Jul. 23rd, 2009

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Jul. 23rd, 2009 05:54 am
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In a week that has seen a lot of "back-and-forth" about SpinVox, they really didn't need their former BBC champion Rory Cellan-Jones to go on the offensive. I am just worried that my friends who are still there make sure that they still have a seat when the music stops...
clipped from news.bbc.co.uk
Page last updated at 02:19 GMT, Thursday, 23 July 2009 03:19 UK




Voice technology firm under fire






By Rory Cellan-Jones



Technology correspondent, BBC News





Rory's message
Spinvox has spoken several times to the BBC about its technology


A UK firm that turns mobile messages into text faces questions over its privacy standards, technology and finances following a BBC investigation.

Spinvox's service aims to convert voice messages into text messages using advanced speech recognition software.

But claims to the BBC suggest that the majority of messages have been heard and transcribed by call centre staff in South Africa and the Philippines.

The firm declined to comment on how many messages are "read" in this way.

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