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The voice-enabled mobile services industry is still in its beginning stages, said Dan Miller, senior analyst at Opus Research. Vlingo will compete against major players such as Nuance Communications in Burlington and Microsoft Corp. But the announcement yesterday is evidence that speech is being taken seriously.

“There’s definitely a belief among service providers and carriers that you have to have voice input for a number of popular applications,” Miller said. They “think in a significant percentage of these interactions, voice is faster than multiple clicking and it will prove to be the most convenient way to get to the services.”

From the article, “Vlingo aids Yahoo’s speech recognition venture”, by Carolyn Y. Johnson, Boston Globe, April 3, 2008

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