Nuance is widely believed to be behind Apple's Siri voice recognition technology (it isn't allowed to admit it though), but does confess to making Samsung's S Voice equivalent.
Powered by voice recognition software, it takes the hassle out of transcription while making it easy to edit the subtitles it suggests.
With voice recognition where it is at at the moment the feature on its own probably will not be a strong incentive for users to switch to a whole new IM client – but Say2Go intend to support existing IM networks rather than building out their own.
We're contacting Ivona to ask the question and will update as we learn more, but currently, Ivona works with other organizations and businesses, to provide voice recognition, and it has also made a big push on growing its developer ecosystem.
Two groups had used voice recognition, making it possible to talk to their films.
The app does a pretty good job with voice recognition, but it struggled with certain names and phrases.
So good is the voice recognition that it is now built into all apps that use a keyboard.
Like Google's voice recognition app, it's a much better search experience than the default Google search built into the iPhone browser.
You may remember TellMe, acquired for $800 million in 2007, as the technology that powers Windows Phone's voice recognition, but it also powers Bing Voice Search for mobile, Xbox voice recognition in Kinect, Windows 7, Ford SYNC and KIA UVO, among other things.
Meanwhile, Swype is moving ahead with its own voice recognition feature, which it expects to add to smartphones this summer.
