Posted December 30, 2005 by Christen Costa in Wacky
 
 

Voice controlled XM radio

xm 788077 Voice controlled XM radioXM Satellite Radio and VoiceBox Technologies have announced a multiyear partnership that will bring voice activated controls to XM radio.

The partnership will allow drivers to use voice controls to search through XM radio’s 160 channels, leaving their eyes on the road and hands on the steering wheel.

XM said that it chose VoiceBox because it worked accurately in noisy environments.

Sirius may have Howard Stern, but it looks like XM is fighting to keep its #1 position on the hardware side.

Story via News.com



Christen Costa

 

Grew up back East, got sick of the cold and headed West. Since I was small I have been pushing buttons - both electronic and human. With an insatiable need for tech I thought "why not start a blog focusing on technology, and use my dislikes and likes to post on gadgets."