Good as the voice recognition on Windows Phone is, my main problem is I rarely remember to use it. Siri has the whimsy and the media coverage to be more memorable, and it does something intriguing.

Another Siri alternative for Windows Phone currently available in the Marketplace isn’t really a functioning voice control app, but it is marketed as “Siri for Windows Phone”.

The Android Market is already filled with enough Siri clones to keep Apple’s lawyers busy for years. It’s time for Windows Phone to get in on the talk-to-your-phone-in-public fun with Ask Ziggy.

Relative to Windows 7, Windows 8 offers incremental accessibility improvements, but also demonstrates that there’s no real desire on Microsoft’s part to make voice control a major feature of ...