Speakwire Makes Headlines Talk

Speakwire, a UK-based company, is a service to bring news to your desktop from around the world. It gathers news feeds from the prominent news organizations around the world and delivers it to the computer as a speaking summary of events from news, politics, business, sport, fashion and other topics.

After releasing Speegle the world’s first talking search, CEC Systems has very quickly built a worldwide market for speech delivery of content. The company is expanding with new servers being added on a regular basis both in the UK and in the US, where their market is expanding every day. Gordon Renton of Speakwire said, “As more people get to hear the results of speech technology, we are beginning to find the barriers breaking down to this method of delivery. Most people associate computer speech with visually impaired users. I think that is missing the point and we set out to demonstrate just how universal speech is. It’s the nearest equivalent to a common currency and can be exchanged and understood as easily. Speech is mightier than the pen. Way back in 2003, when we first released PanaVox, our method of Internet speech technology delivery grew steadily until we released Speegle and then it really began to takeoff. In an instant, people got the point. We had improved speech quality to thank for the exponential growth of our service and at times it was difficult to keep up with traffic demand.
With new investment we have overcome most of the short delays and can now keep pace with the growth of this new service in the coming months.”
 
Speakwire does what it says; it speaks the news from newsfeeds that are chosen by the user and quickly links back to the original article simply by pressing a number. It is a functional tool which will save time for professionals who need to keep up with world events as they happen. As a background spoken service it is not intrusive on the screen until you decide to read the article from the source. Speech is compelling, speech is instructive, speech is the most direct form of human communication. Speech is the nearest thing we have to a universal currency. Speakwire brings these elements together in a news service which can be used by everyone. It is definitely worth checking into.
 
Source: SpeakWire