Vlingo recently released a new application for BlackBerry smartphones, allowing users to control their devices using nothing but their voice. Available as a free download, vlingo’s BlackBerry app lets users do such things using their voice as:
- Voice Dial – initiate calls to anyone from address book.
- Text Message – send text messages without typing.
- Email – start an email and speak the message on-the-go.
- Applications – open calendar, maps, and other apps.
- Address Book – search for contacts without typing.
- Web search – look up anything online in one step.
- Note2Self – send yourself a reminder in the form of an email, task or text message.
Vlingo currently works on the BlackBerry Pearl, BlackBerry Curve and BlackBerry 8800 series smartphones and is available for download from here.