19 September 2002

General Magic hangs up The VoiceXML and telematics company is closing today. Press release: "Most of the company's employees will leave immediately.". GM will have to find another partner for Onstar's in-car speech recognition applications. There will be an asset car-boot sale, but Scripting News wouldn't be buying the magicTalk Enterprise Platform 2.0: inclusive platforms live, exclusive platforms die. Sad news for the voice services ecology, though consolidation is inevitable. 10:27:25 PM     comments