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We have all run into the text while you drive drivers on the freeway that just don’t seem to see where the lines are. I must admit that I have been that person a time or two, but some of these people might as well be watching TV or reading the newspaper while driving.
Luckily for us SayType aims to end this problem with their voice to text services. The service allows you to compose text messages or email without even touching your device. Just sign up for this service, phone the company and you have 120 second to say what you need to say. But just how well does this service work?
Say you mess up a message and it gets sent, your more than likely going to grab your phone and try to right any wrongdoings that have been done. Long story short, you’re all over the road as much if not more than you were originally. Of course this is going to cost you a monthly subscription fee. You will have to drop $14.95 for email services OR text services. Spending $180 a year I would have to have some really solid evidence that this service does as well as they claim. We want to know how well you thnk it works.
One Response to “SayType may or may not effectively translate speech to text on your phone”
George January 2, 2009
I would definitely recommend that you give SayType a try. If you need solid evidence, call SayType for free at 916-947-7325, at the tone say, “Tell Arnold Schwarzenegger to please send Miss Congeniality two dozen red chrysanthemums. A.S.A.P.” If seeing is believing, this is your chance to become a believer in voice recognition that actually works!
I am a previous Jott user that switched to SayType last month because I can now leave voice messages that are accurately converted to text for up to 2 minutes, instead of the 30 second limit with Jott. So far, my experience using the SayType service has been great! You CAN PREVIEW your message by not giving a destination at the beginning of your voice message if you must. This way, the message is sent directly to your phone as a text message. You can then “forward” the message to any contact in your phone, if you really feel the need. After you send a few messages and experience the service for yourself, you will no longer “feel the need” to review your messages before they are sent. Normally, I just say the two initials of my contact at the beginning of the message, and 1 to send a text or 2 to send e-mail, and my message is sent to a selected contact.
I pay just $14.95 for SayType’s UNLIMITED hand free texting, e-mail, and Internet service.
When I first started using SayType, I did send several messages to myself to ensure that the service really would recognize my voice correctly before sending messages to friends and superiors. The service work well. (there are a couple of letters “B” and “S” that don’t always work when I’m using my personal address book) What’s really cool is that I can select to have the transcribed message translated into several different languages. Also, this service provides other driving solutions and Internet search services that save me time and money everyday using my standard talk and text phone services free of charge including: traffic and weather conditions, travel times, and turn-by-turn directions and more.
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