Voice activated iPod coming?

Voice recognition software development company, Scansoft, and media library production company, Gracenote, have announced plans to join forces to produce voice-activated media applications.

The aim is to provide hands-free access to film and music media, with the technology available from Q4 2005.

Gracenote already provides music library information Apple’s iTunes, so it is not at all inconceivable think iTunes could be the first beneficiary, and that the Apple iPod may be the first multimedia device to incorporate the voice activation & selection technology.