Voice control

Ford SYNC Receives Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Award

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* Popular Mechanics’ “Breakthrough Awards” recognize products that set new benchmarks in design, creativity, and engineering; Ford SYNC™ is one of only 10 products honored in 2007.
* SYNC, developed in association with Microsoft, is a fully integrated, voice-activated in-car communications and entertainment system that works most digital media players and Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones.
* SYNC will be available on 12 Ford, Lincoln and Mercury vehicles this year and nearly all Ford, Lincoln and Mercury vehicles within two years.

Volkswagen Reports from the Association of German Engineers’ 2007 Electronics Congress in Baden-Baden

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- “Interfaces will only be intuitive when they are actually fun to operate”
- Volkswagen concentrates on intuitive operator controls
- Touch screens and voice control will be the way to go

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