March 9, 2005

Siemens ungags talking SMS

Siemens is to introduce a new mobile service called Animated Instant Voice Messages at CeBIT, which kicks off tomorrow in Hanover, Germany, reports The Register.

"The software will convert an SMS message into speech and synchronises it with an animated character other users can see on their screen.

These animations could be fantasy characters or pictures taken with a camera phone. According to Siemens, the software will automatically recognise the position of the lips in a face on a digital photo. Talking SMS messages are sent through IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem)."

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