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Google registers voice-actived search patent
Google has registered a voice-actived search patent. Patent number 7027987 refers to "a voice interface for search engines. Through the use of a language model, phonetic dictionary and acoustic models, a server generates an n-best hypothesis list or word graph." It seems that Google has had the project in the works for some time, and that a demo of Google Voice Search has been up on Google Labs for over a year.
Google Voice Search, still up on Google Labs, allows people to call into Google by phone. Though the demo on the web page was inactive when silicon.com's sister site Cnet News.com tried to test it, the instructions show that this is how the system is meant to work:
Searchers call a Google supplied number, where a prompt asks them to "Say Your Search Words." After a minute, the results are returned and, in the demo, the searcher clicks a link that leads to them. In a real-world application, the results would presumably be sent to a mobile phone screen or in-car system.
In the future, it may be possible to do Google searches using voice via a mobile phone.
Google Voice Search, still up on Google Labs, allows people to call into Google by phone. Though the demo on the web page was inactive when silicon.com's sister site Cnet News.com tried to test it, the instructions show that this is how the system is meant to work:
Searchers call a Google supplied number, where a prompt asks them to "Say Your Search Words." After a minute, the results are returned and, in the demo, the searcher clicks a link that leads to them. In a real-world application, the results would presumably be sent to a mobile phone screen or in-car system.
In the future, it may be possible to do Google searches using voice via a mobile phone.
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User Comments (2)
Post a comment| coolmatt on April 14, 2006 12:40 PM | Google will rule the internet someday...or is it today?
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| nathanskywalker on April 14, 2006 2:47 PM | Huh, well personally, i tried it out, but i was waiting way
to long, and i did't really want to pay a long distance bill
for just waiting, so mabye i'll try it later. Then again,
with current happenings, i don't think i really trust google
enough to give them a recording of my voice, and
consequently, it's signature.
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