But today, it doesn't deliver the best voice quality and it requires a specially equipped phone.
Among a host of groundbreaking capabilities, the new Aircell Smartphone will provide the best voice quality in aviation through a number of embedded technologies and design features.
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So I take the phone call in my best professional voice - Monica Crowley here.
The earSmart eS515 Smart Sound Processor combines the company's award-winning Advanced Voice processing technology with its first high-performance, low-power audio codec for a best in class voice, speech recognition and multimedia experience on a mobile device.
Best Jan Brady voice: All day long at school I hear how great Philly is at this or how wonderful Philly did that!
"Cary grabbed my hand and said 'Come with me, Diana, ' and dragged me into the board meeting" recalls Diana Zimmerman, in her best Cary Grant voice.
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"That's the name of this game -- versatility, " Nancy Cartwright, a veteran voice actor best known for being Bart Simpson, told CNN.
Vega R3 also introduces innovative functions like 'Best Face', voice recognition, continuous recording, and tracking focus so that it can reliably substitute a regular digital camera.
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Jones, whose film credits include Patriot Games and The Hunt for Red October, remains best known as the voice of Darth Vader in the Star Wars films.
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' But I was wrong, ' " wrote Oswalt, best known as the voice of Remy the rat from "Ratatouille" and for playing Spencer on TV's "The King of Queens.
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At its best, hip hop gives voice to marginal black youth we are not used to hearing from on such topics.
We believe that our democracy works best when everybody has a voice.
Perhaps the best perk of using Google Voice is its voicemail message transcription service, which allows you to read messages from your mobile phone in text form.
In 1994 Moira was named "Best Female Television Personality" by the Black Journalists' Association, and in 1997 "Best Media Personality" by The Voice newspaper.
We didn't entirely anticipate just who would take up the offer, however: Fongo, best known for its former Dell Voice initiative, has made an overt bid for Wind.
Harry Carpenter has been the undisputed voice of boxing for the best part of 50 years.
"The best-case scenario is when partners can voice small problems when they come up, rather than store them and then erupt, " says Orenstein.
"Calculator" retains the album's best elements Levi's androgynous voice, twee electronics and production but it's a little less noisy than the work that surrounds it.
Metro is the tiled based interface designed to work best with direct touch, and for that matter voice and Kinect-like air-gestures.
The best way to control your reputation is to be an active voice in the conversation (and to give lots of money to charity if you have it).
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"I'm a graduate from one of our country's best universities, " Sara tells me in Isfahan in a quiet voice tinged with palpable frustration.
The best part about living and breathing your brand is that you give it a voice and personality.
The Sound BlasterAxx leverages Creative's vast audio engineering expertise to provide best-in-class audio playback for music, movies, games and voice communications.
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But it was as the public face - and voice - of the corporation's boxing coverage that he became best known.
Many consumers believe, mostly correctly, that they are better off working with specialist firms for retail banking, investment and insurance rather than expecting their local bank teller, or the voice in a brokerage call center, to steer them to the best products.
The lip-readers for the prosecution and defence agreed a transcript as best as they could - but they could not comment on the "tone of voice" or the context in which the words were being used.
The best they can expect is that some or all of the cast will be available for voice work.
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The wry, dry voice belongs to the great Randy Newman, who's usually at his best when he sings about how much life sucks.
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