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by Daniel Rubino
May 09, 2012
We've mentioned that popular messaging app TalkBox a few times here at WPCentral. The service is not only a way to send messages and photos to your contacts on the go but it also allows you to...
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by Rich Edmonds
May 05, 2012
Microsoft is set to close down the Bing 411 service on June 1st, 2012. Bing 411 is a toll-free number for American residents that enables callers to search using voice and Tellme...
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by Daniel Rubino
Apr 20, 2012
We mentioned TalkBox way back in November coming to Windows Phone. The popular messaging app derives its name from the ability to do press-n-hold a button to send mini-voice clips to your friends,...
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by Daniel Rubino
Mar 13, 2012
We covered the app Speak to Play at the end of January as being one of the first voice-controlled music apps for Windows Phone. In short, you tap the button, tell it to play <artist>, <song...
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by Daniel Rubino
Feb 28, 2012
We have to admit, we hadn't thought of the idea to control a video game solely with your voice. Even with Kinect for Xbox 360 we still picture using other methods for interaction. But the...
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by Daniel Rubino
Feb 16, 2012
For those of you who go back to the Windows Mobile days, you'll remember an instant messaging service called Palringo (www.palringo.com). The program was its own IM service, which allowed things...
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by Daniel Rubino
Jan 30, 2012
The ability to play your music via voice command was something that Windows Mobile users were accustomed to back in 2006. To not have the ability to say "Play <insert artist>" on a...
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by Rich Edmonds
Jan 08, 2012
We recently covered a neat little Windows Phone app that rivals Apple's Siri. Ask Ziggy is a completely free (ad-free too) speech recognition app, which goes one step further than Windows...
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by Daniel Rubino
Jan 02, 2012
If there was an over-hyped technology in late 2011 it was perhaps Apple's Siri, their voice recognition/information application for the iPhone 4s. Now we'll admit that Siri is quite a...
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by Daniel Rubino
Dec 01, 2011
For those looking for a way to use their Windows Phones as virtual walkie-talkies, you may want to keep an eye on Talk2Me, a new app from NTWorld. The app allows you to record 15 second voice clips...
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by Rich Edmonds
Nov 29, 2011
KeyboardP, a Windows Phone enthusiast and developer, has been busy creating an awesome system where Windows users can control a media player (Zune in this case) by voice commands. By simply saying...
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by Daniel Rubino
Aug 11, 2011
Someday, if we find the energy, we'll look into doing a memo recorder app wrap up--after all, there's a few dozen we imagine. But for now, we're going to briefly highlight 'Cloud Recorder' by...
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by Daniel Rubino
Feb 08, 2011
A few years back on Windows Mobile, we had a nifty little freeware app called Notes2Self--the app was mappable to any key and allowed you to record a quick audio note which was then emailed to...
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by Tim Ferrill
Jan 01, 2011
The competition between Microsoft and Google has been raging for a number of years now. The Windows Phone and Android mobile platforms are only a small part, online services are where the real...
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by George Ponder
Sep 14, 2010
The Pew Research Center has released a study where a sampling of 2,252 adults (age 18 or older) and 800 teens (ages 12-17) were interviewed on how they use their Windows Phones and other smart...
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by Daniel Rubino
Jul 23, 2010
We know Microsoft and TellMe (who Microsoft bought) worked close together on the Samsung Intrepid (awful phone, neat service), but nothing else ever came out from it. We also know Windows Phone 7...
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by George Ponder
May 12, 2010
Back a few months ago, a small startup company called Traveling Wave demoed a new method for text entry: Voicepredict (see video here)The technology combined voice recognition with typing to allow...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 09, 2009
Now that Google Voice invites are going out (click link for demo video), the question of how to make calls on your Windows phone via your GV account arises. See, the issue is this: you hand out...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 25, 2009
As we mentioned earlier, Palm (in a a nice turnabout) put a support page up noting an update to enable voice over Bluetooth, a feature which was expected but absent on the new flagship Palm...
