Free voice recognition comes to the iPhone with Vlingo

The voice recognition features of the latest version of Google Mobile App got a lot of attention, but the program was fairly limited in what it let you do with your voice really, when you analysed it closely. What if you don’t just want to search, what if you want to call people, or look up maps, or even send a Twitter message without the burden of extra finger strain?

Vlingo

Vlingo on Wednesday announced the launch of its iPhone voice-recognition application, which aims to bring voice commands to several different facets of the iPhone’s interface, which don’t traditionally allow voice control. Using voice recognition, the free application allows you to dial your contacts, search on the Web, look for maps, and even update your status on several social sites.

There are a few thoughtful features as well: the Web search can use Google or Yahoo to look for results, and saying a contact’s name can automatically dial that contact unless told otherwise, saving extra finger taps.

Vlingo is available for free from the App Store and runs on an any iPhone.

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2 Comments to “Free voice recognition comes to the iPhone with Vlingo”

  1. on 03 Dec 2008 at 8:05 pmDalekkiller

    The good thing about it is having so many options in one app. The bad thing is its inability to recognize an English accent when doing a web search. The fun bit – turning on content filtering and seeing how many rude words it recognizes!

  2. on 30 Aug 2010 at 2:17 amCuban

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