"Just a few months ago, Vlingo was selected to voice-enable Yahoo! oneSearch, which showed the world just how quick and easy mobile Web search can be with the power of voice," said Dave Grannan, CEO of Vlingo. "Vlingo takes this technology beyond Web search into everyday applications that are now instantly more usable and easier to find because you only need to think about one button and a few spoken words. Vlingo believes that we can immediately improve the way every person interacts with their wireless device and the BlackBerry platform is the perfect place to start our aggressive expansion strategy here in the U.S. and abroad."
BlackBerry smartphone users can simply press the side “convenience” key on their handset, which will let them speak commands into the phone. Available as of now, Vlingo gives BlackBerry smartphone users voice control over the most commonly used applications, including:
- Voice Dial - Initiate calls to anyone in your address book.
- Text Message - Send text messages without typing.
- Email - Simply speak “Email John Smith” to start an email on-the-go, and you can speak the body of the message as well.
- Applications - Open calendar, maps, etc.
- Address Book - Search for contacts without typing.
- Web Search - Look up anything online in one step. Just say, “Web search: concert tickets in Boston,” and the results are displayed.
- Note2Self - Send yourself a reminder in the form of an email, task or text message.
Vlingo is currently supported on the BlackBerry Pearl, BlackBerry Curve and BlackBerry 8800 series smartphones. Vlingo will be adding additional devices and operating systems in the third and fourth quarters of 2008. A demo video of the new Vlingo BlackBerry application is available at here.
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