Tech Preview: Microsoft Recite
A few days ago, another pretty nifty bit of software rolled off the conveyor belt. It’s a sweet mobile app that helps you orden your thoughts. Here’s how it works:the app basically has 2 functions. First it needs input. You dictate whatever you want to archive. That can be the name of a movie you really want see, a gift hint your girlfriend gave you when you were out shopping, a good brand of wine you came across while you were visiting a friend… anything that’s worth remembering. Second, there is the search function, which retrieves previously archived thoughts. To search for a remembrance, click the ‘Search’ button and say what you would like to recall. Press ‘Finished’ to begin the search. The cool part about this is that it’s all based on voice input, which means you ‘ask’ your phone things like: “what good brand of wine did I drink at Tom’s place?”. The technology then retrieves your original input and plays it back for you. If multiple matches occur, you get a list to scroll through to select the correct thought. To scroll through your retrieval results, use your phone’s up and down arrow buttons. Results are ordered by match score. The darkness of the blue color and the score bars indicate the match score. How cool is that?
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Watch a demo video here
Product site
Download the .cab file [Windows Mobile device only]
February 19th, 2009 at 6:56 pm
I did install it on my mobile phone and am totally excited about the software. I have never made more voice notes than the last few days. At least I can find them back now by just mentioning the main topic.
Really cool app, everyone should try it.
April 28th, 2009 at 11:56 pm
two months no post, what’s going on?