Tellme enables you to use voice commands to find and connect to people, businesses and information nationwide. Connections to the service are made by dialing 1-800-555-TELL.

Tellme uses sophisticated voice recognition software that utilizes keywords to enable callers to access the Internet with a telephone. For instance, a caller can use Tellme to listen to the news or get their daily horoscope. Some of the voice commands you can use with the service by dialing 1-800-555-TELL include:

• "Taxis" -- Callers can find and connect with a local taxi service anywhere in the United States
• "Airlines" -- The service instantly connects users with any major airline simply by saying its name
• "Movies" -- Tellme users can find out what's playing at any theater and get show times and reviews
• "Stock Quotes" -- Users can check a personalized portfolio and track company news
• "News" -- Tellme provides callers with CNN's top stories, business, technology, entertainment and health watch news
• "Sports" -- Callers can get up-to-the-minute sports scores and post-game wrap-ups
• "Weather" -- The service has weather forecasts for 35,000 U.S. cities
• "Horoscopes" -- Callers can get daily horoscope readings
• "Soap Operas" -- Users can find out what happened on their favorite soap operas
• "Black Jack" -- Tellme callers can play a hand of blackjack
• "Lottery" -- Callers can get the latest lottery numbers for every state.

Tellme has qualified each listing to ensure that the information is accurate. "We actually called up every taxi service in the United States," McCue said. "We found out whether they answered the phone, spoke English, if they would actually dispatch a taxi over the phone."

Part of Tellme's ease of use lies with its close connection with AT&T. Tellme sits right on AT&T's backbone, allowing the service to quickly resolve the locations of callers. Callers who desire information about an area outside of their calling location can access it by saying the name of a city and state or entering an area code.