface for wireless web access. In this lecture on February 23, Michael Cohen, vice president for dialog research and development at Nuance Communications will describe the design of the user interface for Voyager, Nuance's voice browser. Nuance Voyager enables people to get information, execute transactions and place calls on the Voice Web - all by simply speaking into the telephone. This voice browser combines the power of the Web with the accessibility of the telephone, increasing the capabilities of both media. Nuance Voyager features ease of use functionality ensuring that callers can navigate from one voice site to another.