So, this has little to do with Voice to Text, other than the fact that I know some people who talk slow enough, that the World’s Fastest Texter might be able to shoot me an SMS in less time than it takes them to speak…From Yahoo News Australia…

Kiwi sets record for texting blindfolded
Dunedin (New Zealand) teenager Elliot Nicholls has managed to achieve something the All Blacks and Silver Ferns failed to do this year - win a world title. The 17-year-old John McGlashan College student has become the Guinness Book of Records newest world champion - for texting blindfolded.

Elliott twice broke the previous record texting a 160 character message blindfolded in 51 seconds and then 45 seconds. The old record was set by an Italian at one minute 23 seconds.

Here’s the text he had to complete - see how long it takes you to do with your eyes open….

“the razor toothed piranhas of the genera serrasal musand pygocentrus are the most ferocious freshwater fish in the world. in reality they rarely attack a human”.

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KIRKLAND, Wash. –September 10, 2007 – GotVoice, Inc., the voice messaging company, today announced the launch of the GotVoice Transcription Service, which automatically transcribes voice messages from the user’s mobile, home and office phones into text and instantly sends them to users via email or SMS. In addition to providing the only transcription capabilities for home landline numbers and office/PBX phone systems, GotVoice is the only service with affordable transcription for Sprint/Nextel ™ customers—which represent 25 percent of the U.S. mobile phone market. Sprint/Nextel users are virtually blocked from using any other transcription service currently on the market, due to the provider’s system requirements for call forwarding…[cont]

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