By 2006, over 40% of the phones sold will include MP3 playing capabilities, allowing users to store and play thousands of songs. Speech-controlled MP3 provides a simple voice-activated interface to select songs by simply saying the name of a song, the name of the artist or just the album name. In addition, users can control the basic functions of the media player (volume, play / pause, next / previous song). providing a complete hands-free, eye’s-free solution.

The SpeechPAK MP3 can handle thousand of songs and no training / enrollment is required.

Voice-enabled MP3 is powered by Nuance’s embedded technologies VoCon Mobile.

• Faster access to songs via voice commands
• Hands-free support of music selection and control to deal with outdoor or driving situations

• Address increased demand for voice features requested by consumers (as indicated in market surveys
• Offer differentiated handsets that complements music subscription services