Ask.com today introduced free voice-activated capabilities to its Ask.com Mobile Directions service. Called "Click to Speak," the new feature lets people simply speak their location and desired destination to receive directions on their web-enabled mobile devices.

Users of the Directions service on Ask.com Mobile will now see a new "Click to Speak" option. Clicking it, consumers are prompted to speak their location and their desired destination, either by specific address or closest intersection. Within seconds, they will receive a text message with a link to directions that can be viewed in either traditional list or turn-by-turn step format, with an additional option to switch between "Driving" or "Walking" routes.

Click to Speak builds on the award-winning features of Ask.com Mobile:

• Instinctive Tools: Including Smart Answers, which provide shortcuts to answers and tools at the top of the search results page and Zoom Related Search, which provides conceptually-related suggestions to narrow or expand queries.
• Platform Independent: Ask.com Mobile works on any mobile web browser so consumers don't have to worry about which carrier they are signed up with or which mobile device they have.
• Nothing to Download: Ask.com Mobile does not require a download to get started, yet still offers features like street and aerial map views.