Are you a frequent traveller? Would you like to know more about the countless places you pass by during your journeys? Well, if you own a Windows Phone 7 device, we have just the app for you. Wiki Talking Tours for Windows Phone 7 is a free location-based app that indicates geotagged Wikipedia articles on a map complete with the distance (in miles or kilometer) from your current location, allowing you to view detailed information on locations near you. When invoked, it begins reading the introductory portion of each article aloud, automatically starting with the ones tagged closest to you.
So the next time you set off on a long, possibly boring journey, simply connect your headset to your phone, launch Wiki Talking Tours, tap the play button and let the text-to-speech engine fill you in on nearby locations. And if you feel like digging deeper, simply tap a tagged location and select more from below the introductory/preview text to read the complete Wikipedia article for said location.
You can download the app for free from Windows Phone Marketplace via the link provided below.
