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CONGRESSWOMAN CAROLYN MCCARTHY TO HOST TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION ON CAPITOL HILL: THE ROLE OF VOICE SOLUTIONS IN REDUCING DRIVER DISTRACTIONSep 10, 2010 (Congressional Documents and Publications/ContentWorks via COMTEX) -- Held in Cooperation with U.S. House Representative Nita Lowey, Nuance Communications and Ford Motor Company Event to Demonstrate Available Mobile Voice Solutions for Cars and Mobile Devices WHO: U.S. House Representatives Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY4), and Nita Lowey (D-NY18), Nuance Communications, Inc., a leading supplier of mobile voice solutions, in cooperation, and Ford Motor Company WHAT: Technology Demonstration Day: "The Role of Voice Solutions in Reducing Driver Distraction" WHEN AND WHERE: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 Press Briefing begins at 10:30 a.m. EDT U.S. Capitol Building, Capitol Hill House Triangle - Capitol's East Front (Outdoors) East Capitol Street, NE and 1St Street, NE Washington, DC 20002 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. EDT Prior to and after the press conference there will be demonstrations of in-car speech technology solutionswill take the corner of C Street and New Jersey Street behind the Cannon and Longworth Buildings. For more information, please contact Aprill O. Turner, (202) 225-5516, [email protected] FACTS: * The event will begin with a press briefing addressing mobile voice technology as a viable, available solution to distracted driving, and will issue a call to legislators, device and auto manufacturers, and consumers to use technology as an enabler to making smarter, safer decisions behind the wheel. * Featured speakers at the event include U.S. House Representative Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY4); U.S. House Representative Nita Lowey (D-NY18); Michael Thompson, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Mobile Division, Nuance Communications; and, John Schneider, Global Chief Engineer, Ford Motor Company. * Distracted driving is a well-publicized and pressing issue facing our nation today, and it goes far beyond simply texting while driving. Legislative solutions to address this issue require a thoughtful approach and the consideration of modern technologies that can offer drivers safer, smarter ways to interact with their vehicle, all while maintaining eyes on the road and hands on the wheel. * Increasingly, in-car systems, devices and mobile phones are being developed using voice recognition technologies, as more than 100 models from major car manufacturers and nearly all navigation devices feature speech technology to enable voice destination entry, voice guidance or voice control of key features. * Many of today's mobile phones ship with voice recognition technology that allows for basic hands-free dialing capabilities and increasingly more sophisticated capabilities such as music control, message reading and dictation. |