Yahoo OneSearch gets voice support, Vlingo money from Yahoo

Posted by Dusan on Thursday, April 10th, 2008 at 4:41 am under Announcements, Mobile Web, Services, Technologies

Yahoo OneSearch gets voice supportYahoo has recently announced that it is launching the the voice-enabled version of its OneSearch product. Initially, the application is available for U.S. based BlackBerry owners, only, but in the coming months - the search giant will expand to international markets and other platforms.

Yahoo is using a technology from Vlingo, a company which we already covered in the past. At the same time, Vlingo announced $20 in series B financing from Yahoo. Under the multi-deal, Yahoo will get an exclusive right to use Vlingo’s technology for mobile search…

BlackBerry users in the United States can try out the new service by visiting m.yahoo.com/voice on their mobile browsers.

[Via: GigaOm]


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