La emprsa Tellme, una de las pocas en el universo Microsoft que todavía mantiene su nombre para no asustar a nadie, está desarrollando una aplicación para el iPhone. La empresa ofrece un programa que usa reconocimiento de voz para búsquedas en varias plataformas como la Blackberry. CNET confirma que ya tienen un prototipo alfa, y [...]
Today Tellme (launched last July), a Microsoft subsidiary and provider of voice services for people and businesses, announced the addition of local 'on-the-go' information to its voice portal for mobile phones. Now instead of typing in a request or scrolling through menus to find information, people can simply hold down the 'talk' button, say a keyword and see the results on the phone's screen. Tellme is initially available on BlackBerry phones and will roll out on future versions of Helio phones.Mobile users surfing for information while on-the-go no longer need to type their location or starting point, Tellme uses global positioning system (GPS) technology to deliver local information right to the phone's screen. For example: Business
Microsoft Corp.’s Tellme subsidiary launched an application for the BlackBerry that lets people speak commands into their smart phones to search for businesses, look up movie times, check traffic and make other queries.
Once users download the program, they can push on their phone’s green “talk” button and say either the name of a business, type of [...]
Another company offering free information sent to cell phones besides BetterThan411.com (see article) is Tell Me. Tell me is a Microsoft subsidiary that offers three ways to access their service:Tellme by Voice: Call 1-800-555-TELL and just say "business search" to find a business listing or search for a particular category, such as "flower shops," from any phone, including a map for the selected listing. Callers can also choose from many other great services like movie tickets, ring tones, sports, news and more. Tellme by Text: Send a text message to TELLM (83556) with a business request such as "starbucks san francisco ca" or "pizza boston ma" and get a text message back with the listing and a link to a map. Tellme by Mobile: Speak your request and then see the
Before heading out to the bar I decided to check my newsreader. It appears Microsoft has purchased Tellme.Tellme started out as one of those annoying voice driven telephone menus:Hello, This is Tellme. Listen carefully because our options have changed. Police? Please State the city and state. To return to the main menu say “Main Menu.”Although I am an articulate person, and am not a native Chowda NewEnglander , these never work for me. Lou Dobbs thinks it is positively great they can’t do Spanish accents. Do these ever work with a mouthful of grits?But, I really think this should be how computers and everything works. It’s only been like forty years they’ve been doing it on Star Trek.I guess Tellme has advanced beyond the voice menu thing. You can call in various applications, like voice games, and if they are cool enough, they make them part of the Tellme Service. Voice Driven Games are a good thing. If there is anything America needs, it is more reasons to use our cell
