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Voice dial on us: TUAW Vocalia giveaway
In product shootouts between the iPhone and other smartphones, the iPhone usually gets dinged for not having voice dialing built in (although you can get around that with services like Jott). Vocalia, from Creaceed, is a voice-recognition dialing app that has been around for about six months.Vocalia (click opens iTunes) displays a HAL9000-like glowing "eye" after being launched. When the eye appears, speak the name of a contact you wish to call. Vocalia analyzes your speech, then displays the closest matches to what you said. If there's more than one contact listed, you then speak the number next to the correct one. Are there multiple phone numbers for a contact? Just say "home", "mobile", "work" or whatever to dial.
Creaceed and TUAW would like to give away seven free promo codes for Vocalia.What do you need to do to enter? Just leave a comment on who you'd like to dial using Vocalia. Good luck, and we look forward to seeing your creative answers!
- Open to legal US residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia who are 18 and older. (Sorry, we know our international readers want to participate, but promo codes don't transfer outside the US.)
- To enter leave a comment telling us what person you'd like to call using Vocalia.
- The comment must be left before February 28, 11:59PM Eastern Time.
- You may enter only once.
- Seven winners will be selected in a random drawing.
- Prize: Promo code for free copy of Vocalia for iPhone (US$3.99)
- Click Here for complete Official Rules.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 13)
Eduard said 2:06PM on 2-26-2009
I would like to call Obama to say I got he's back!
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billverhines said 10:40PM on 2-27-2009
I Will Call TUAW Best Blog Ever!
Jamie said 2:06PM on 2-26-2009
I'd like to call Steve Jobs and find out when I am going to get cut and paste on my iPhone.
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YodaMac said 2:09PM on 2-26-2009
I'd like to call ANYONE without crashing my car while doing so.
So voice dialing sounds like a good thing to me. :)
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Andre said 2:09PM on 2-26-2009
I would call my voice mail, just so I could use my voice to hear my own voice at the other end.
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Ran Barton said 2:10PM on 2-26-2009
I'd call my my home from the car without having to look while I dialed.
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ODog said 2:11PM on 2-26-2009
I would my brad lidge of the Philles and wish him luck for another perfect season.
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corey.gearhart said 2:11PM on 2-26-2009
I would like to contact mission control, but only if the A-E-35 Unit has not failed.
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Justin said 2:13PM on 2-26-2009
I would like to call Jesus... just to see how the carpentry business is doing in the current economy.
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Barry said 2:14PM on 2-26-2009
I'd call Steve Jobs to let him know I have him and his family in prayer, and offer him any support he needs to be well.
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iGO said 2:14PM on 2-26-2009
Don Juan Matus
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tellezgustavo33@gmail.com said 2:15PM on 2-26-2009
I'll use it on my way to the hospital when my wife goes into labor (in about two weeks), I don't think I'll have enough coordination to dial all my family and friends while hearing my wife scream... by the way... will it work with a pregnant wife screaming "I hate you" right next to you?? ummmmm???
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KomputarGuy said 2:15PM on 2-26-2009
I would call myself, and then I wouldn't answer, so I would have to leave myself a message.
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Bandito said 12:32AM on 2-27-2009
I hope that it understands Chinese names as I need it to call my friend in Taiwan. He's Mr. Yellow in English!
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Jeff said 2:19PM on 2-26-2009
my bookie, I mean stock broker.
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Bitter much? said 2:19PM on 2-26-2009
I would call my mom (safely, of course, using voice dial) to remind her how much I love her and appreciate her.
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Paul said 2:39PM on 2-26-2009
I'd call my mom. awwww how sweet...
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Lungkisser said 2:21PM on 2-26-2009
I'd probably just call one of my bros with an iPhone to tell 'em about the app.
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Sean Wolter said 2:22PM on 2-26-2009
I'd call your mom, just because.
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Sam Weiss said 2:34PM on 2-26-2009
I would call God.
Seeing that no one has his number, I think the only way to call him would be through voice dialing.
After that, I'd put him in a conference call with Steve Jobs, and Bill Gates.
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