AOL?s First Mobile Game ?Clucks? Uses Nuance Voice Recognition In A Video- And Turn-Based Mobile Word Game

Among consumers, AOL is probably best known for its media holdings (it owns sites like TechCrunch, Engadget and HuffingtonPost, as well as AOL.com) and its past life as an ISP, but it has long been trying to position itself as a mobile content player as well -- and today sees the latest development in that direction. It's launching Clucks -- a quirkily-named social mobile word-guessing game that (perhaps cynically) hits all the right trends. It uses?mobile video via the Viddy network; it's based on turn-based gameplay a la Song Pop and Draw Something; it offers social graph integration with Facebook; and voice recognition, using APIs from Nuance, the voice company's first foray into mobile gaming. But you know what? I think AOL may just be on to something.

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