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Superhuman Speech Recognition:
Technology Challenges & Market AdoptionDavid NahamooIBM FellowSpeech CTO, IBM ResearchJuly 2, 2008 
 
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This chart represents all revenue for speech related ecosystem activity.
Revenue exceeded $1B for the 1
st 
time in 2006 
Note also that hosted services will represent ½ of speech related revenue in 2011
WW Voice-Driven Conversation Access Technology Forecast 
*Opus Research 02_2007 
Overall Speech Market Opportunity
 
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Market UsageNeed-based SegmentationSpeech Segments
Mobile Internet, Yellow PagesSMS, IM, emailEmbedded - Automotive, MobileDevices, Appliances, EntertainmentContact Centers, Tourism, GlobalDigital Communities, Media (XCast)Media, Medical, Legal, Education,Government, Unified MessagingContact Centers, GovernmentContact Centers, Media,GovernmentContact Centers
Information Search & RetrievalCommand & ControlMultilingual CommunicationInformation Access and provisionSecurityIntelligenceTransaction/Problem SolvingSpeech Search & MessagingSpeech ControlSpeech TranslationSpeech TranscriptionSpeech BiometricsSpeech AnalyticsSpeech Self Service
Speech Market Segments
Improved accuracy
Much larger vocabulary speech recognition system

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