Windows Phone 7‘s voice capabilities were gifted via the software update to 7.5 (Mango), but what it lets you do isn’t quite on a par with Apple’s Siri. Thankfully new app Ask Ziggy looks to bridge that gap with some intelligent answers and the ability to quote Monty Python. Read more
Siri on the iPhone 4S has got everyone jabbering about mobile voice search and control. Apple’s natural language interface may be the most intuitive we’ve seen so far, but Google’s voice search for Android is still mighty impressive: to prove the point, Google’s released a series of videos showing it working with thick accents in the unlikeliest of places – even under the ocean.
Push your keyboard to one side, Google Chrome will now listen to your queries. Google voice search which has been built into the search giant’s mobile apps for some time has now hit the desktop. The Google Chrome voice control features are rolling out now and all you need to use them is a built-in mic.
To access voice search in Google Chrome, you simply click the microphone icon in the far right corner of the search box and speak your query. Google says its English voice search system now recognises 230 billion words and the guy demonstrating it in the video after the break shows off a little (“weather for Schenectady, New York”, anyone?)…
The best Android apps of the year have been tough to pick, especially since some much older apps have had massive updates during that time to help them keep up with the pack. But we’ve done it: here are 10 best Android apps 2010. Read on to find out what they are.
The world was first introduced to Google Voice Search two years ago. The initial goal was simple, offer voice search that “just works” out of the box. Fast forward to 2010 and now Google is looking to rebuild the app with personalized recognition, catered to learning how you speak.
Smile for the camera! Android 2.3, formally known as Gingerbread, has just appeared in a Cantonese Voice Search Demo by none-other-than Google. The video was quickly removed by the search giant, but lucky for us we’ve found another copy and even the screenshots to prove it!
If you’re looking to give your iPhone an executive flourish, and enforce your garbled ideas for blockbuster novels on the entire train carriage, then boy, have we got the app for you. In the coming weeks Nuance are releasing two voice based iPhone apps in the UK: Dragon Dictation and Dragon Search. The apps will be free to download and so far has racked up 3.5 million downloads in the US.
Apple has snapped up Siri, the makers of an intelligent iPhone voice search app. The move looks like another step in its battle with Google and an attempt to attack the Google Voice Search smarts of Android head on. Could a super-charged version of the iPhone’s Voice Control tech be headed to iPhone 4.0? It looks promising…
