Tellme and Dial Directions enter partnership with Dash Navigation

30 Sep 2008

Dash Navigation provides wireless communication between telephones or mobile phones and their cars.

Tellme, a Microsoft subsidiary, has announced that voice-activated local business search results from Microsoft Live Search can now be delivered directly to the Dash ExpressTM GPS device, and users will be guided to their destination via visual and spoken step-by-step directions.

The search results sended through the internet from Tellme's to Dash Navigation's servers, are transmitted through a wireless network to the individual Dash Express device.

A new service launched by Dial Directions turns any phone into a remote control for connected GPS devices and navigation services, enabling Dash users to send a destination to their navigation device via a voice call. The company has also disclosed a partnership with deCarta to offer destination voice-entry as a new capability for the company's geospatial software platform for location-based services. deCarta plans to integrate Dial Directions' voice recognition technology in the next generation of connected navigation services.