New Delhi: Cars can be transformed into mobile offices with a dashboard computer reading out emails to the driver. A system, costing no more than £5,000, is being promoted in the UK as allowing travelling businessmen to send and receive emails without stopping, through voice-recognition software.
The computer also lets the driver make hands-free calls and comes with satellite navigation. Once the car is parked it can be used as normal, with a foldout dashboard screen and a keyboard stored in the glove compartment. It also doubles as a DVD player, music system and TV.
The technology, which is likely to arouse concerns among road safety groups about driver distractions, has been launched by a newly-formed Bristol company called In-CarPC.
The man behind it, 23-yearold David Hitching told the Daily Mail: "This will help anyone who has to drive as part of their job. Everything they need will be within arm's reach."
The computer accesses the Internet through a data card plugged into the computer which emits a signal like a mobile phone.
On the road it checks for new emails every ten minutes, and automatically reads them out. The system can also be used by passengers and extra screens may be installed in seat headrests.
With excerpts from The Daily Mail
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