Wax Bee is rechargeable and compatible with all Bluetooth enabled music and hands-free devices, and supports voice dial and redial functions.

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It also can be a rather multi-step affair to even make a call, since there's no home screen speed dial or voice recognition, and the phonebook can't be searched, only scrolled through.

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One of their current projects is the SmartButton, a wireless Bluetooth-enabled badge that connects to your phone and that you press when you want to call someone (you use the phone's voice recognition software to actually dial).

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In the days when what is now called terrestrial radio -- that is, free radio, broadcast by local stations -- ruled, you couldn't help hearing his voice as you twisted the dial through the stations in your town.

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It's turning voice messages into texts so you don't have to dial into voicemail, and it has a nifty voice search app for Apple's iPhone.

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As you scroll through stations on the dial, a gender-selectable voice prompt tells you what station you've reached.

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Nonetheless, more and more Internet service providers are likely to start offering voice services as a way to try to hang on to dial-up customers and keep them from going to the cable or phone companies.

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The new 2013 line allows you to choose between 4 different EQ modes, and the dial allowing you to control the volume of game vs. voice chat is a cool feature.

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Modeled after the information and e-commerce transactions available on the Web, the latest in information technology starts with a telephone number that you'll be able to dial to reach a computer that hears and guides your requests and answers them using voice-recognition technology.

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