| When you are on the road you need to be able | | | | take account of regional accents and dialects. The |
| to receive calls on your mobile phone. It is | | | | most important improvement is that the |
| unrealistic of legislators to say that no calls should | | | | software "learns" the voice of the owner over |
| take place while you are driving. I do agree that | | | | time. So the accuracy becomes better and better |
| you should not use a hand to hold your phone to | | | | over time. This voice technology has vastly |
| your ear. I also agree that any use of the cell | | | | improved the functionality of Bluetooth cell |
| phone must remove the need to look away from | | | | phones. The voice recognition software is also |
| the road to operate it. But with the introduction | | | | being applied to desktop computing and other |
| of better voice recognition applications there is | | | | business uses. |
| simply no need to use a cell phone in an unsafe | | | | As a result of these improvements drivers can |
| way. | | | | make and receive calls safely. They do not need |
| Bluetooth headsets are absolute boons to working | | | | to look or even touch their cell phone |
| folks across the world. As phones increasingly | | | | Bluetooth mobile phones detect the driver's voice |
| support the wireless standard, these headsets | | | | and place the call automatically, and then the |
| allow them to talk hands free and concentrate on | | | | driver can talk without holding the phone to an |
| other activities, such as driving or merely walking | | | | ear by using a Bluetooth enabled headset or using |
| around. It sure is much more enjoyable to walk | | | | the Bluetooth cell phone's speaker phone |
| around when you don't have to hold a phone to | | | | functionality. Keeping hands on the wheel and |
| your head, and it's much safer to drive when you | | | | eyes on the road makes driving that much safer, |
| can keep both eyes on the road. If you want a | | | | not just for the driver but for everybody on the |
| headset that is good for talking on the phone but | | | | road. |
| not much else, then a Bluetooth mobile headset is | | | | The other reason that voice recognition works |
| the choice to make to save you money. | | | | better is that the Bluetooth headsets are more |
| The voice recognition systems mean that when a | | | | comfortable and the microphones are more |
| call comes in you can answer it with your voice. | | | | sensitive. The microphones are also good at |
| When you want to make a call you simply use | | | | filtering out unwanted noise and other sounds. The |
| your voice to instruct the mobile phone to make | | | | combination of better voice recognition and |
| the call. | | | | Bluetooth headsets makes hands free calls in your |
| Voice Recognition Advances | | | | car as safe as it can be. What needs to happen is |
| The early voice recognition cell phones were not | | | | for drivers to buy in to this voice recognition |
| very good. They were difficult to set up and did | | | | technology and stop using their hands and eyes to |
| not work with all voices. Now that processor | | | | make calls. It always amazes me that someone |
| technology has improved so much, the audio | | | | will drive a £30,000 car and not spend |
| signals can now be deciphered quickly and | | | | another £100 on a decent Bluetooth |
| accurately. The software has been developed to | | | | headset to help them drive safely. |