Google recently released its voice search application for iPhone. You put the phone to your ear and speak your search query instead of typing it using those small keys.
Now, even though Google’s voice recognition does not show any improvement over previous voice recgonition software (See tazti, a free speech recognition software for your PC), but it sure has some intelligent features built into it. Instead of pressing a button for app to start listening, the app uses the in-built motion sensors to detect when the phone is put next to one’s ear. Also, it also uses iPhone’s GPS to correctly identify those location based searches, for example to find the nearest restaurant.
Since improving on current voice recognition systems seems very difficult and voice operated PC’s are still a distant future, Google’s voice search is good application of the current technology.
Read a little info about this application here or check out results of a hands-on test here.
