Free Voice-Activated 'Directions' Service for All Cell Phones Now Available in Six New Metro Areas |
Free Service Provides Directions to Any Address, Business Chain, or Local
Event to More Than 2,700 Cities Across the U.S.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Dial Directions
(http://www.dialdirections.com), today launched its free, voice-activated
'directions' phone service in six new metro areas, including Atlanta,
Boston, Detroit, Miami, Philadelphia and Las Vegas. The service was already
available in the New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas,
Denver, Sacramento, San Diego and Washington, D.C.
On any cell phone, users simply dial "DIR-ECT-IONS" (347-328-4667),
speak their starting location and destination (address / intersection,
store or event), and the service instantly sends driving directions by text
message.
"Dial Directions provides any cell phone user with a free, easy and
convenient way to get directions to a destination, the nearest business
chain, or a local event," said Amit Desai, cofounder and chief product
officer of Dial Directions. "It's just a simple phone call -- no downloads,
special phone, or web plan requirements."
The service is built on a ground-breaking technology platform developed
by a team of industry experts in voice interfaces, speech recognition, and
navigation - whose work is in use today by leading retailers, hospitality
companies and airlines.
"Today, Dial Directions is available in 2,700 cities across the U.S.,
and in the coming months we'll expand to more cities and add new features,"
said Desai. "Our vision is to make Location Based Services (LBS) technology
accessible to anyone with a cell phone, the majority of whom want something
easier and more available than today's complicated 'smart' phones."
How it Works
Any cell phone user can dial DIR-ECT-IONS, which is 347-328-4667, and
say where they are and where they'd like to go - the service understands
and texts back turn-by-turn directions. Users can give a specific
destination address or intersection, ask for the closest location of any
chain store, such as Starbucks or Borders or an event, like the Atlanta
Nike Club Run. Event organizers can have any event supported in Dial
Directions simply by self- publishing the information at
http://www.dialdirections.com/Events.aspx.
About Dial Directions
Dial Directions provides the industry's best platform for
voice-activated location-based services. Dial Directions' first of a kind
phone service "DIR- ECT-IONS" (347-328-4667) enables any cell phone user to
call and ask for directions to any address, store destination or public
event, and receive directions by text message instantly. Now available in
15 metro areas across the U.S., including New York, San Francisco, Los
Angeles, Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Miami,
Philadelphia, Las Vegas, Sacramento, San Diego and Washington, D.C., the
free service bridges the gap for consumers between the online and mobile
worlds for location-based services. The company is privately-funded and
made up of a team of industry experts in voice interfaces, speech
recognition and navigation. For more information, visit
http://www.dialdirections.com.
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