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Drivesafe.ly Gets Things Done, Gets Featured on lifehacker

admin — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 15:25:25 +0000

The folks over at lifehacker know all the right ways to streamline your life with handy tips and downloads. Now DriveSafe.ly 2.0 joins that list. For the full story and a special treat for lifehacker readers follow the link to the full review. Be sure to leave a comment or drop us a line elsewhere, such as our facebook page. Android/Blackberry; There are apps that read your email or SMS while you’re driving (and DIY solutions), and apps that can send messages with your voice. DriveSafe.ly combines and automates the two for total voice-controlled messaging, and Lifehacker readers can try it out.

DriveSafe.ly on CNN

admin — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 15:49:03 +0000

During CNN’s weekly segment, Tech Time a very familiar app made an appearance. Presented by Marc Salzman DriveSafe.ly was previewed and reviewed on air. Check out the video for yourselves:

The Word on DriveSafe.ly 2.0

admin — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 20:51:42 +0000

With the latest version of our hit app finally available to the public the reviews have started to come in. Dozens of users have already voiced their opinion, including The Berry Fix. Their overall impressions? “DriveSafe.ly is an excellent app that does just what it advertises. DriveSafe reads your messages and lets you respond with great accuracy. It even picked up well on my Southern accent, which is often a problem for voice recognition software. I love DriveSafe.ly and will continue using it anytime I am behind the wheel. DriveSafe.ly is the best application to avoid texting while driving that is available for BlackBerry. We at TheBerryFix.com encourage all our readers to use safe driving practices and turning off your phone or using an app like DriveSafe.ly are the best ways to go while driving.” – Berry Fix (Full Review) Check back here for more reviews from the community or voice your own opinion on our Facebook page.

CTIA Round-Up

admin — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 04:59:30 +0000

As promised DriveSafe.ly 2.0 and all its exciting features were on display at this years CTIA in San Francisco. Heath Ahrens was there to show off our iSpeech tech as well as our flagship application DriveSafe.ly Today, check out an interview with Heath Ahrens conducted by our friends at bNetTV Check back here all week for more videos and updates showcasing all of our big reveals at CTIA and more.

iSpeech® Announces DriveSafe.ly™ 2.0 Distracted Driving App and Opening of Speech APIs

admin — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 16:27:00 +0000

Leading distracted driving app creator opens award-winning text to speech and voice recognition APIs to mobile developers. San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) October 7, 2010 iSpeech®, creator of the DriveSafe.ly™, and Caller ID Reader™ mobile apps announces the launch of DriveSafe.ly™ 2.0, reading text (SMS) and email messages aloud and allowing voice response, hands free. iSpeech’s award-winning anti-distracted driving app, DriveSafe.ly™, first launched one year ago. Since then, the first of its kind application has been used by over 6 million people and has read over one-quarter-billion messages to users. With DriveSafe.ly™ 2.0, iSpeech® hopes to reduce the danger created by texting while driving by allowing people to send and receive txt messages (SMS) and emails entirely by voice. The DriveSafe.ly™ 2.0 technology provides a smooth user experience with human-sounding text to speech (TTS) and human quality automated speech recognition (ASR). Once activated, it is possible to communicate by sending and receiving messages without touching the phone. Once an incoming txt message is read aloud, the user can choose to replay the message, speak a response back to the sender or even call back the sender. DriveSafe.ly™ 2.0 is available for BlackBerry on BlackBerry App World™ with version 2.0 for Android and iPhone coming soon. Additionally, iSpeech announced the opening of its text to speech (TTS) and automated speech recognition (ASR) APIs for mobile developers and content providers. The API speech enables mobile applications with human quality text to voice and voice recognition on any platform; specific SDKs for BlackBerry and iPhone are also available with Android and Windows to follow. “We have seen overwhelming demand for voice-enabled apps such as DriveSafe.ly and Caller ID Reader. We are excited to make this technology easily available to the mobile development community at large,” says Yaron Oren, iSpeech Chief Marketing Officer. iSpeech® is a Sponsor at CTIA, October 6-8, 2010 at the Moscone West Center in San Francisco, CA. For more info, stop by the iSpeech® booth, Telecom Council Innovation Showcase 908E. About iSpeech® iSpeech (http://www.iSpeech.org) is a leading provider of cloud-based speech technology and mobile apps. Founded in 2007, the company began as a vision to help college students learn by enabling them to listen to text-based study materials. Today, businesses, organizations and consumers worldwide choose iSpeech for its high quality, scalable and easy to use text-to-speech (TTS), automated speech recognition (ASR) and voice to text solutions. iSpeech’s flagship and award winning mobile app, DriveSafe.ly™, has read over a quarter billion text messages and emails aloud in real-time to over 6 million people. iSpeech® is a privately held company headquartered in Newark, NJ with offices in San Francisco and New York. iSpeech® and DriveSafe.ly™ are registered trademarks of iSpeech, Inc. © 2010 iSpeech, Inc. All rights reserved.

One Amazing Year

admin — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 16:49:01 +0000

After a year out in the wild DriveSafe.ly has converted over a quarter-billion text messages. That’s right, a quarter-billion potential texting while driving incidents were avoided in just one year! We’re just as busy this year as we were last, a new version of the app and plenty of exciting new features many you’ve craved yourselves on our facebook page, which by the way is almost a half-million strong. Also, dont’ forget to keep an eye out for us at Blackberry DevCon and CTIA. Drop by our booths we’d love to show you the app in person. Stay tuned right here for the latest developments and keep voicing your opinions.

DriveSafe.ly Team Spreading the Word

admin — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 16:16:42 +0000

Members of the DriveSafe.ly team attended the second annual safe driving summit and showcased the latest version of our hit app. With all the classic and new features aimed and combating distracted driving it wasn’t long before we got noticed once again. Check out a spot from 9 News Now straight from the summit floor:

Summit Calls For Reduction In Distracted Driving

admin — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 15:55:22 +0000

by The Associated Press Making sure drivers keep their eyes on the road will require a network of tough laws, enforcement by police and personal responsibility, the government said Tuesday. Obama administration officials said during a second summit on distracted driving that it has made progress in pushing states to target drivers who send text messages and use mobile devices from the road, but too many people are being killed because of inattentive motorists. “Every time someone takes their focus off the road — even if it’s just for a moment — they put their lives and the lives of others in danger,” said Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. Thirty states and the District of Columbia prohibit drivers from texting behind the wheel; eight states have passed laws barring drivers from using handheld cell phones. Nearly 5,500 people were killed last year in distracted-driving crashes. >>Full Story

The Responsible Solution for any Enterprise

admin — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 17:34:29 +0000

Since its consumer launch 7 months ago, DriveSafe.ly^TM has officially read over 100,000,000 text and email messages to drivers free of charge– helping to keep their eyes on the road. To date, over 4 million people have used the app, making DriveSafe.ly^TM the leader in software solutions aimed to stop texting while driving. Now DriveSafe.ly^TMis available as a powerful Enterprise solution aimed at combating distracted driving for fleets, mobile workforces, mobile sales forces and other businesses seeking to institute safe driving policies. The Enterprise edition is feature-rich and includes full message encryption, policy management, easy device swapping and BlackBerry® Enterprise Server (BES) deployment. All of these added features come with what’s already standard of DriveSafe.ly^TM and the unbeatable voice quality no one can match. If any business is seeking to maintain productivity while instituting safe driving policies, DriveSafe.ly is the only choice.

PSA Reminds Us What the Risks Are

admin — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:07:58 +0000

A powerful and touching PSA. The following story is true and has been put together by a group known as Zero Fatalities. Their goal is to eliminate traffic deaths caused by various forms of distracted driving.