Speech Feature in Windows Mobile Mango
Nokia Lumia Windows Mobile Now Officially Announced
The new Windows Mango will have a Voice-to-text feature, which will allow you to send SMS [Text messages] even without touching your mobilephone [using handsfree] and it will also read out any Text messages it will receive
There is also a possibilty that this feature will be available in the upcoming Nokia WIndow Mobile but nothing officially announced yet
Anyway, here is a short conversation Bill Pardi of Windows Steam blog had while testing this feature
WP: You have a text message from Cody Pardi. You can say read it or ignore.
Me: Read it.
WP: “When will you be home?”
You can say reply, call or I’m done.
Me: Reply.
WP: Say your message.
Me: “In about 20 minutes.”
WP: [The phone transcribes and repeats the message] You can say send, try again, or I’m done.
Me: Send
Thats not all, the new speech features on mango of windows mobile can call your friend by just calling their name, can receive a call, just say the name of an application and windows mobile will open it for you!
See a Video about this new feature below
Some of the things Windows Mobile [Mango] can do by using speech feature are
- Making a phone call by name or nickname
- Redialing a number
- Calling voicemail
- Searching Bing
- Turning on the speakerphone
- Starting an app while in a call
- Navigating Maps
it will rise mobile technology into new era, eager to have mango.as far as Making a phone call by name or nickname
is present in Nokia phones now also.