[id-android] WTI: Android Users Can Now Check In To Foursquare By Using Their Voice

http://goo.gl/Zd6p

Thanks to a partnership with Vlingo, owners of Android 2.0 or
higher-equipped phones can now check in to Foursquare and update their
status on Facebook and Twitter simply by speaking into their phones.

To try it out, download the free Vlingo app to your Android handset.

Using your voice, you can then update your location status on
Foursquare by saying "check into Logan Airport", locate your friends
with commands like "where are my friends?" and "who's nearby?" as well
as send shout-outs to your buddies (e.g. "shout at Logan Airport
waiting to board a plane to San Francisco").

That's not all though. The latest version of the Vlingo app also lets
users share the service with their friends with the click of a button
and also update their status on Facebook, Twitter and/or Foursquare at
the same time by saying "social update" and speaking the message.

Previous Vlingo features remain, too: you can still use the app to
send text and email messages, search the web, use Google maps and
more.

As for BlackBerry, iPhone and Nokia S60 users – they'll have to be
patient for a while before they can start updating their status and
locations with their voice.

Vlingo says it plans to roll out this functionality to other supported
platforms in a future release but didn't mention specific dates.

Do you consider voice-driven applications to be an ideal way to
interact with mobile apps on your phone? Why (not)?

Website: vlingo.com
Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Funding: $26.5M
Cambridge-based Vlingo is trying to make voice enabling applications
easier, by using their own speech-to-text J2ME/Brew application API
(Windows/Symbian later this year). Using the API, developers will be
able translate a user's voice to text, and…

Website: foursquare.com
Location: New York, New York, United States
Founded: March 11, 2009
Funding: $21.4M
Foursquare is a location based social network that incorporates gaming elements.
Users share their location with friends by "checking in" via a
smartphone app or by text message. Points are awarded for checking in
at various venues. Users can…

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