Voice enabling web pages and mobile applications

The broad introduction of Voice User Interfaces, allowing the interaction with computers through voice/speech, may be the next revolution when it comes to User Interface Engineering. One of the biggest challenges with Voice User Interfaces is of course the correct and instantaneous recognition of a spoken input. A verbally responding mobile application has many obvious advantages. For instance, users don't have to decipher tiny fonts on small displays, in fact, they don't have to look at the display at all. We are taking a closer look at Android's Speech-To-Text (STT) and Text-To-Speech (TTS) capabilities and will develop and deploy a simple a voice controlled assistant. We will also cover in some detail how Websites can be voice enabled without using Flash.