You Can Text While Driving!?

We all know it is dan­ger­ous to text and dri­ve! We frown at those who still do such fool­ish­ness. We’ve been told to not do it and even state laws pro­hib­it us from tex­ting in the car! So why am I advo­cat­ing we can still text while dri­ving? I’m not! I found an alter­na­tive! I stum­bled upon a handy lit­tle appli­ca­tion for a smart phone called Vlin­go a few months ago. It has its quirks but is a very help­ful at times. It is a soft­ware pro­gram that is for ​“voice tex­ting” not fin­ger tex­ting. Vlin­go was designed for Black­ber­ry, iPhone and oth­er Smart­phone devices to use voice to text tech­nol­o­gy. Voice to text has been out for quite a few years but has not been very well received by con­sumers. How­ev­er, the lat­est ver­sion of Vlin­go is well worth giv­ing it a try if you do a lot of tex­ting and email­ing. The Vlin­go Plus cost $17.99 and is vir­tu­al­ly hands free. If you speak very care­ful­ly and with sim­ple sen­tences, Vlin­go is very accu­rate. The Plus ver­sion gives you access to Voice to Text email­ing, text and to-do list. I actu­al­ly real­ly like the to task func­tion. Some­times I am dri­ving, I remem­ber some­thing and can­not write it down. Now, I push a but­ton while look­ing straight ahead and say, ​“Task: Pick up Cof­fee.” Done! It is that easy. The pro­gram is not per­fect, and I am not giv­ing it a five star rat­ing. How­ev­er, it real­ly is the best on the mar­ket and is VERY safe while dri­ving. CAU­TION: I do advise that you avoid dis­trac­tions while dri­ving and always keep your eyes on the road, not your phone! If Vlin­go is a dis­trac­tion, don’t use it.