http://venturebeat.disqus.com/News about Tech, Business and InnovationenWed, 05 Aug 2009 20:26:33 -0000http://digital.venturebeat.com/2009/08/04/spinvox-nabs-25m-demos-voice-to-text-with-mixed-results/#comment-14010662<p>You've been very kind Camille! </p>EwanWed, 05 Aug 2009 20:26:33 -0000http://digital.venturebeat.com/2009/08/04/spinvox-nabs-25m-demos-voice-to-text-with-mixed-results/#comment-13981737<p>And as an addendum to my earlier "journalists impressed or not" comment above, here is more from El Reg:</p><p><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/05/spinvox_demo_day/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/05/spinvox_demo_day/">http://www.theregister.co.u...</a></p><p>"So we weren't actually looking at technology per se - we were looking at an operational policy that attempts to minimise the time an agent spends trying to decipher the audio. Because time is money. And that's the difference between a good service and a poor one - human skill."</p>Tim O'DonoghueWed, 05 Aug 2009 11:36:22 -0000http://digital.venturebeat.com/2009/08/04/spinvox-nabs-25m-demos-voice-to-text-with-mixed-results/#comment-13979104<p>"The journalists who attended the [SpinVox] demo were reportedly impressed by the automated technology". Reading elsewhere (links below) I'm not so sure how impressed the various journalists were...</p><p>TechCrunch went to the demo. Read what they had to say here:</p><p><a href="http://uk.techcrunch.com/2009/08/04/spinvox-secures-15m-more-but-the-demo-didnt-really-answer-the-big-questions/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://uk.techcrunch.com/2009/08/04/spinvox-secures-15m-more-but-the-demo-didnt-really-answer-the-big-questions/">http://uk.techcrunch.com/20...</a></p><p>As did The Register; read what they had to say here:</p><p><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/04/spinvox_visit/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/04/spinvox_visit/">http://www.theregister.co.u...</a></p><p>And, even though Mobile Industry Review decided not to go (since SpinVox wouldn't allow them to use video), read their opinion here:</p><p><a href="http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2009/08/my_apology_and_why_i_wont_believe_anything_spinvox_says_in_future.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2009/08/my_apology_and_why_i_wont_believe_anything_spinvox_says_in_future.html">http://www.mobileindustryre...</a></p><p>Links to all of the articles and discussions around this breaking SpinVox story here:</p><p><a href="http://delicious.com/spinvox" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://delicious.com/spinvox">http://delicious.com/spinvox</a></p>Tim O'DonoghueWed, 05 Aug 2009 10:45:36 -0000http://digital.venturebeat.com/2009/08/04/spinvox-nabs-25m-demos-voice-to-text-with-mixed-results/#comment-13978579<p>They have no CFO, the CEO and "founder" pays herself in excess of £500K from her "brainchild" that isn't even breaking even. Wonder how the suckers sorry, "investors", feel about it.</p>watchthecontextWed, 05 Aug 2009 10:33:51 -0000