Send SMS by
voice
The year 2007 may bring surprise for all mobile users. Come 2007 we can
Send SMS by speaking on our mobile phone. We only need to give a voice
command to our hand set to send the SMS to the desired destination, instead of laboring to key in the text messages. Are you interested in purchasing a handset with a voice command? Please wait for some more months!
Telecommunication vendor Motorola is reaching out to the hitherto unexplored areas in the country targeting the less tech savvy rural and semi-literate masses. As a part of its “connect the next billion” campaign, the
company is set to release its range of handsets with voice command SMSing facility soon. The company’s Global
Software Group is working on a technology that will support English and all other Indian
languages through text and voice
recognition.
The first product that recognizes voice command in English is expected to hit the Indian markets by the year 2007. The development of the software for supporting other Indian languages is presently underway; however, no timeframe is fixed for releasing the products that support voice command in other Indian languages.
The phones will also have voice based functional access with which one can access phone books, add new entries and make calls, without using the keypads.
The company plans to use speech recognition software by obtaining samples of voices from the Indian Foreign Language Institute, Mysore, and create a speech database. The most important thing is that of getting the accent right and the same is applicable to both English and other Indian languages.
While the accuracy level for discreet words may not be a big problem, improving the accuracy level for continuous word recognition may pose a challenge, the company observed.
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