Microsoft unveils new Mobile, Speech software

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Chairman Bill Gates unveiled on Wednesday Microsoft's latest foray into business computing with Speech Server 2004 and an updated version of its software for mobile phones.

The world's largest software maker has been expanding its product offerings as it targets a wider base of business customers, but its efforts so far have been overshadowed by the wide reach of its Windows, Office and server software for networked computers.

"There's a huge range of scenarios that this new speech capability will be used for," Gates told an audience of developers at a conference in San Francisco.