Voice ramp for the remote-wearyÉ

Time Warner Cable chose to hook into the speech recognition softwaretise of BBN HARK Systems for the cabler’s Full Service Network. hark will work on the system design for integrating voice access into fsn, aiming to have a speech-based navigation system prototype ready for later stages of an Orlando field trial.

Now that’s InterACTION

InterACTION, a relatively new bbs dedicated to the film and television community that includes an industry database and classifieds, says it is opening up some mega-networking and polling opportunities (via the Internet) for its users, which include cbc, tvontario and the National Film Board.

Case in point, when the nfb was researching washrooms for a documentary, the Movie newsgroup was used to post a message asking for interesting North American washroom experiences.