Voice Assist Files Patent for Handsfree Radio™ and Safe Driving with Audio Awareness

Voice Assist, Inc. (OTCBB: VSST), an award-winning provider of mobile speech and handsfree solutions today announced that it has filed a patent application for Handsfree Radio™ for safe driving with Audio Aware™ technology.

Voice Assist currently provides a safe driving application that lets drivers use voice commands to make calls, listen to email, read email, reply to email, send text messages, receive text messages and post to social networks by voice without typing.

The user interface was optimized for safe driving with the ability to issue command after command without the need to hold the phone or press buttons repeatedly.

“As we began to study what drivers do that cause distraction, we recognized that drivers press buttons to tune the radio or interact with their mobile phone to listen to music content on their mobile phone or to stream internet radio,” said Michael Metcalf, CEO of Voice Assist.

We began to innovate new solutions to help prevent distracted driving caused by music and not just texting. The result is our patent pending Handsfree Radio™ with Audio Awareness™ technology.

The VoiceAssist® Handsfree Radio™ option will allow drivers to say “what they want to hear” such as an artist, song, lyrics, internet radio station or other keywords such as traffic or news.

The content will then be played but remains “audio aware” of the subscriber settings. In the event a subscriber gets a call, text, email, tweet, post or instant message from anyone on their VIP list, the audio content is paused, the message is read out loud and the driver can respond by voice and then resume their listening experience where they left off.

That patent application also applies to mobile advertising with Audio Aware Ads™ that allow drivers to respond by voice after hearing a radio ad. Drivers will be able to respond immediately by voice such as like it, love it, hate it, buy it, connect me or send me the coupon.

“Drivers in the 21st century want to stay connected and communicate by voice or data or listen to the music content of their choice – while driving. Voice Assist will allow drivers and busy people on the go the option to do so while remaining handsfree,” said Metcalf.

Voice Assist has 8 patents pending and continues to file additional patents to build on its portfolio. Additional patents pending involve click to call a virtual assistant, music search by voice, voice dialing of contacts in an address book with continuous updates and handsfree two way texting just to name a few.

About Voice Assist, Inc.

Voice Assist (OTCBB: VSST) is an award-winning provider of mobile speech solutions designed to be used from any phone and eliminates the need to press buttons on smartphones, tablet PCs or other network-connected devices.

Voice Assist is the network based virtual assistant platform that is engine agnostic and works on every handset, PC, tablet and IPTV or Internet Radio. Voice Assist’s handsfree interface empowers people to use voice commands to dial, email, text, post, read, write, transact or play music by voice. With 8 patents pending, Voice Assist is the only handsfree voice interface that is audio aware and actionable based on subscriber defined priorities. The Voice Assist platform leverages SpeechScript™ the company’s patent pending rapid application development environment. SpeechScript empowers developers to build once and apply applications to many devices – fast. Voice Assist’s patent pending mobile advertising platform also provides advertisers with talking mobile ads that are actionable by voice. Voice Assist is the ideal platform to host and provide voice activated services on mobile phones, landlines, voip phones, PC’s, tablet PC’s, IPTV’s, internet radio and in-dash automotive systems. Voice Assist is the preferred voice technology partner for service providers seeking to deploy voice activated services across their entire network on every device or advertisers seeking to reach mobile customers with the option to respond handsfree by voice.

For more information on the company, visit www.voiceassist.com.

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