Samsung Telecommunications America Debuts World's First Phones With Speech-to-SMS Capabilties

Samsung Telecommunications has introduced another breakthrough in wireless technology: speech-to-text dictation on cell phones. Samsung will debut this revolutionary speech-to-text product called VoiceMode(TM), which allows consumers to speak into the phone and have the phone convert those words directly into text. Using advanced speech recognition technology, consumers also can send short messages with the sound of their voice.

Samsung's p207 is the first phone with VoiceMode(TM) technology that allows consumers to simply speak the words of a message and have the phone translate those exact words into text. This speech-driven text messaging application allows users to quickly and easily address messages, then use their voice to create the text, enhancing the user experience and greatly simplifying text creation on today's compact numeric keypads.

QuickPhrase(TM), debuting on Samsung's a890, makes it easy for consumers to address a message and activate one of the frequently used short messages pre-programmed on the phone. Once in the messaging application, users can activate phrases such as "Call me" or "Will call you later" by simply speaking those words, and the text is included in the message.

"This new technology will significantly change how people interact with their wireless phones. For the first time, consumers can dictate messages directly to their wireless phone, substantially simplifying the messaging process," said Peter Skarzynski, senior vice president, Samsung.

Samsung has aligned with U.S. market leader VoiceSignal Technologies to continue setting standards in the voice recognition space. For more information on Samsung's enhanced speaker-independent speech recognition-enabled phones, please visit http://www.samsung.com .