The Wireless Telephony Market
The rapidly evolving wireless handset represents the convergence of all that is truly amazing in computing and compact electronics. As the mobile “phone” increasingly becomes a multi-modal device delivering more and richer kinds of data on demand while the form factor grows ever slimmer, the need for easier-to-use interface strategies is apparent. Conversay recognizes the inherent opportunity for speech technology.
Even low-end cell phones today can accommodate speech technology from embedded speech technology suppliers such as Conversay. Voice applications, once limited to high-end “smart phones,” are found on a growing list of models. Conversay estimates speech-enabled phones will comprise 25 percent of the market by 2009, up from 8 percent today, representing a potential market of 400 million devices.
In the consumer market, Conversay is poised to exploit this opportunity with speech applications including:
- Name/digit dialing
- Application launch (e.g. launch games, calendar, etc)
- Voice shortcuts within applications (e.g., eliminating awkward key strokes such as in camera apps)
- Integrated voice applications (where speech is the primary/co-primary user interface)
- Voice alarm, reminder, calculator, email reader
- Voice settings (voice enable all menus and settings)
- SMS dictation
- Multi-lingual speech-to-speech language translation
- Wireless web surfing
- Java games/applications
- Home automation
Conversay believes new mobile devices represent additional market opportunities beyond the traditional mobile phone market, especially in combination with Conversay enterprise data entry products. Virtually all compact mobile devices trade away at least some usability in return for style and sleek design; few have usable keyboards or sizable monitors. Conversay technology can “voice-enable” these devices to create conversational interfaces.