Speech Recognition Texting vs Automated Texting

Recently there has been a lot of commotion to ban texting and driving in the United States and throughout the world. There are many companies out there trying to develop new applications and devices to prevent texting and driving accidents from happening. Due to an uprising in many new developers coming out and sharing their products, some people have questions. One of the biggest ones is whether the applications which will read you the text and then allows for speech to text replies, or the applications which will send out an automated message every time you receive a text or a call is better.



What are the Pros and Cons of Speech Recognition?

The pros of the speech recognition applications are that you can know what the text said and then send an immediate text back. Although this would be a nice application to have, and could potentially be very useful… it still doesn’t get rid of the fact that it is still distracting. Sure, you do not have to be looking down at the phone and completely focused on what is being texted, but you still will end up looking at the phone and making sure what you said is texted. There was a recent video of the CEO of one of these companies displaying their product and while he was being filmed he drove through a red light. So, obviously these products still are not distraction free.



What are the Pros and Cons of Automated Text Response?

The pros of the automated text response applications are that your mind and focus can be full on the road and on what is happening around you. Also, with products like SMSReplier (http://www.smsreplier.com/) , it allows you to send either a default or custom message back to people stating what your current activity is. Little innovations like this are what is driving the industry forward and helping to prevent more texting while driving accidents. The only downside to applications like SMSReplier is that you cannot send the text right that minute; you would have to wait to send the response that you wanted to send when you arrive at your destination.



The Verdict…

I would have to go with the automated texting response applications, such as SMSReplier (http://www.smsreplier.com/). It is a lot safer for the user and still gets the job done. I would trade my safety for a late text message any day of the week.

For more information about SMS Replier and other available features visit http://www.smsreplier.com/ or http://www.iconosys.com/. For news and stories about texting and driving visit http://www.textkills.com/.