For you Android users out there, you might have heard that Google has released there app called Google Voice Actions. The downside is that it is only available for Froyo/Android 2.2. So if you are stuck with Android 2.0 to 2.1 you pretty much have no choice. Wrong, there is an alternative. It is called Vlingo. It is pretty much like Google Voice Actions such as using your voice to send texts, emails, search the internet and also has a feature called Safe Reader where it can read any text or email you receive out loud. The downside to this is that you must be connected to either Wifi or your mobile network. Otherwise it wouldn’t work. You really have to be clear in what you say as well otherwise it will analyze something totally different.
Initially Vlingo was not free, but now since they have a competition up their sleeve, they decided to make it free. You can download Vlingo from the Android Marketplace itself. So go ahead and try out this app if it is something that interests you. Note this app is also available for the Iphone, Blackberry and Nokia. I am not too sure if its free for those platforms.
Also as a heads up once I have access to Google Voice Actions after my phone gets the Froyo update, I’ll be sure to review that as well. Stay tuned until then.
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