...automatic information is provided in summaries that Google calls "cards." Like Siri, Google Now also is equipped with voice technology that allows it to respond to questions and interact with users, though it hasn't shown the wit that delights some...

...free to drive. Thanks to some more recent technology, and some help from Microsoft, your car radio system can use voice technology to find and dial numbers for you by voice command. You have both hands on the wheel and it's all automated. Only...

...vehicles, though Honda is bringing them "down market" somewhat by offering them in the Odyssey minivan. IBM's voice technology also is employed in the OnStar safety and security system available in numerous General Motors Corp. vehicles...

You could excuse voice-technology researchers for having a beef with "Star Trek." After all, no matter what kind of advances they make in their work, their...

...messages but also create and send them using only voice commands. Improvements in voice-to-text and text-to-voice technology - if you don't mind the computer-generated monotone - allows UM systems to do a reasonable job of reading e-mail...

...You may get a perfectly good call if things are working fine," said Alec Henderson of Cisco Systems Inc.'s voice technology center. "But if everyone is trying to download the Victoria's Secret show, your call may not go through at all...

You could excuse voice-technology researchers for having a beef with "Star Trek." After all, no matter what kind of advances they make in their work, their...