Sea Otter, Seconds, Deep, Mark, Austin and others.
I know this is a SWAG and may be way off base, but here it goes (This is food for thought)
I will prefice this SWAG by saying that any agreeement would not necessarily be immediate IMHO.
Just suppose that (as been mentioned either on this board or the Yahoo board) that GMGC is looking at the big picture (ie the world and not just the good ole US of A). To come to any agreement, GMGC would need to have voice recognition for that particular language or company. Nuance is the voice recognition engine for GMGC. If you look at the Nuance web site, you will find that Nuance is compatible for U.S. English, U.K. English, Australian English, German, Japanese, and Latin American Spanish. I can't remember the sites off hand, but I have read in the last 6 months or so articles where GMGC's name has popped up from U.K, Germany, and Japan. I can't recall if I have read anything from Australia or Latin America (Spanish)
So if you believe that GMGC is currently in discussions or thinking about coming into some type of agreement overseas, then I would start looking into the areas mentioned above. Mark, you live in Australia so we need your brain to work the Australian angle:)
So, since MagicTalk is intertwined with agent technology, then Markman's words about becoming the de facto standard may indeed not be just a dream.
I am long and this message is not intended to hype, only to bring out possible avenues that GMGC may take.
Take care,
Kurt |
