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Google Introduces Voice-Enabled Search to iPhone
Wired: Gadget Lab —
While Google waits for it Android mobile operating system to mature, the search giant is launching a sophisticated voice recognition tool for iPhone.
The software, set to release some time Friday, will be part of Google's free, long neglected mobile app [iTunes Link] on iPhone, and it will allow users to perform a Google search by simply dictating a query, according to a story in the New York Times. Examples: "When was Michael Crichton's birthday?" or "Japanese restaurants in San Francisco," or "400 kilometers into miles."
Google's app might sound groundbreaking, but similar speech recognition ...
New Google Mobile iPhone App with Voice-Recognition Now Available [IPhone]
Lifehacker —
... , but it is now available from the iTunes App Store . The iTunes page itself doesn't show the app as updated, but download and sync it anyway, and you'll notice a shiny new Google Mobile on your iPhone complete with voice-recognition. I've just started playing with it, but my initial one-word review: Amazing!
Google's iPhone Voice Search Mobile App Now Available [Google]
Gizmodo —
... with talky talky search action is now up. Our own impressions of it are good. When you're not in a noisy place (or another phone is ringing in the background) it can pretty much translate anything you say into a meaningful phrase. "Gizmodo" was understood, surprisingly, as was "bear market" and "bare ass". That's right, it was smart enough to tell the difference between the words bear and bare, depending on the context. If you're an iPhone user, you should go get it now right here. ...
Agora sim: novo Google Mobile App chega à iPhone App Store
MacMagazine —
Ele era esperado para a sexta-feira passada, a Apple atrasou o lançamento e começou-se a falar na segunda-feira, mas só hoje (sim, já estamos na terça-feira) o novo Google Mobile App foi ao ar na iPhone App Store. No momento deste post, a página do produto ainda é a antiga, mas o download já traz a versão 0.3.142.951, como você pode conferir nas screenshots abaixo, que acabo de tirar. ...
Google Mobile iPhone app with voice search now available
AppleInsider —
... application that includes voice search recognition was made available as a free download on the App Store last night. "The new Google Mobile App for iPhone makes it possible for you to do a Google web search using only your voice," said Dave Burke, Engineering Manager for Google's mobile team. "Just hold the phone to your ear, wait for the beep, and say what you're looking for." In addition to allowing users to speak their search queries instead of typing them, the updated app ( Free, App Store ) includes an Apps Tab that allows you to reorder Google Apps to make it easier to ...
Google Wants Your Vote on Mobile Features
jkOnTheRun —
For some, a new year means a new approach. Google is taking that to heart with their new Product Ideas webpage, a place where people can suggest new features or vote for those already suggested. It’s no surprise to me that Google’s first iteration for product ideas is specific to mobile. Their move into the portable device space with the Android OS coupled with continued enhancement for phone-specific services point to a big mobile year for the search giant.
There are already over 500 submissions, although I’ve see a few repeats in my casual browsing. I’ll be going through the bulk of the list later today and ...
Easter Egg Within Google Mobile App Offers Up a Useful Feature
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis —
As some sort of New Years’ gift (or something), Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has alerted the general public to an easter egg found within the Google Mobile app for the iPhone. There’s nothing too crazy included in the easter egg, but one feature I actually found quite useful… Keep reading and I’ll tell you about it.
So how do you uncover the easter egg? Click the ‘Settings’ button at the bottom right, and then continue to swipe up 7 or 8 times. A ‘Bells and Whistles’ menu should appear. Touch to enter the ‘Bells and Whistles’ area and you’ll notice some new options to play around with, ...
Google iPhone App updated for UK and Australia
iGadget Life —
Google Voice Search now for British & Australian iPhone owners
Google have updated their iPhone App for British and Australian citizens to better recognise their accents when using the voice search feature.
Being a Brit I have previously had problems using the Google iPhone App, as most of the time it failed to recognise what I had asked it to search for.
The update to the Google iPhone App has resolved the problem of only understanding American accents. On a dozen or so tests I can say that the App came up trumps with the correct search term each time, a massive improvement.
This has opened up the App ...
15 Apps To Make Your iPhone A Better Reference Tool
iPhone 3G Tricks —
The iPhone is an extraordinary device, but Apple gives it to you naked. It’s full functionality comes from the apps you find in the App Store. And with over 1,000,000 apps to dig through, chances are you won’t find the good ones. But luckily, we’ll do it for you! These applications make your ...
Google Search Now Location-Aware On iPhones
iPhone Alley - RSS —
Google announced recently that the Google home page will now be location-aware when accessed on an iPhone. Now, whenever you go to Google.com on your iPhone, Google will tap in to the device's GPS capabilities to determine your location and give you location-relevent results. The ability to search with My Location has also been added to the Google Mobile App [$0.00 | App Store].
