QNX wants to put an end to in-car voice systems that require an awkward-sounding syntax to get the job done. As part of its CES launches, it’s rolling out a framework for its speech recognition technology leaning on AT&T’s Watson engine. By offloading the phrase interpretation to AT&T’s servers, any infotainment system with the framework inside can focus on deciphering the speaker’s intent — letting drivers spend more time navigating or playing music, instead of remembering the necessary magic words. QNX will roll out the voice element as part of its CAR platform at an unspecified point in 2013. We’ll have to wait until car and head-end unit designers implement the platform in tangible hardware, but the new speech system will hopefully lead to more organic-sounding conversations with our cars.
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