Yesterday Chris Weber, president of Nokia USA, introduced a new voice recognition technology that will be used in Nokia’s Windows Phone-powered handsets. The technology will allow the users to receive and send text messages without touching their phone.
Weber said he was able to send about 17 messages while driving his son to school and during the whole “process” he didn’t touch the phone. Of course, it is quite comfortable when driving, but the technology can be used in other cases, too.
However, this is not for the first time when Nokia comes up with such an app, because two years ago they introduced Vlingo app. This app runs on almost all platforms, probably this is the main reason why Microsoft and Nokia decided to create something that will be one of the key points of Nokia’s Windows Phone-powered smartphones.
During the whole demonstration Weber was keeping a mysterious device, and I wonder whether it was a Windows Phone device or just a testing handset.
At last I want to introduce you a sample conversation posted on Windows Team Blog.
WP: [music pauses]You have a text message from Cody Pardi. You can say read it or ignore.
Me: Read it.
WP: “When will you be home?” You can say reply, call or I’m done.
Me: Reply.
WP: Say your message.
Me: “In about 20 minutes.”
WP: [The phone transcribes and repeats the message] You can say send, try again, or I’m done.
Me: Send. [music resumes]
