VoicePredict - First voice powered text prediction for mobile launchedby TravellingWave

TravellingWave has launched first voice-powered text prediction for mobile phones. The company’s VoicePredict software will enable mobile users to input text using their voices and by simply typing one or two letter key presses per word speak.

Additionally, VoicePredict will enable quick insertion of emoticons, SMS-shortcuts, and contact names, and can act as a powerful interface to social networks, including Facebook and Twitter. VoicePredict, currently in a beta release, is available as a downloadable application (from www.voicepredict.com) for WindowsMobile smartphones. Travellingwave expects to deliver versions for iPhone and Android in early 2010.

Speech-to-Text has been greatly anticipated as a solution to the mobile text input problem for several years. TravellingWave’s VoicePredict is based on a radical new approach to speech input, wherein voice inputs and keypad inputs are tightly coupled to result in voice-powered text prediction. VoicePredict enables reliable voice and text communication that can be easily personalized based on the user’s choice. Preliminary trials indicate that, on an average, VoicePredict results in a 75% reduction in the number of key-presses on a phone with a Qwerty keypad and it enables 80% faster insertion of symbols and contact names.

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