AndroidGuys

Nuance Communications, one of the founding OHA members is introducing a service that delivers “high-quality readable messages to mobile devices.” This service works great on a number of levels, including organization and safety. No more trying to write down that phone number while listening to voice mail and driving. And no more losing those Post-It notes that don’t stick to the dashboard any longer.

Based off of that Dragon Naturally Speaking software that seemed all the rage in the 90’s, the Nuance Voicemail to Text Service will work with any standard voice mail system.

“Converting voicemail to text is a powerful and simple concept. But implementing a highly scalable semi-automated service is far more complex and requires highly accurate speech recognition – technology that takes decades to develop. The Nuance Voicemail to Text Service integrates speech technology with over 3,000 Nuance transcriptionists, hosted in a Nuance-owned facility, with proven security, scalability, and reliability.” - Steve Chambers, president, mobile and consumer services division, Nuance.

This is one of those features that ought to be standardized within the next few years. As a founding member with the Open Handset Alliance, we’d love to see this integrated into Android-based handsets when they roll out.

And before you AndroidGuys watch-dogs flame us in the comments, yes we are aware of existing services like this.

Source: TMCnet