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Just say it! Searching by voice with the new Google Mobile App for iPhone
Google Mac Blog —
... To get the latest Google Mobile App for iPhone, go to the App Store and search for "Google Mobile App." Note that voice search will be enabled by default for U.S. English users only. You can learn more about the new Google Mobile App for iPhone on the Google mobile blog and by watching this overview video: ...
Apple of Our Ear: Google's Voice Search App Finally Live
Google Watch —
After much speculation about why Apple did not post the new version of the Google Mobile App for iPhone that lets users search via voice and location on its Web site, the app has finally passed muster late Monday.
Google said you may now download it for free here from the Google Mobile site, or you can download the app from the iPhone App Store by searching for "Google Mobile App."
Considering Apple stalled and made such a fiasco about launching this after Google pre-announced it Friday, why would anyone go to Apple to "search" for ...
Google Mobile App Update With Voice Recognition Finally Available - And it Works
ReadWriteWeb —
... ) finally arrived in the App Store this afternoon. The app now uses voice recognition to translate voice commands into search queries. The new version also gives you easy access to all your other Google apps, though the star of this update is obviously the voice recognition, which, in our tests, was amazingly accurate. ...
Voice-enabled Google Mobile app for iPhone now available
Unwired View —
... feature, which automatically tracks down a user’s whereabouts in order to serve local search results, which come in quite handy for some particular search terms (such as “movie showtimes,” “nearby hospitals,” et cetera).
The voice-enabled Google Mobile app for iPhone can be downloaded from the app store. A video demo of the app is embedded below:
Via Google Mobile Blog
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Google Voice Search, an early Christmas present for iPhone owners
TG Daily - All News —
... about growing tensions between Apple and Google, the companies released Googles promised voice search iPhone application late on Monday. And as far as we can tell, the software works just as we were told: You pick up the handset, say a search query and the application returns search results in text. "Just hold the phone to your ear, wait for the beep, and say what you're looking for," wrote Dave Burke, Google mobile team engineer manager in a blog post . "That's it. Just talk." Although it was believed that Google would release the software as a standalone application, the ...
Google Mobile App for iPhone with Voice Search and My Location
D' Technology Weblog —
Google has finally released Google Mobile App for iPhone with Voice Search and My Location in U.S. English. To get the latest Google Mobile App for iPhone or iPod touch, go to the App Store and look for “Google Mobile App.”
The new Google Mobile App for iPhone makes it possible for you to do a Google web search using only your voice. And if you’re doing a local search, there’s no need to specify where you are because Google Mobile App now has Search with My Location. Search for “movie ...
Voice-Enabled Search Comes to the iPhone
(Obsolete Feed) —
... , the Google Mobile folks explained the new feature which basically allows iPhone users to do their Google search via the iPhone sans manual inputing of search keywords. Instead, users have to speak to their iPhones and utter their keywords. Once a user turns on the feature on, the user doesn’t have to touch any button anymore. Once the search keywords are uttered, the Google Mobile App will display an optimized-for-iPhone search results page. ...
A conversation with my iPhone
Brainstorm Tech: Technology blogs, news and analysis from Fortune Magazine » Apple 2.0 —
... Google voice search, the most eagerly anticipated improvement to the iPhone since 3G, finally showed up late Monday.
For readers who haven’t been following this drama, Google (GOOG) on Friday launched a media blitz for this hot new feature, which lets you search the Web by simply speaking into your phone. But for reasons known only to God and Steve Jobs, Apple (AAPL) made the world cool its heels a few days before releasing the program. (See Has Google lost its voice?)
Needless to say, we couldn’t wait to ...
Google Voice Search: not just web search but Contacts too [jkOnTheRun]
GigaOM Network —
... News broke last week that Google would be adding voice search capabilities to the iPhone and the app is now appearing ...
Google Mobile App With Voice Search: First Look
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs —
... for the iPhone appeared in Apple's iTunes Store on Monday evening. "The new Google Mobile App for iPhone makes it possible for you to do a Google Web search using only your voice," explains Google mobile engineering manager Dave Burke in a blog post . "Just hold the phone to your ear, wait for the beep, and say what you're looking for. That's it. Just talk." There's a bit more to it than that, but mostly the new Google Mobile App is fantastic. It took a few tries to get the timing right. The app senses when you move the phone to your ear to begin recording. On my first ...
Google Mobile App ya tiene reconocimiento de voz en el iPhone
Celularis —
... locales.
Por ahora el único lenguaje disponible es inglés de Estados Unidos y según veo en Techcruch funciona bastante bien aunque en lugares donde no haya mucho ruido.
Es una lástima que no se pueda usar para buscar contactos pero resulta muy interesante que el iPhone reconozca con el acelerómetro cuando tenemos el móvil cerca de la boca para decir nuestra búsqueda y cuando lo tenemos frente a nosotros para ver la respuesta.
Link: Google Mobile Blog ...
Voice in Google Mobile App: A Tipping Point for the Web?
O'Reilly Radar - Insight, analysis, and research about emerging technologies. —
... , it's time to start thinking of the phone as a first class device for accessing web services, not as a way of repurposing content or applications originally designed to be accessed on a keyboard and big screen. The release of speech recognition in Google Mobile App for iPhone continues the process begun with the iPhone itself, of building a new, phone-native way of delivering computing services. Here are two of the key elements: ...
'Ello, 'Ello, Google Voice Search Can't Understand Cockney?
AppScout —
As of today, the Google Voice Search app is now available on the iPhone, according to this blog post from the Google team. The app was supposed to be ...
Google introduces new voice search application for the iPhone
Boy Genius Report —
Google announced on Tuesday a new iPhone application that allows you to make location based searches just by speaking a question into your iPhone. Your spoken question, “Where is the nearest Best Buy?” for example, is sent to Google’s server as a digital file and processed by Google’s server side voice recognition software. The converted query is then forwarded to Google’s search engine and the results are sent back to the handset, supposedly within seconds. Excellent! This is not a new concept as Microsoft already has its TellMe ...
Google Mobile App for iPhone, now with Voice Search
textually.org —
Mike LeBeau of the Google mobile team gives an overview of the new Google Mobile App for iPhone on YouTube.
[via Google Mobile Blog] ...
Google Voice Search Turns 'Fish' To 'Sex'
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs —
... Perhaps no company knows this better than Google, which has spent the past decade trying to refine its ability to understand its users from a few, often ambiguous, keywords entered into its search box. Google is learning that lesson again with the release of the new version of Google Mobile App for the iPhone, which now allows users to speak queries into their phones and receive text search results based on Google's interpretation of what was said. Users posting on the Google Mobile Blog have complained that Google's app doesn't understand some British accents, a claim ...
★ Google Mobile Uses Private iPhone APIs
Daring Fireball —
... Google’s just-released and much-publicized update to their Google Mobile iPhone app features some very clever interaction design for the voice search feature. There is an on-screen button you can tap to initiate a voice search manually, but, as illustrated in their example video, you can initiate a voice search just by lifting your iPhone to your ear. ...
This iPhone is “Touchier” Than Most
Yanko Design —
As wonderful as the iPhone is, it leaves out anyone visually impaired. This Silicon Touch iPhone case works in tandem with an app to allow special accessibility functions like text to speech and moon type tactile feedback. The case is engraved with modified bas-relief buttons each corresponding to a modified home screen on the iPhone. None of the phone’s functions are compromised. Multi-touch and finger flick scrolling are all intact. BRILLIANT!
Designer: Bruno Fosi ...
Touch and Go: Tactile iPhone Case for Sight Impaired
Cult of Mac —
... This prototype tactile iPhone case called Invisual allows sight-impaired users to get the most out of the smart phone. It would work in conjunction with special accessibility functions, such as text-to-speech features and ...
iPhone Prototype Casing For the Visually Impaired
ReadWriteWeb —
... case for the Apple iPhone crafted by Portugal-based designer Bruno Fosi.
Sponsor
Fosi has created a prototype iPhone case that would help the blind make better use of the iPhone. The silicon case features a selection of modified bas-relief buttons that correspond to menu items, and is thin enough for the screen to register touch.
It works with an app store application to allow accessibility functions like text to speech and moon type tactile alphabet keyboard. Fosi says this allows the iPhone ...
6 New Web Technologies of 2008 You Need to Use Now
Wired Top Stories —
... to get a list of nearby venues, restaurants and hangouts with the touch of a button. Or, in the case of Google's local-search app, you can simply speak your request and get local results. An app like ...
Search Without Effort: The Quick Search Box
Google Mac Blog —
... This Mac version is much more experimental than its iPhone sibling, Google Mobile App, and through it you will be able to see many of the areas we are exploring: contextual search, actions, and extensibility. It is by no means feature-complete, but is a very good indication of things to come. ...
Google Mobile App comes to Windows Mobile
The Next Web —
... mobile app for Windows Mobile users. To download the app, visit http://m.google.com on your phone and away you go.
The application is designed to make searching on your windows mobile faster and slicker, with direct access to your favorite google apps direct from the Today screen. Pocket PC users can add the Google Mobile App to their start menu via Settings: Menus or even configure a device button to trigger the app.
The app is already available for iphone, touch and blackberry devices too.
For a video demonstration, have a ...
Ubiquity, Firefox’s Command Line Web Interface, Gets More Natural
Webmonkey —
... and Google’s iPhone app that lets you search the web using your voice, Ubiquity now boasts a new engine that’s able to guess what you want to do even if you don’t give it a specific command or verb. ...
Search with My Location for Apple iPhone 3.0 Safari
D' Technology Weblog —
... from Safari on your iPhone 3.0, you can choose to turn on My Location by tapping on the link on the homepage. When you tap on the "update" link, your location’ll be updated and displayed right there on the homepage. Whenever you want to refresh your location, just tap the "update" link. You can also search with My Location using Google Mobile App, available from the iPhone App Store. Note: Google won’t use your location in search unless you explicitly opt in. And you can always disable the feature from Preferences at the bottom of the ...
Google Launches My Location for Safari on iPhone 3.0 [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network —
... launched My Location for iPhone 3.0, which returns search results relevant to a user’s current location. The feature, which only works in conjunction with the Safari browser, helps to narrow down results when looking for stuff on the go. Previously, this was possible using the Google Mobile App. Because of privacy concerns, Google says it has made My Location an opt-in service. ...
