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September 14, 2004

IBM Opens Its Speech Software

"IBM plans to announce today that it will contribute some of its speech-recognition software to two open-source software groups.

"The move is a tactical step by International Business Machines to accelerate the development of speech applications and to outmaneuver rivals, especially Microsoft, in a market that is expected to grow rapidly in the next few years with increased use in customer-service call centers, cars and elsewhere.

"To do this, I.B.M. is again using the strategy of placing some of its proprietary software in open-source projects, making it available for other programmers to improve.”

Steve Lohr. Speech Code From I.B.M. to Become Open Source. The New York Times. Sept. 13, 2004.

(Editor’s Note: The Times allows free access to their stories on the Web for seven days before sending the stories to the paper’s fee-based Archive.)

Posted by Carol Schwartz at September 14, 2004 06:40 AM | Send to a friend! | Topic(s): Business & Commerce, Collaboration, Community & Groups, Open Source
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