Phones Do It, So Why Can't You Control Car Your Car's Infotainment System By Voice?

Last week, Consumer Reports once again rapped MyFord Touch.

Ford's infotainment system is "needlessly complicated and finicky," the magazine concluded.

And the problem of difficult-to-use infotainment isn't limited to Ford. Also last week, a J.D. Power and Associates study concluded that factory-installed navigation systems have been getting harder to use.

But what isn't in the news is an intense, behind-the-scenes race to find what automakers see as the cure to clunky infotainment systems: natural language.

LACMAN - 1/28/2013 3:09:02 PM

+1 Boost

Have you tried 'CUE' yet? While it has a bit of a lag present, the voice control part of the system is brilliant.