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ShoutOut Your Texts With a New iPhone App

Geek Sugar  Dec 24 09

You know that pesky hands-free law we were all stressed about last year in California? Well in 2009, the law has been cracking down on more than just phone calls. Text messaging while driving is a big no-no, so what is a girl to do when she just has to send a text from behind the wheel? Now there's an app for your iPhone that will help you do just that without being thrown in the slammer. Called ShoutOut, this app dictates your speech to a text message, then sends it along to your chosen recipient. Although I wish I could tell you that this useful app is free, it isn't.

ShoutOut costs only $1 to buy, but then charges you "voice credits" per dictated text. Full story...

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