Voice Control for iTunes
launch playlists, podcasts, radio stations and more, by voice.
Speakables, a voice recognition software company with offerings tailored to entertainment applications for the digital home, announced the release of Speakables for iTunes for Mac OS X. Speakables for iTunes was developed by speech recognition experts including a key developer of Apple's Speech Recognition technology.
Speakables for iTunes is the first voice recognition software product to enable users to launch iTunes playlists by simply speaking the name the playlist. It works with Speakable Items, Apple's voice recognition application, already included in the Mac OS X platform. Previously, users were only able to launch individual songs but not entire playlists, podcasts or radio stations by voice.
Deborah Quinlan, President of Speakables says:
"Voice command is the killer app for the digital home. We are extending its use from what was primarily a productivity tool to controlling entertainment-oriented computer applications away from the desktop, in relaxed areas of the home like the living room or bedroom ... The intention being that in these relaxed areas, it can be more convenient and of course more impressive to use voice command than other input devices."
Pricing and Availability
Speakables for iTunes is immediately available from the Speakables website
at www.speakables.com for $10.
About Speakables
Speakables provides voice recognition software for the Mac and PC. Targeted to the digital home market, and with an emphasis on entertainment use, Speakables encourages consumers to converge their home entertainment media to their computers, by making it more convenient and impressive to control their computers in relaxed areas of the home, away from the desktop. www.speakables.com
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