Like other voice-control services, too, you can give follow-up instructions like, "with Bill Hader" and it'll narrow down your results instead of starting a new search.
Like other voice-control services, too, you can give follow-up instructions like, "with Bill Hader" and it'll know to narrow down your results instead of starting a new search.
"Ford aims to deliver voice-control compatibility with apps for a wide range of services, and is now actively seeking to partner with app developers on future opportunities, " it said in a statement.
"Our Voice-Activated Navigation System integration allows us to enrich the AppLink experience even further, giving customers an industry-first combination of voice control and touch-screen access to the apps stored on their mobile phones, " said Julius Marchwicki, Ford SYNC product manager.
ENGADGET: Ford SYNC AppLink hands-on in a little green Fiesta
Add to that the voice and motion-control abilities already available with the Xbox Kinect system, and you can see Microsoft's vision for making the console a centerpiece for all electronic entertainment.
The ergonomically designed remote control also features a built-in microphone to enable voice control.
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Microsoft suggests a wrist-worn computer could be used to operate the device, or alternatively the user might control it through voice-commands and flicking their eyes to a certain spot.
Iwata also demonstrated several of the DS's new software titles featuring the innovative features of the DS: voice recognition, touch-screen control and, of course, WiFi.
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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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The carmaker said the B-Max would eventually run its AppLink system, which will add control of smartphone apps to voice-operated commands.
The VIA 1435 and 1535 range offers drivers a suite of premium safety features, including Intuitive Voice Control and Bluetooth Hands-Free calling, that allow drivers to keep their eyes on the road and hands on the wheel.
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Other secret features buried in the plists are said to include "auto-focus camera, " "voice control, " and "magnetometer, " which is assumed to be a compass.
And for those who also opt for the Voice-Activated Navigation System, AppLink will integrate app access and control through the system's 8-inch touch screen.
ENGADGET: Ford SYNC AppLink hands-on in a little green Fiesta
MyLink adds stereo audio streaming and wireless control of smart phones, building on the voice-activated Bluetooth hands-free calling capability already offered in most Chevy vehicles.
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By adding the Evolution Kit to their 2012 Smart TVs, consumers can enjoy a redesigned Smart Hub, enhanced Voice Interaction and Motion Control, as well as a quad-core chipset for increased processing power.
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Seemless voice control integration with smartphone calling, music, and turn-by-turn navigation is also very plausible.
While direct dictation garners the most attention for voice-recognition programs, it's the ability to launch and control applications that impresses MacSpeech's Rogers.
This non-TV TV, which he called the iHub, would feature a 32-inch screen with touch, gesture, voice, and iPad control and could be hung on the wall wherever the family congregates for planning, talking, or eating.
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In terms of actual functionality, the core technology hasn't changed much: this is still a heads-up display that allows you to control things using your voice or by moving your head.
One of the more entertaining posts we wrote up at last year's CES was for the Golden-i, a head-mounted computer that lets field workers control their machines using voice commands and by moving their heads.
Update: Boy Genius Report has scored some other 3.0-culled goodies, including what appears to be voice dialing ("Voice Control" as they're calling it), a digital battery strength readout, and further evidence of video support.
Honeywell envisions a generation of more-advanced autopilots able to function on taxi instructions sent by control towers over computer-to-computer connections replacing voice communications between pilots and controllers.
Over the next decade we as citizens need to recapture our voice and take back control of the political process which is currently dominated by narcissistic and self-important candidates on both sides of the aisle.
Mustang will be the first vehicle that will offer AppLink with the standard SYNC interface, as well as be integrated into the optional Voice-Activated Navigation System, providing the additional convenience of an 8-inch touch screen for control.
ENGADGET: Ford SYNC AppLink hands-on in a little green Fiesta
The Maestro 4220 and 4200 each sport the same size screen and slim 0.7-inch design but scale back on some of the features like live traffic info and voice control.
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One reason for such ready acceptance may have been that a Supreme Court veto fitted so well with the whole design and spirit of the constitution itself, whose purpose was as much to control the excesses of popular majorities as to give the people a voice in government decision-making.
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