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February 9, 2012 07:00 pm GMT
If you're one of the 12 million drivers who use real-time traffic data from Waze, there's a drawback the smartphone app depends on users to collect traffic data, but if a driver is stuck in traffic or spots an accident, that's exactly when they shouldn't be fiddling with their phone. That's why the Kleiner Perkins-backed startup developed a new voice interface, which it's launching today.Michal Habdank-Kolaczkowski, the company's director of communications, recently demonstrated the new controls for me. The demo took place in the TechCrunch office, rather than a moving car, but I still think Waze has come up with a pretty elegant solution. Habdank-Kolaczkowski showed off reporting traffic to Waze with just a couple of voice commands "report traffic", then, when prompted to choose from different traffic levels, he said, "moderate."
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Waze Lets You Report Traffic With A Wave Of Your Hand
If you're one of the 12 million drivers who use real-time traffic data from Waze, there's a drawback the smartphone app depends on users to collect traffic data, but if a driver is stuck in traffic or spots an accident, that's exactly when they shouldn't be fiddling with their phone. That's why the Kleiner Perkins-backed startup developed a new voice interface, which it's launching today.Michal Habdank-Kolaczkowski, the company's director of communications, recently demonstrated the new controls for me. The demo took place in the TechCrunch office, rather than a moving car, but I still think Waze has come up with a pretty elegant solution. Habdank-Kolaczkowski showed off reporting traffic to Waze with just a couple of voice commands "report traffic", then, when prompted to choose from different traffic levels, he said, "moderate."Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/3NZaHpsOhXo/
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