“D2 now boasts an extensive vocabulary that allows it to understand the Scouse, Glaswegian, Geordie or any other regional accents or dialects, that are being used in everyday conversation,” the company said, thankfully in plain English.

SpinVox said D2 had “learnt to understand” these regional variations in the English language.

“With a formidable combination of artificial intelligence, voice recognition and natural linguistics, D2 is learning new words and expressions every day,” a company statement said.

“In fact only 30 per cent of D2’s vast vocabulary can be found in standard English language dictionaries. The rest has been collated as a result of D2’s amazing ability to learn new words at an average of 150 words a week.

Voicemail messages sent via SpinVox can be converted to text and sent as SMS text messages, or in a number of other ways.

These include:
* SpinVox Social Networks – Update your Facebook, Twitter or Jaiku page by speaking into your phone.
* SpinVox Blog – Speak into your phone and SpinVox will convert it to text and post it right to your blog.
* SpinVox Memo – Dictate memos and reminders into your phone and SpinVox will convert them to text and email them to your inbox.

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