We all know that reading texts and emails while driving is dangerous, but most of us do it anyway.

Drivesafe.ly is a free mobile phone app that reads out loud emails and SMS texts in real time and can send an automatic response text to the sender to notify them that you're driving. You can do all of this without touching the phone except for the intial one touch activation.

There's no speech-to-text for outbound messages, but they're working on it.

The free version reads up to 25-words per message. It reads SMS text messages and email shorthand and features a text auto-responder. The only downside is there are some ad-supported messages.

A premium version is acquirable for a one-time $13.95 charge for the life of your phone, or at a subscription of $3.95 per month. This version gives you the choice of a female or male voice and a text and email auto-responder. The premium version also delivers up to 500-word messages and eliminates the ad-supported messages.

Drive safely is acquirable now for Blackberry and Android phones, with a Windows mobile version coming soon. (Sorry iphone users: only jailbroken phones work.) 

You can get the free download here.

Hit the jump for the demo video.

Albert Austria, Senior Engineer, Edmunds, Inc.