Dial Directions Plans Nationwide Call-In Navigation
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-- TWICE, 9/18/2007 12:24:00 PM
Alameda, Calif. — Dial
Directions, which lets users call for free directions from a cellphone, is
expanding its service into six new markets, for a total of nine service
areas, including Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Sacramento, San Diego,
Washington, San Francisco, New York and Los Angeles.
The service expects to go
nationwide within the next few months.
Users dial DIR-ECT-IONS —
Dial Directions claims to
provide the only free service of its kind offering instant directions and
claims to use a proprietary combination of speech recognition and voice
user interface to make the service possible.
“People have tried this in the
past but the speech recognition was not as good,” said Amit Desai,
co-founder, who notes that the founding team for Dial Directions came from
the speech-recognition industry.
Desai adds, “We want this to be
the basic service everyone users when they need
directions.”
Users can also ask for the
nearest Starbucks or Home Depot, or restaurant or gas station, from a list
of hundreds of chains.
The company also announced an
“event” feature for its service where the producer of an event — such as a
festival — can refer people to Dial Directions for directions and
additional information.
