It seems the Neo developers have made a new firmware chip capable of reading the track selection and navigation through the folders out loud.
Read more about it here

Now, I wouldn't wanna be caught dead with a Neo anymore, but I think this is a cool upgrade.

I know it's not voice recognition, more like text-to-speech, but it reminded me of the voice recognition option of the Empeg. I still hope it will become a reality one day!