Say What? ‘Dial Directions’ Acquired By Arabic Language Specialist Sakhr Software

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• Sakhr Software
• Department of Defense
• Blackberry
• Department of Homeland Security
• Department of Justice
• Jason Kincaid

1. Bet you didn't see this one coming. Back in 2007 we wrote about a service called Dial Directions which lets you call a special phone number and verbally ask for directions, which are immediately sent to you via SMS. Today comes news that the company has been acquired by Sakhr Software , a development house specializing in Arabic natural language processing (NLP). And with their powers combined, ... (Read Full Article)

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