There have been a number of studies on the dangers of texting and driving. It seems Ford was paying attention. The automaker just released the latest version of its free Sync software -- and it gives ...

We've reviewed a number of smartphone apps that read texts aloud to drivers -- apps like DriveSafe.ly, PhoneGuard, and SafeCell-- but we've seen very few text-to-speech applications from automakers ...

An update to Ford Sync retrofits the infotainment platform with the Bluetooth Message Access Profile (MAP), which enables some smartphones to stream and read text messages out loud to to the driver.