Intel Corp. plans to talk its way into the booming e-commerce business — but it’s finding others have the same idea.
On May 6, the giant Santa Clara, California-based computer-chip maker pumped a cool $30 million (US$) into a joint venture with Lemout & Hauspie Speech Products NV, Europe’s largest speech-recognition software maker. The partnership’s goal is to quickly develop products that let consumers use simple voice commands to buy and sell items over the Internet.
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For Intel Talk’s Not Cheap
Posted by: Chet Dembeck May 10, 1999 12:00 AMIntel Corp. plans to talk its way into the booming e-commerce business — but it’s finding others have the same idea.
On May 6, the giant Santa Clara, California-based computer-chip maker pumped a cool $30 million (US$) into a joint venture with Lemout & Hauspie Speech Products NV, Europe’s largest speech-recognition software maker. The partnership’s goal is to quickly develop products that let consumers use simple voice commands to buy and sell items over the Internet.