MOTOROLA INTRODUCES VOICE TECHNOLOGY FOR THE NET
Motorola Inc. is unveiling its new Voice Markup Language, or VoxML, which
will enable people to use simple voice commands over the telephone to
retrieve information, such as banking records, stock quotes or weather
reports, from the Web.  The company plans to distribute a software
development kit for VoxML, and hopes to make the new programming language an
industry standard.  "People don't have the time or inclination to learn how
to program things, but they know how to speak," says an analyst with Cahners
In-Stat Group.  The new technology "could really turn out to be something
for Internet connectivity," especially for wireless service providers who
need to promote special services in order to differentiate themselves from
competitors.  (Wall Street Journal 30 Sep 98)


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