PhD whizz kid starts new craze with voice activated footie game - Speech Soccer

Speech Soccer is the first voice only activated online football game and the fans are going wild for it at www.speechsoccer.com.  It's the brainchild of automatic speech recognition specialist and football fan Nick Wilkinson PhD of Peterborough in Cambridgeshire whose love of the game inspired him to create Speech Soccer.

Speech Soccer is an addictive game where the players respond to your voice to pass the ball, tackle and shoot in fast flowing football action. It is the game for the football purist that wants to recreate the art that was Brazil 1970, Liverpool 1988 or Arsenal 2004. The speech interface liberates you from focusing on the individual players giving you the freedom to play as a team . There's a formation editor too, which allows you to develop your own tactics for attacking and defending.

Once you've trained the speech recogniser you're ready to play. To score goals you must move the ball quickly about the pitch to create space for shooting. When your team has the ball, say the number of your player you wish to pass to. Or, if you keep saying the number of the player who already has the ball, he will run with it. When you are in range of the goal simply say "shoot". When the opposition has the ball you need to win it back. Say the number of one of your players and he will start moving towards the ball. When you get close say "tackle" to challenge for the ball.

Beware though, tackling from behind results in a yellow card and if that player commits another foul then a red card is given and the player is removed from the pitch!

The real fun of Speech Soccer is playing against other people online. Registration to play online is £5 for six months access and if you're one of the first 1000 people to register you'll be in with a chance to win a football shirt personally signed by England Captain John Terry.

To join in the fun download your free copy of Speech Soccer at www.speechsoccer.com