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Title: Talking Computer has a lot to say: Cool C interacts with users...

Author: Chen, Anne Article Type: Review
Source: eWeek, v21 n18 p48(2) Publication Date: May 3, 2004
  ISSN: 1530-6283
  Illustrations: Screen Layouts
URL of Publication: http://www.eweek.com

Cool Conversations' first release of Cool C is a promising speech-recognition product. The application leverages Microsoft's Speech Engine to give users speech recognition and interaction capabilities. At $19 per user, Cool C Talking Computer is a bargain. Using speech technologies, Cool C Talking Computer verbally responds to spoken questions. The Cool C Read Write module, which is $10 per user, converts spoken words to text, although it is somewhat buggy. While installation of the application and the Read Write module was fast and easy, training Microsoft's Speech Engine to recognize voices requires a big investment in time. To be fair, maximum accuracy can only be achieved through a week or more of use. Cool C Talking Computer's ability to recognize words and phrases improves over time, although accuracy rates never approach 100 percent and actually reach about 65 percent. Cool C is much better at reading text back to users.

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Cool Conversations LLC

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Cool C

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