Cool news from our Automotive team today! Take a look at Rebecca's post below...
Today we had a very exciting announcement from our automotive business that we thought would be appropriate to share with our Dragon Mobile Apps users – we’re bringing the power of Dragon to the car! Today we unveiled Nuance Voice Control Automotive, an innovative platform that is designed for auto manufacturers to bring voice-enabled connected services to drivers around the world – and it’s based on the same core speech recognition technology that you take advantage of in Dragon NaturallySpeaking, Dragon Dictation and Dragon Search. So what can you do with Nuance Voice Control Automotive? Lots of amazing tasks, including:
- SMS text messaging and email capabilities, allowing drivers to simply speak and send messages while keeping their hands on the wheel and eyes on the road;
- Interaction with social networks such as Twitter and Facebook;
- News, weather and traffic updates and the latest sports scores and stock prices;
- Movie theatre locations, film listings and times;
- Dining options in current area or point of destination; and,
- Price comparisons for hotels, fuel, etc.
We’re a mobile society, and more and more we find ourselves connected at all times. But it’s important to ensure a safer route to staying connected behind the wheel – that’s where speech technology becomes so valuable and why we’ve worked to bring this innovative platform to auto manufacturers. We expect the first cars with Nuance Voice Control Automotive to start shipping next year – so stay tuned!
REBECCA PAQUETTE, Corporate Communications Manager, Mobile
