Talking vs Typing: Google Voice Search

Wednesday 11/19/2008  –  Category: Uncategorized

Google recently updated their iPhone app with voice search, and I must say...it's pretty impressive.  I can imagine it being really convenient when I'm driving or in a situation where it's not convenient to type.  You just have to hold it up to your ear and it prompts you to speak the phrase to search for and it does it's thing.  It also uses your location data to find relevant results in your area.  A voice search for pizza yielded results of places right down the street.

What's really impressive is the speed that it records, uploads, and processes--just a few seconds on EDGE, and even less on wifi.

Of course, it's not perfect.  I whistled a tone into it, and one time it gave me "yahoo", and another time "nude".  I'm wondering how their detection engine works...

Google Mobile app is available in the App Store.