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OneCode and MacroPDF417 barcode recognition in Java applications

Aspose.BarCode for Java v1.5 now supports OneCode barcode recognition and MacroPDF417 barcode recognition in java applications. The performance of recognition engine has been improved as well.

Nuance Acquires Philips Speech-Recognition Business

Speech-recognition software vendor Nuance Communications has acquired Netherlands-based Royal Philips Electronics' Speech Recognition Systems, PSRS, unit for 66m euros ($96.1m) to strengthen its presence in the European healthcare market.

Optical Character Recognition Still Struggling With Handwriting

Ian Lamont recently asked Google if they planned to extend their transcription of books and other printed media to include public records, many of which were handwritten before word processors became ubiquitous. Google wouldn't talk about any potential plans, but Lamont found out a bit more about the limits of optical character recognition in the process: "Even though some CAPTCHA schemes have been cracked in the past year, a far more difficult challenge lies in using software to recognize handwritten text. Optical character recognition has been used for years to convert printed documents into text data, but the enormous variation in handwriting styles has thwarted large-scale OCR imports of handwritten public documents and historical records.

Optical Code Recognition Still Struggling With Handwriting

Ian Lamont recently asked Google if they planned to extend their transcription of books and other printed media to include public records, many of which were handwritten before word processors became ubiquitous. Google wouldn't talk about any potential plans, but Lamont found out a bit more about the limits of optical character recognition in the process: "Even though some CAPTCHA schemes have been cracked in the past year, a far more difficult challenge lies in using software to recognize handwritten text. Optical character recognition has been used for years to convert printed documents into text data, but the enormous variation in handwriting styles has thwarted large-scale OCR imports of handwritten public documents and historical records.

Two new IoN/Cranfield University courses achieve CPD recognition

Recognition for the purposes of Continuing Professional Education (CPD) has been awarded by the Royal College of Pathologists for the forthcoming Institute of Nanotechnology/Cranfield University one-day professional courses in Nanotoxicology and Nanobiosensors, to be held at Cranfield University on 9 and 10 October respectively.

Mirror Self-recognition In Magpie Birds

Self-recognition, it has been argued, is a hallmark of advanced cognitive abilities in animals. It was previously thought that only the usual suspects of higher cognition—some great apes, dolphins, and elephants—were able to recognize their own bodies in a mirror.

Microsoft to Develop Voice-Recognition iPhone App Via Subsidiary Tellme

Voice recognition is one if the iPhone gaping-est of holes, but it will soon be plugged by none other than Microsoft. But before you look forward to putting your multitouching fingers all over those glorious nine letters on your iPhone screen, know that MS is only indirectly involved via Tellme, a company they acquired in early 2007 which has a similar app for Blackberries already. But it's a start. And the app looks like it would be pretty useful.

Exhibition give recognition to up-and-coming artists

IT WAS an evening of recognition and appreciation of 10 Laois artists last week when a new exhibition opened in the Dunamaise Arts Centre.

Nuance buys Philips Speech Recognition Systems

Philips has sold its Philips Speech Recognition Systems (PSRS) to US-based Nuance Communications for €66m ($96.1m).

Costa Rican Luxury Development Gains Recognition as One of Top Real Estate Choices Through Search Engine Optimization

Costa Rican Luxury Development Gains Recognition as One of Top Real Estate Choices Through Search Engine Optimization

New Universal Object Recognition Technology for Robots

Neurotechnology, a provider of high-precision biometric and object identification technologies, recently announced the availability of SentiSight 2.0 SDK universal object recognition technology for the development of robotics, artificial intelligence and computer-based vision applications.

Nuance takes over Philips Speech Recognition Systems

US company Nuance Communications, Inc. has acquired Philips Speech Recognition Systems (PSRS), a business unit of Royal Philips Electronics. The deal, worth

First reported video of cell's recognition of danger through its protein response made by Sandia and UNM researchers

Home > Press > First reported video of cell’s recognition of danger through its protein response made by Sandia and UNM researchers

Google revamps Picasa with facial recognition

Google has bulked up Picasa Web Albums with a new facial recognition technology to help people sort their photos.

Nuance acquires Philips Speech Recognition, gains foothold in Europe

In a sign that Royal Philips Electronics may be refining its healthcare division, Nuance Communications has announced that it has acquired the Dutch electronic giant's Speech Recognition Systems business unit.

Swiss Firm Launches World's First Open Source Text Recognition With Searchable PDF Files Functionality

Swiss Firm Launches World's First Open Source Text Recognition With Searchable PDF Files Functionality

Air Force museum receives highest national recognition

8/13/2008 - DAYTON, Ohio (AFPN) -- The National Museum of the United States Air Force has again achieved accreditation by American Association of Museums officials. It is the highest national recognition a museum can receive.  

Archivistabox 2008/IX: The World's First Open Source Text Recognition With Searchable PDF Files

PFAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland, September 19 /PRNewswire/ -- With their launch of the ArchivistaBox 2008/IX, Archivista, a Swiss open source software company, has released the only open source text recognition software worldwide that can create searchable PDF files.

Google Can Sort Your Photos on Face Value

Facial-recognition applications are a growing phenomenon. Authorities in Germany and England are testing computerized facial recognition in conjunction with new biometric passports. Passengers go through security and deal with computers, instead of humans. But can computers be trusted? How much do we want them to know about us?

Philips sells speech activities to Nuance

Royal Philips Electronics has sold its speech recognition activities, Philips Speech Recognition Systems (PSRS), to US-based Nuance Communications.

Philips Speech sold to Nuance

AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands and BURLINGTON, Mass. – Royal Philips Electronics announced that it has sold its speech recognition division, Philips Speech Recognition Systems, to U.S.-based Nuance Communications, Inc.

The DNA Connection: In Memoriam: Pedro Aragonez

Forensic science – and DNA specifically – has reached a dubious level of recognition. While we usually consider DNA’s impact by way of its exoneration of the innocent, the number of CODIS hits or crimes solved, or increasingly the ability to solve property crimes with DNA, there is a new recognition of DNA’s power and impact – the daytime, open air assassination of the Director of Forensic Services in Chihuahua, Mexico. Pedro Aragonez, 42, was murdered in front of his son in Ciudad Chihuahua, state capital of Chihuahua. The assassins ambushed his SUV as he waited for a traffic light and sprayed it with bullets.

Recognition-Domain Focused Chemosensors: Versatile and Efficient Reporters of Protein Kinase Activity

Departments of Chemistry and Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139

Face Recognition Varies by Culture

Westerners tend to look at specific features on an individual's face such as the eyes and mouth, as noted with red coloring here. East Asian observers tend to focus on the nose or the centre of the face which allows a more general view of all the features (blue areas). Credit: Roberto Caldara et al.

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