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Ask.com Mobile Launches Speech-Activated Mobile Driving and Walking Directions

Ask.com today introduced free voice-activated capabilities to its Ask.com Mobile Directions service, the first of its kind from a search engine. Called “Click to Speak,” the new feature lets people simply speak their location
and desired destination to receive directions on their web-enabled mobile
devices. Easy to use, it eliminates typing addresses, which can be slow,
error-prone and, in some cases, unsafe. Available immediately, “Click to
Speak” incorporates unique technology from Dial Directions, the leading
provider of voice-activated location-based services.

Users of the Directions service on Ask.com Mobile will now see a new “Click to Speak” option. Clicking it, consumers are prompted to speak their location and their desired destination, either by specific address or closest intersection. Within seconds, they will receive a text message with a link to directions that can be viewed in either traditional list or turn-by-turn step format, with an additional option to switch between “Driving” or “Walking” routes.

Click to Speak builds on the award-winning features of Ask.com Mobile:

• Unique Interface for Streamlined Searching: Designed to minimize thumb strokes, the Ask.com Mobile home page offers links to key mobile categories, making it easier to navigate to relevant results.
• Instinctive Tools: Including Smart Answers, which provide shortcuts to answers and tools at the top of the search results page and Zoom Related Search, which provides conceptually-related suggestions to narrow or expand queries.
• Platform Independent: Ask.com Mobile works on any mobile web browser so consumers don’t have to worry about which carrier they are signed up with or which mobile device they have.
• Nothing to Download: Ask.com Mobile does not require a download to get started, yet still offers features like street and aerial map views.

Source: Ask.com press release

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