Keeps Your Eyes on the Road and Your Hands on the Wheel with Ford Sync

Ford Vehicles Will Now Read You Text Messages While You Drive. (Mashable, 10/18/2011)

Excerpt: Ford is installing a feature in its new vehicles — and many of its older ones — that can read text messages out loud.

The feature, which is intended to reduce texting while driving, is part of Ford’s voice-activated technology, Sync, and is already installed on all model 2012 Ford vehicles with the exception of the Ranger. Using a Bluetooth connection, it syncs with phones and alerts users when they receive text messages, reads them out loud and allows users to respond with a selection of standard pre-written messages without taking their hands off the wheel.