I Talk, You Read

Mobile-phone texting has evolved into an essential form of communicationa brief e-mail on the run. But for those who find texting cumbersome, a quicker solution has arrived. Woburn, Massachusetts-based VoiceSignal has created VoiceMode, which allows mobile-phone users "to say it, see it and send it."

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It takes approximately one minute and 75 taps of tiny keys to create and send this text message: "Leave tix at box officerunning late." Dictate the same text with a VoiceMode-enabled phone in seconds. VoiceMode's current discrete dictation means that users must pause between words, but CEO Rich Geruson says, "The next step is...