Dial Directions, Inc.
Say Where
- Conference
- DEMOfall 08
- Market Segment
- Consumer Software and Services
- Funding Amount
- $1,000,001-$5,000,000
- Funding Round
- Angel
- Funding Details
- Privately funded.
- Competitors
- Microsoft/TellMe, Nuance
- Product Description
- Say Where is the first iPhone application for voice-entry to popular websites for mapping, business search, and reviews. Instead of typing, iPhone users just speak any "place" – any address, business, or point of interest. Users choose the mobile site to launch, such as Traffic.com, Yelp, Yellow Pages, and more. Say Where is powered by new voice-entry technology for mobile services and devices. Here's how Say Where works: - Speak into your iPhone and say any place – like "524 Broadway", "Delfina Pizzeria", "Golden Gate Bridge", or "dog parks". - Then choose the website to launch! Calling a business? Say Where - to YellowPages Deciding on a restaurant? Say Where - to Yelp Traffic conditions? Say Where - to Traffic.com Say Where's simplicity across devices unlocks mobile content for mainstream adoption. Say Where is powered by patented innovation in speech recognition and geo-data technology developed by Dial Directions.
- Market Opportunity
- To date, mobile voice-activated search has been restricted to basic directory assistance, a $6 billion annual industry. Opus Research reports that by 2010 the market will expand beyond 411 services and grow to $7.2 billion, as consumers increasingly demand easier access to rich content made available on mobile devices.
- DEMO Says
- Last summer, Dial Directions demonstrated the value of voice as an interface for mobile driving directions. That was a trial run. Voice is the most natural and powerful UI for mobile communications, and Dial Directions has laid the foundation for a voice interface across a range of information services and devices. The result is elegantly simple, tremendously useful, and clearly pointing to the future of mobile usability.
- Contact
- Tuyen Ho
- tuyen.ho@dialdirections.com
- Company Address
-
1000 Atlantic Ave.
Alameda, CA 94501 - Primary Phone
- 510-868-2920
- Primary Fax
- 815-642-9139
- URL
- www.dialdirections.com
- Officer One
- Adeeb Shanaa - CEO
- Officer Two
- Amit Desai - VP, Product
- Officer Three
- Tuyen Ho - VP, Marketing & Business Development
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L'Atelier US ~ 07/02/2009
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Geek.com ~ 07/02/2009
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TechNews.AM ~ 07/02/2009
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TechNews.AM ~ 07/02/2009
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Star Trek-like universal translator a step closerFirms merge to build mobile voice, text translation app
Computer World Australia ~ 07/01/2009
The first iterations of something akin to the universal translators used on Star Trek may soon...Read More
Sakhr Software Acquires San Francisco-Based Dial Directions
Silicon Valley Wire ~ 07/01/2009
San Francisco -- Sakhr Software, a Washington, DC-based developer of Arabic speech and language...Read More
Say What? Dial Directions Acquired By Arabic Language Specialist Sakhr Software
Tech Crunch ~ 07/01/2009
Bet you didnt see this one coming. Back in 2007 we wrote about a service called Dial Directions...Read More
New iPhone Application
Business Exchange ~ 06/30/2009
Joe Schmid of Dial Directions demonstrates his new iPhone application, which promises to...Read More
DC-based Sakhr Software acquires Dial Directions
Tech Journal South ~ 06/30/2009
Financial details were not disclosed. With Dial Directions network-based speech recognition...Read More
Merger Could Bring Major Tool To Military: Arabic-English Translation Via Cell Phone
Investors.com ~ 06/30/2009
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Sakhr Software Acquires Dial Directions ( Launches First Real-Time, Spoken Arabic Translation on iPhone and Blackberry )
RBC Dain Rauscher Inc. (fka Dain Rausche) ~ 06/30/2009
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