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A Smartphone for Geniuses?
May 5, 2010
HTC scored a hit with the Android-powered myTouch3G when it was launched by T-Mobile USA in July last year. Now that Taiwanese smartphone maker has followed up with the myTouch3G Slide which features a slide-out mini-Qwerty keyboard and the curiously named 'Genius Button'.... more

Nuance Supplies Brains Behind T-Mobile's Genius
May 5, 2010
The brains behind Genius is Nuance's natural language speech technology, which is built on the firm's intuitive speech platform. The Genius-equipped myTouch 3G Slide incorporates what Nuance says is a revolutionary, pervasive voice interface.... more

T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide Android Smartphone review and spec
May 5, 2010
The Genius Button activates software that is powered by Dragon Dictation ... more

Slide myTouch 3G officially announced by T-mobile
May 5, 2010
Genius Button: Developed in conjunction with Dragon Dictation of Nuance, lets you use voice commands to control the device ... more

T-Mobile's myTouch 3G Slide Rolls Off The Tongue, Slides Out Keyboard Too
May 4, 2010
With the Genius Button, you press one button, talk, and it delivers. The Genius Button, powered by Dragon Dictation from Nuance Communications... more

T-Mobile announces MyTouch 3G Slide
May 4, 2010
Genius Button: An enhanced voice command tool that can read back text messages, take dictation, search the web, and make calls, and powered by Dragon Dictation from Nuance ... more

T-Mobile unveils myTouch 3G Slide
May 4, 2010
Genius Button functionality is noted as a button that allows you activate your phone's voice capabilities through one touch ... more

T-Mobile launches myTouch 3G Slide Android 2.1 QWERTY smartphone
May 4, 2010
One other plus worth noting: the Genius Button and corresponding voice recognition (powered by Dragon Dictation) was some of the best we've played with ... more

Nuance Voice Control Takes Over the New T-Mobile myTouch Slide
May 4, 2010
The T-Mobile myTouch Slide Android phone launches in June featuring a Genius Button to launch Nuance's Voice Control. With one touch users will have voice access to control the phone ... more

T-Mobile to Launch MyTouch 3G Slide in June
May 4, 2010
A Genius Button powered by Dragon Naturally Speaking speech recognition technology lets owners use voice commands to make calls and even composing messages and searching the Web ... more

T-Mobile Gets Another Android 2.1 Exclusive: myTouch 3G Slide With Keyboard
May 4, 2010
With the Genius Button, you press one button, talk, and it delivers. The Genius Button, powered by Dragon Dictation from Nuance Communications ... more

Latest Nuance voice tech powers the myTouch 3G Slide Genius Button
May 4, 2010
Nuance has announced that its latest advanced speech capabilities are debuting on the T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide Android smartphone. Its Voice Control platform is the first platform-agnostic solution for combining embedded and connected voice capabilities ... more

T-Mobile 3G Slide Official
May 4, 2010
Genius Button and corresponding voice recognition (powered by Dragon Dictation) was some of the best we've played with, nailing complex text message dictation .... more

T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide: A Mutant Android With a Sidekick Keyboard
May 4, 2010
Yes, the Genius button. (T-Mobile apparently does have the trademark on it.) Its voice command and speech-to-text, that's more extensive than what Google offers by default, and it's powered by Nuance, the guys behind Dragon Dictation .... more

T-Mo Unveils myTouch Slider
May 4, 2010
YAlso available is the Genius Button, which is a version of voice search powered by Dragon Dictation from Nuance Communications. The feature also will read text messages aloud and allows dictation of responses .... more

Smart Phones Just Got Smarter As Nuance Brings Advanced Speech Capabilities To T-Mobile's MyTouch 3G Slide
May 4, 2010
Nuance has been making some big moves lately. They released Dragon Dictation for the iPhone and then the BlackBerry. They acquired Jott... and SpinVox. And the list goes on and on. Well Nuance has another announcement .... more

T-Mobile Announces The MyTouch 3G Slide With Genius...
May 4, 2010
Today, T-Mobile is officially announcing the T-Mobile MyTouch Slide and sheds some light on what that captivating Genius Button does. Teaming up with Nuance Communications ... more

T-Mobile's myTouch 3G Slide keeps the Android parade marching
May 4, 2010
There's a Genius Button powered by Nuance that lets you activate voice commands for things like making calls, composing texts and e-mails, conducting web searches or launching applications ... more

T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide Offers Android 2.1
May 4, 2010
The last piece of software is tied to the Genius Button. Pressing this button activates voice commands, voice searches, and other voice-controlled actions. This software is really Nuance's Dragon Dictation ... more

T-Mobile launches myTouch 3G Slide
May 4, 2010
Genius, powered by Nuance's Dragon Dictation technology, allows users to speak to make calls, dictate texts or emails, or search the web. Unlike other Android voice-to-text programs it also reads messages aloud ... more

T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide Goes Official
May 4, 2010
...and the Genius Button, powered by Dragon Dictation from Nuance Communications, through which one can control the device using voice commands ... more

T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide finally announced, will ship in June
May 4, 2010
New software features include: Faves Gallery, myModes, and Genius Button (powered by Dragon Dictation from Nuance, it lets you use voice commands to control the handset) ... more

T-Mobile's new myTouch 3G Slide is set to be released in June
May 4, 2010
The Genius Button, powered by Dragon Dictation from Nuance, is an easy-to-access button on the front of the myTouch 3G Slide ... more

Hands-on with the T-Mobile MyTouch 3G Slide
May 4, 2010
Genius Button: With the Genius Button, you press one button, talk, and it delivers ... more

T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide Features Custom Android 2.1, Keypad
May 4, 2010
Finally there's a Genius Button, which is said to improve on Google's Dragon Dictation voice recognition technology from Nuance Communications. Dictate email responses, have messages read aloud ... more

New T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide Improves Communication Through T-Mobile Exclusive Software
May 4, 2010
With the Genius Button, you press one button, talk, and it delivers. The Genius Button, powered by Dragon Dictation from Nuance Communications ... more

It's Official: T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide To Hit Market in June
May 4, 2010
The Genius Button, powered by Dragon Dictation from Nuance Communications, will be a button on the front of the myTouch 3G Slide allowing the use of voice commands to control the phone and it's features ... more

myTouch 3G Slide: Another Android phone to T-Mobile's arsenal
May 4, 2010
And finally, the phone sports a "Genius Button" that allows users to use voice commands for activities such as making calls, composing and sending texts and emails and conducting Web searches ... more

T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide Gets Official
May 4, 2010
There is also a Genius button which is powered by Dragon Dictation and can be used for voice input to make calls, send text messages and more ... more

T-Mobile MyTouch Slide Launching June 2010
May 4, 2010
The new Genius Button will launch one-button Voice Control of favorite Android Apps, Dragon Dictation for messaging and Text-to-Speech for hands-free message read back ... more

myTouch 3G Slide is here
May 4, 2010
Another is the Genius Button (from Dragon Dictation by Nuance Communications) which allows use of voice commands for things like making calls, composing and sending texts and e-mails, searching the Web or even your surroundings ... more

T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide Android Smartphone Announced
May 4, 2010
The Genius Button activates software that is powered by Dragon Dictation. When pressed you can give voice commands to the smartphone allowing you to easily make calls, send text messages ... more

T-Mobile myTouch 3G Packs Android 2.1 & Comes June
May 4, 2010
...and the Genius button run off Dragon Dictation. This last feature allows you to use simple voice commands to get the 3.4 inch myTouch 3G to do just about anything from reading your mail to starting apps ... more

T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide: What You Need to Know
May 4, 2010
Probably the coolest feature of the myTouch 3G Slide, the Genius Button lets users control the phone using their voice. Powered by Dragon Dictation, you'll be able to ... more

T-Mobile myTouch Slide official with Android 2.1, custom UI
May 4, 2010
...a custom-developed UI brings a Faves Gallery that keeps all the info and updates for 20 contacts, a Genius Button that provides Dragon Dictation-based voice commands ... more

Meet the MyTouch 3G Slide With Genius Button
May 4, 2010
Tmobile and HTC Teamed up with Nuance Communications, the makers of Dragon NaturallySpeaking and they have introduced their new Dragon Dictation technology embedded into the Android platform that will allow users to ... more

MyTouch 3G Slide brings keyboard to the popular T-Mobile Android phone
May 4, 2010
The myTouch 3G Slide also introduces the "Genius Button," which pairs Nuance Communications' natural language technology to provide one-touch voice-controlled access to make calls, send e-mail and text messages, search the Internet, find directions, etc. Nuance's Dragon Dictation also is loaded on the myTouch 3G Slide to provide dictation ... more

T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide Puts the "Smart" in Smart Phone
May 3, 2010
The standard Android search button has been replaced by the Genius button – a button that lets you search or compose e-mails and text messages with your voice. It's powered by Dragon Dictation from Nuance ... more

T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide for QWERTY Fans
May 3, 2010
With the Genius Button, you press one button, talk, and it delivers. The Genius Button, powered by Dragon Dictation from Nuance Communications ... more

T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide: Overview
May 3, 2010
Genius Button: The Genius Button is voice-command and speech-to-text that's powered by Nuance (creators of Dragon Dictation) ... more

T-Mobile Announces myTouch 3G Slide
May 3, 2010
It also comes bundled with a custom hardware button and software combination from Dragon Dictation that does everything from voice dial and search to reading your texts aloud to you ... more

T-Mobile MyTouch 3G Slide makes official debut
May 3, 2010
Finally, there's the Genius Button, and this is probably our favorite feature of the bunch. By pressing the dedicated Genius Button on the phone and thanks to Nuance Communication's Dragon Dictation software ... more

T-Mobile's myTouch 3G Slide: A QWERTY Slider for Work or Home
May 3, 2010
With the Nuance Dragon Dictation-powered Genius feature, users can speak to make calls, dictate texts or emails, or search the web. While the Genius sounds similar to current voice-to-text features found in other Android 2.1 phones, it can also read text messages aloud .... more

T-Mobile Announces MyTouch 3G Slide
May 3, 2010
The MyTouch 3G Slide will be the first to feature a custom user interface developed by T-Mobile that is not based off of other overlays such as HTC's own Sense on Android 2.1, with custom themes and new software such as the Faves contact gallery and the hardware Genius button with combination voice command/speech-to-text powered by software from Nuance Communications ... more

T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide official: Android 2.1, QWERTY, coming in June (we go hands-on)
May 3, 2010
...the Genius Button and corresponding voice recognition (powered by Dragon Dictation) was some of the best we've played with, nailing complex text message dictation ... more

Hands-on with the T-Mobile MyTouch 3G Slide
May 3, 2010
With the Genius Button, you press one button, talk, and it delivers. The Genius Button is an easy-to-access button on the front of the new T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide ... more