Similar voice command pathways and functionality exist for the Stitcher and OpenBeak apps.
One of the most impressive features is the ability to wake the console with just a voice command.
Consumers will enjoy news, sports and their favorite local channels, all just a voice command away, on Xbox 360.
When an incoming call or message arrives, it can be received via voice command without even touching the phone.
It also has voice command functions that let users schedule an alarm or adjust volume by speaking to their device.
Existing technology like text-to-speech, voice command, Bluetooth hands-free calling and traffic services also helps alleviate driver distraction to avoid potentially dangerous situations.
This premium navigator also includes lifetime map updates2, Garmin's most advanced traffic service, HD Digital Traffic, 3D buildings and terrain and voice command.
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Do Assistant seeks to take speech software even further by offering a suite of common business applications that run entirely by voice command.
If and when Apple debuts this functionality a minimum of three other competitors will have already deployed it for voice command and content search.
It's worth pointing out that there's also a voice command button as well as motion-sensing, thus making the most out of Google TV ver.3.
Though far from perfect as they are right now, voice command would offer huge potential if developed specifically for automobiles with collaborations between manufacturers and the likes of Google or Apple.
Tap the menu subset for Mobile Applications, and the Navigation System touch screen will then list the current SYNC-enabled apps found on the SYNC-paired smartphone that are ready for launch by voice command.
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The Smartphone will sport the usual PDA features, like an address book that takes up to 2, 000 entries, and will also come equipped with a built-in speakerphone and e-mail retrieval by voice command.
First launched in 2010, SYNC AppLink provides industry-leading voice command and control of mobile apps including popular services like Pandora personalized radio, Stitcher smart radio, NPR News, iHeartRadio digital radio and Scout personal navigation.
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From there, we see a hot air balloonist and ballet dancer initiate video recording and send an email or text with a voice command, which are likely to be jobs one and two for most users.
As I said previously, the Siri voice command is likely to create an entirely new set of standards for smartphones because Apple has created the awareness and a set of expectations around the incorporation of voice commands and how they work.
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Sure, there were exceptions to the rule like Dragon Naturally speaking for dictation and voice command and control, but that really only caught on in vertical markets like legal and medical where the dictionaries were precise and users used headphones to improve accuracy.
Duplication now exists around voice command, chat, picture editing, video editing, music handling and it seems that with every new version, Samsung is bringing more of its own apps to the product line, a great idea from a differentiation standpoint but one that may ultimately benefit Samsung much more than it does Google.
To generate ideas for voice-command software, 26 competitors from 16 countries submitted 12 ideas.
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The iPhone 4S also comes with a new tool called Siri, voice-command software that can recall information on demand.
Siri voice-command software for the iPhone can readily tell you the score in the latest 49ers game if you ask her.
Ford would no doubt counter that drivers can always use the voice-command menu, but I find that system to be demanding, rigid, dense and a little hostile.
For the first time ever, Kyocera has implemented its proprietary voice-activated command feature into the DIGNO S, allowing the user to speak to the phone to activate e-mail, phone and other commonly used applications - a function accessible by simply tapping an icon on the lock screen.
It has vastly amplified your voice, giving you editorial command of a constellation of websites with an audience of 110 million.
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On Dec 6, 2011, after they download an update Xbox users will be able to command their TV with their voice.
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When the soldier says a simple phrase for example, "keep kids back" the Voice Response Translator (VRT) matches that command to a more complex phrase in Arabic.
On the plus side, having the ability to input commands through your voice enables you to actually initiate macros with spoken command.
XML, the human voice becomes a substitute for a computer mouse and the spoken command for a click.
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