Chat 50 Adds Voice Control to Skype, iChat

ClearOne announced on Thursday that its Chat 50 speaker phone supports using voice commands with both Skype and iChat. The speaker phone takes advantage of Appleis built-in speech recognition technology, Speakable Items. The Chat 50 can be connected to computers, phones, and music players. It includes automatic level controls for the microphone as well as noise canceling. The Chat 50 is priced starting at US$145.