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Provider of automated cloud-based speech recognition services Yap announced that is has been selected by Microsoft to provide speech-to-text capabilities in its Talk to Text mobile application for Sprint.
Initially, the new application is available for all Blackberry devices, allowing users to speak their text messages and emails.
The Yap speech cloud provides fully automated, high accuracy speech recognition via a simple web services interface. Using this interface, Microsoft was able to quickly integrate Yap’s speech recognition into its Talk to Text application with just a few lines of code.
According to Yap, users will benefit from reduced number of keystrokes, though I’m not sure everyone cares about it, BlackBerry users especially. If you already own a full QWERTY keyboard-equipped device which is known as the industry’s best for managing emails on-the-go, I doubt you have any issues with typing longer sentences. Then again, I may be wrong, and at the end – it’s good to have a choice, so it’s up to users to decide whether they want to type or speak their messages…
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
