The Next Web

» Google iPhone Voice Search App Now Available – it was worth the wait! – The Next Web

   

Google iPhone Voice Search App Now Available – it was worth the wait!

zee Written on 18th November 2008                                                                                                              3 COMMENTS some text
Zee, Editor in Chief at The Next Web, Principal at WeDoCreative.

Google iPhone Voice Search App Now Available it was worth the wait!I can confirm, the app is available and it works as promised! Download the app here then the first thing you need to do is change the settings to turn voice search on. Once that is done, search away in your best North American accent! I say “North American” because apparently the app works best with North American accents. :)

I tried a couple of searches and all worked as promised. I searched for “what time is it in Hong Kong” and the results were identical to what you would see normally with the time appearing at the top.

I also tried searching “the next web” and it worked perfectly!

Get this app now, no ifs or buts.

3 Comments »
About the author: Based in London, Zee is Editor in Chief at The Next Web and Principal at online marketing and new media agency WeDoCreative . A prominent tech blogger, he is also a design & marketing connoisseur, social media devotee & web application fanatic.

3 comments/trackbacks to “Google iPhone Voice Search App Now Available – it was worth the wait!”

  1. Nov 20, 2008: Speedy B News » Blog Archive » Google iPhone Voice Search Results?

    [...] today Zee announced the availability of the Google Voice Search app and said “I also tried searching “the next web” and it [...]

  2. By Adam Computes on Nov 18, 2008

    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 by talking to my PC. It really works well. I’ll use the iPhone Speech recognition to hunt for restaurants.

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

    tazti is a free download from http://www.tazti.com

    Reply

  3. By Zee M Kane on Nov 18, 2008

    @Adam, i agree people will research primarily on their computer. But if you watch the iphone search video demo, it’s extremely useful when searching for nearby restaurants, the time in another location and the hundreds of other useful searches google provides.

    Reply

Post a Comment


Add your button here too.
Only €99 a week (100.000+ pageviews = less than € 1 CPM!)
Upload your button now.




Copyright 2006-2009 © TheNextWeb.com - Entries (RSS) / Comments (RSS)