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Vlingo elbows for room on speech-recognition field; Firm uses D2C to "talk' on Blackberries.
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RCR Wireless News
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June 30, 2008
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Byline: COLIN GIBBS
Speech recognition technology wins the "the most over-promised and under-delivered of all time award,'' according to vlingo Corp. CEO Dave Grannan. But the space may finally be delivering on its promise.
A relative newcomer to the field, vlingo made its first direct-to-consumer play last week with a free downloadable application for BlackBerries. Vlingo for BlackBerry allows users to speak commands into the phone to initiate phone calls, send text or e-mail messages, find contacts or search the Internet.
The offering is available on the BlackBerry Pearl, Curve and 8800 series, and the company plans to support other devices and operating ...