New SYNC with MyFord Touch now recognizing 10,000 first-level commands

Later this year, MyFord Touch will start selling on the 2011 Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX. MyFord Touch is Ford’s second-generation Sync driver connectivity technology that has been designed to be more user-friendly.

Sync is the result of Ford’s first stab at a hands-free connectivity technology. But there were two major issues blocking its success: its multi-level commands and a limited vocabulary. Brigitte Richardson, lead engineer of Ford’s voice control and speech commands technology, said that for this latest generation of Sync, the system can be controlled without needing to learn that many commands or navigate as many menus.
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Joe_Limon - 7/16/2010 6:03:41 PM

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wow! I sure hope this is like 10,000 first level commands to govern 100ish different functions, and not 10,000 functions.

holmstar - 7/20/2010 4:01:06 PM

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The article states that it can recognize 10000 words, not commands. Poor title.