We have a keen interest in advanced Internet speech and mobile technologies. Often this interest results in applications which we develop for specific client engagements, but sometimes we think the ideas are so good that we develop them into stand-alone products.
All our applications share one thing in common - they are web delivered (what we used to call ASP). All the code runs on our servers, so you have no need to install code on your servers, or your users' PC. This makes the applications easier and cheaper to deploy and manage, and means that you benefit from our on-going upgrading of the applications.
Some of the applications are offered for free, and others operate on a subscription model. All are aimed at helping you to use and communicate information in new and original ways.
| Chatbots |  |
Chatbots are software programmes designed to mimic human conversation. They are a great way of engaging with your clients an can act as entertainers, advisors, virtual sales and support agents or even teachers or trainers. Our chatbots can be text or speech based, and we can provide dynamic avatars to give the chatbot a human (or in-human!) face. Visit our dedicated chatbots site at www.chatbots.co.uk. Download our Chatbot white paper...
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| NewsGlobe |  |
NewsGlobe takes any RSS, RDF,or ATOM web feed and plots the entries against either Google Earth or Google Map zoomable map of the world. Whilst originally developed to plot world news stories, it could be used to plot any set of geographical data, from construction projects and flu outbreaks to homes for sale. Our free version plots to major city accuracy, but the commercial version can plot data to post code or 10m lat/long accuracy. Read our GeoData Tech Brief for more information.
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| Nabaztag |  |
Nabaztag looks like a cute rabbit, but is actually better thought of as a smart WiFi pager or messaging system. Linking easily into any available WiFi network the Nabaztag can receive either text or recorded messags and play them to anybody within earshot - and store them for later review. The availability of an API also means that external applications can make use of the Nabaztag for alterting or reminder purposes. We are particularly interested in looking at applications for kids, the elderly and infirm, and for visually impaired people.
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| ReaderBot (beta) |  |
ReaderBot is our soon-to-be-launched virtual screenreader. It is designed to allow blind and partially sighted users to access web pages from any Internet connected PC. Versions will be available for web site owners, community organisations and individual users. ReaderBot is due to launch in October 2006. Visit the ReaderBot web site.
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| NewsBots |  |
NewsBots are virtual newscasters. They take an RSS, RDF or ATOM web feed and read the content out to visitors. Newsbots are a simple and effective way of adding life and dynamic content to any web site. Visit our dedicated chatbots site at www.chatbots.co.uk for more information.
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| PageBots |  |
Pagebots provide visitors to your web sites with an audio commentary to one or more pages or functions. For instance a page bot can greet a visitor and tell them about special offers on your site. Unlike chatbots Pagebots are just a one-way communication tool and can't engage the visitor in conversation. However we can make their content dynamic based on external data feeds or even phoned in voice recordings! Visit our dedicated chatbots site at www.chatbots.co.uk for more information.
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| PhoneBot |
PhoneBot is our generic application for taking web based information and delivering it as speech to mobile phone users. The information can range from extracts of a single page (eg latest company news), to RSS/RDF/ATom news feeds to entire, navigatable web sites using our ReaderBot software in conjunctions with PhoneBot. Give us a call if you have information that you would like to put at the end of a phone line.
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| TENBot (beta) |  |
TENBot takes any RSS, RDF,or ATOM web feed and converts it to the Text Electronic Newsletter format. This enables blind and partially sighted users to get easy access to the latest information on your web site with few of the difficulties of trying to read and navigate through conventional web pages. Read the provisional TENBot information sheet, or download it in PDF format.
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