Google to add voice to iPhone search

Speak your query into the handset

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14 November 2008 11:54 GMT / By Amy-Mae Elliott

Google has added "sophisticated" voice recognition technology to its search software for the Apple iPhone.

Said to be due to go live through iTunes today, users will be able to speak to the pone to ask the search engine "virtually any" question, such as "Where's the nearest Starbucks?" or "How tall is Mount Everest?"

The sound is converted to a digital file and sent to Google's servers, which determine the words spoken and pass them along to the Google search engine.

The search results are said to take "just seconds" on a fast wireless network will include location aware results.

Yahoo launched its voice-activated oneSearch in the UK this week, that offers voice search for some BlackBerry and Nokia users.

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  • Regarding the Google voice search app just released for the iPhone.... People don’t do research on an iphone. They do it on their desktop or notebook or UMPC. I found some voice recognition software named Tazti speech recognition that actually is a free download and performs voice searches of Google, Yahoo, MSN, Wikipedia, Amazon, eBay and many other websites. It also lets me log into and navigate Facebook and Myspace by talking to my PC. tazti also lets me control my iTunes music player bu talking to my PC. It really works well.

    Here’s their youtube demo video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1tt_aeIAM8

    tazti is a free download from http://www.tazti.com
    Posted by Adam Computes, USA

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