DriveSafe.ly text and email reading mobile app announced

Published on Jan 5, 2011

Cobra Electronics, iSpeech launch DriveSafe.ly mobile app to instantly listen and respond to incoming text and email messages, hands-free

Published on Mar 17, 2011

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Cobra Electronics Corporation, a leading manufacturer of mobile electronic devices, and iSpeech, a leading mobile speech technology provider, have teamed up for announcing a new mobile app for users to communicate hands-free. The app works for BlackBerry or Android devices to instantly listen and respond to incoming text and email messages in real-time through their Citizen Band Radios and Marine products. After an incoming text message is read aloud through the compatible CB radio's speaker system, the user can choose to replay the message, speak a response back to the sender or even call back the sender.Sally Washlow, senior vice president of marketing and sales for Cobra Electronics said, "The iSpeech mobile application called DriveSafe.ly reads text (SMS) messages and emails aloud on our Bluetooth enabled CB radios, in real time, without drivers touching the mobile phone. This will be a great tool for many professional drivers!"iSpeech's DriveSafe.ly technology provides a smooth user experience with human-sounding text to speech (TTS) and human quality automated speech recognition (ASR). Once activated, it is possible to communicate by sending and receiving messages, hands-free. "iSpeech is committed to discouraging distracted driving through the use of speech technology and mobile applications. We are excited to team up with an industry leader like Cobra to deliver on this promise," said Yaron Oren, Chief Marketing Officer, iSpeech.Cobra and iSpeech will be available for product demos at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, NV from Jan 6-9, 2011. (via: Cobra Electronics) 

 

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