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number recognition for mobiles

for people who cannot hold more than 6 numbers in the short-time memory.
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mobiles already have voice recognition and so this adapted software would recognise numerals in a previously chosen language; either a number that is spoken over the phone itself by way of a call and which allows you to add a new contact plus the correct number.

or, a number that is spoken aloud by someone in the room, over the internet or via television or radio. how many times have you just wished you were prepared with pencil / paper and ready to take down that vital number. with your phone switched on, you would have a certain amount of time to *catch* that number and make that important call.

or, at the end of a pleasant evening with that nice new acquaintance, he/she just speaks his number into your phone and you press *save*

po, Dec 30 2007

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       Errr.... voice recording ? Most Motorola handsets have this .... some Sony-Eriksson ones can record an ongoing conversation at the press of a feature button.
8th of 7, Dec 30 2007
  

       no, number recognition and stored as a number. you know, 0123456...
po, Dec 30 2007
  

       [po] trying to collect the number of a tall, dark, handsome painter on New Year's Eve:   

       "Oh-Wun-Shevn-Shixt... Ah-Fuggit... Oh-Wun-Shevn--Shfreep- Shixt... Ummmm... Two-Nah-Wait... Check out thoshe titsh!... Shfirty-Shixt-Dee... Four-Two-Wun-Shevn... Can I getscha sumpin' ter drink, lovey?"
UnaBubba, Dec 30 2007
  

       Seems like a good idea. I'm unsure how it would handle background clutter and the enormous variation of accents and phonetic pronunciation of numbers.   

       e.g. "Oh Wun Four Double Three Zero Ninety-Nine Nought Sixteen Aught Triple Two"
UnaBubba, Dec 30 2007
  

       "Comfirm Destruct Sequence initiated ..... sixty seconds to Auto-Destruct .... re-enter initiation code to halt sequence .... fifty-five seconds to Auto-Destruct...... re-enter initiation code....
8th of 7, Dec 30 2007
  

       Does your mobile 'phone sport an unnecessarily large, red, digital countdown panel, [8/7]?
UnaBubba, Dec 30 2007
  

       As a matter of fact, it does.......
8th of 7, Dec 30 2007
  

       It sounds like he also downloaded the Majel Barrett audio suite.
Canuck, Dec 30 2007
  

       //Does your mobile 'phone sport an unnecessarily large, red, digital countdown panel, // may I press it - on behalf of all furry clawry catloving fiends... boom!
po, Dec 30 2007
  

       Write it as a Java app that most mobiles will run.   

       I can't, but I'm sure someone can.
Giblet, Dec 30 2007
  

       // Majel Barrett //   

       <sigh>   

       <Distant, dreamy, unfocussed look in eyes; laser pointer trembles>
8th of 7, Dec 31 2007
  
      
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