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semantic analyses with its tools. In 2006 Microso acquired Colloquis Inc,
a provider of conversational online business solutions that feature natural
language- processing technology, and this technology has been improved
and augmented for Microso products over the past half- dozen years. Not
to be le out of the race to build market share by making it easier for
humans and machines to communicate with each other, the Internet giant
Google™ has pushed forward its agenda for advanced voice- and- data pro-
cessing with semantic analytics as a part of its Android™ phone, starting
with Google-411 service, moving to Google Voice Actions and others.
Nuance™ corporation’s SpeakFreely™ and their Clinical Lang ...