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Voice Control Applications for Smartphones and Mobile Devices
Simple and Immediate Access to Your Cellphone
The mobile sector, in continuous development, is rapidly converging with the world of the PC: smartphones have ever more memory, advanced functions and connection capacity; on the other hand, menus are more complex and difficult to navigate, and the small size of the screens and keyboards make it a frustrating user experience, as well as excluding the elderly and disabled. Moreover, intensive use when on the move or driving is difficult, if not dangerous.
But today, smartphone users can control almost every aspect of their device by voice: voice dialling, screen readers, reading and dictating emails and text messages, caller ID reading, navigation applications and geo-location information. New generation smartphones (iPhone, Android, etc.) have given rise to a multitude of applications that take advantage of speech synthesis and speech recognition, including language courses, translation apps, games and so on.
Why Add a Voice Interface?
- to provide a more flexible and customizable interface
- to allow voice control of the phone when on the move, or when hands and eyes are busy
- to enable the use of the telephone when driving without breaching the highway code
- to overcome usability barriers, allowing smartphones to also be used by the elderly and the blind
- to provide an additional method of interaction which enriches and personalizes the experience by simplifying access to favourite functions, avoiding having to read long menus and offering new functions that could not otherwise be created.
Discover Loquendo’s Voice Applications for Mobile, along with those of our Partners: both voice synthesis (TTS) and voice recognition (ASR) programmes are available for developers, along with complete applications ready for use. You can discover all the latest by visiting Loquendo in Mobile Stores.