Play it again, iPod
Gracenote (the folks who own the CDDB database) and ScanSoft (the folks who make desktop and embedded speech recognizers) are partnering to allow voice control of digital media devices such as car audio, mp3 players and home stereos. The metadata that Gracenote provides (artist, song name, genre info) can be used to generate speech grammars for these devices. You'll be able to say "play misty for me". Read more at Tom's Hardware.