Using speech to control your iPod
All Media Guide (home of All Music) is partnering with Avoca to allow people to interact by voice with their music collections. According to this article in the Ann Arbor Business Review AMG will provide pronunciations, nicknames and 'other details' about the songs that will be used by the speech recognition engine to allow for navigation and control. Anyone who has tried to pick a specific song or artist on a 10,000 song iPod while driving knows how important a hands-free, eyes-free interface is for a long and happy life.
This paper: A Comparison Between Spoken Queries and Menu-based Interfaces for In-Car Digital Music Selection provides a comparison between spoken queries and an iPod like interface for controlling a music player while driving a car.