The Texas A&M Transportation Institute has released a study showing that speech-to-text technology on smartphones is not safer in preventing distractions when driving compared to manual texting. Apple Inc.’s iPhones contain a feature known as “Siri”; software allowing operation of the mobile phone through speech. Android mobile phones also have a similar technology called “Vlingo”.… Read More
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by Amber Cortez | April 30th, 2013 | Blog, Driving Tips
Study Shows Speech-To-Text Not Safer Than Manual Texting
by Amber Cortez | November 26th, 2012 | Auto Accident, Blog, Driving Tips
Text Messaging Declines, Texting-Related Auto Accidents Don’t
NBC News has cited Chetan Sharma’s US Mobile Data Market Update, which claims that text messaging amongst users has dropped from 696 texts in the second quarter of 2012 to 678 in the third quarter. Despite this, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released a statistic showing that cellular phone-related deaths, which include auto… Read More