Tzvi Ben-Elya
The Saddest Birthday in the World Israel News ...

In this edition we mark the sad birthday of 5-year-old Ariel Bibas, the little redhead being held by Hamas with his baby brother and parents. We also want you to know about the courageous stand taken by Ayelet Samerano against the UNWRA secretary-general in Lausanne.

Read about how long can a hostage survive in captivity, about Turkey in NATO, the threats to Israel from Iran and Hezbollah and what the IDF says might happen.

The Saddest Birthday in the World Israel News Insights - Aug 5, 2024 (Day 303)

iFLYTEK

Tech startup VocalZoom completes the final stage of design work with iFLYTEK, the supplier of China's most popular speech recognition platform

Tech startup VocalZoom completes the final stage of design work with iFLYTEK, the supplier of China's most popular speech recognition platform
  • All design and technology integration work is complete ahead of iFLYTEK'S planned late 2016 launch.
  • Sensor gives iFLYTEK's headset product measurable improvements in automatic speech recognition (ASR) performance that are substantially higher than was demonstrated in early lab tests.
  • The two companies also initiate next design collaboration for an automotive voice control and voice biometrics product that uses a far-range version of VocalZoom's Human to Machine Communication (HMC) sensor.

VocalZoom and iFLYTEK Partner to Give China’s Most Popular Speech Recognition Platform Breakthrough Performance in Noisy Environments

  • Early tests show VocalZoom’s optical sensor dramatically improves automatic speech recognition (ASR) performance of iFLYTEK’s voice-control platform by an average of more than 50 percent.
  • Greatest performance enhancement is achieved in environments with the highest noise levels, such as driving an automobile with the windows rolled down.
  • Companies are exploring combination of VocalZoom sensor technology with iFLYTEK’s Voice Cloud, the leading intelligent speech platform in China for mobile cloud and embedded applications.