AT&T’s Watson Looks for Its Voice in a Crowded App Marketplace
IT Connection Blog by Brian WashburnSummary Bullets: · AT&T Watson comes from different routes than Google's Voice Actions or Apple's Siri. Its API faces mobile apps, but it could transcend them. · AT&T's charge for use of Watson may turn developers away, but it can win with a premium pitch that attracts developers with business models generating actual revenues. Just as it said it would, AT&T released its first API function tapping its Watson speech engine in June. Starting with a one-time $99 charge (and a rate of about $0.01 per transaction starting in 2013), developers can