Now with support for more languages, new keyboard shortcuts, and more

Oct 8, 2013 10:41 GMT  ·  By

Owners of BlackBerry 10 smartphones can now download and install a new flavor of the popular SayIt application, namely version 2.5.0.1.

The new app release comes to devices with some appealing enhancements, enabling users to better control BlackBerry 10 smartphones by using only their voice.

According to CrackBerry, the updated application version comes with new servers with new voice data, while also adding text to voice languages, from 17 to 44.

Furthermore, the new app iteration sports more translation languages, namely 66 (up from 25), as well as more voice search and voice to text languages.

Other enhancements packed inside in the new release include support for reading up to 200 characters, along with a replay result in Commander mode.

The software now comes with additional keyboard shortcuts for Q10, Q5, along with support for downloading text to voice mp3 file in 44 different languages.

The release notes of the application also include:

- Change the behavior for Voice to Text record button to Tap and Hold - Add Arabic and Vietnamese for Voice to Text - Add YouTube video for music search - Fix Google Search - Minor bugs fixed

For those out of the loop, we should note that SayIt arrived on BlackBerry 10 smartphones as a Voice Recognition and Assistant software, featuring support for natural voice recognition and processing.

The application sports Text to Speech with natural voice capabilities, and provides users with the possibility to download the converted voice file as MP3 format. Additionally, it sports sharing to BBM, NFC, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and more.

The features list of the app also includes:

- Search YouTube, Wikipedia, Google using voice - Search local hotels, restaurants, coffee, and more - Built in Encyclopedia, so you can find the definition of anything you want, for example: definition of Newton - Built in Voice to Text conversion Engine, SayIt supports 16 languages for conversion from Voice to Text. So, you say something and SayIt converts your voice to text, you can share the converted text to your BBM friends, NFC, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Email, and Bluetooth.

You can download SayIt for BlackBerry 10 from Softpedia today.