Comments on: Xbox 360 keeps its voice

Microsoft extends contract with Fonix Speech for voice recognition software found in original Xbox.

[bobby_brady]

Current $299 price tag?

Come on CNET!

[tubedogg]

Not to mention...

The games listed by Fonix are games that actually use voice recognition...the writer of this story somehow connected voice chat with voice recognition, which are two totally separate things: voice command or voice recognition is used in a handful of games, all of which are squad-based tactical shooters, and allows the player to issue voice commands to CPU-controlled teammates; voice chat is used in nearly every Xbox game that has multiplayer through Xbox Live and is simply two or more players having a conversation with each other. I'm presuming this story was written based on the press release on Fonix's site here [1] which you'll note doesn't mention voice chat or Xbox Live at all.

Finally, voice chat is not surviving "despite" additions, it is a key component of Xbox Live and continuing it's place as such on the 360.

[1] http://www.fonix.com/page.cfm?name=news&id=1546