Voice Search for Chrome is now available(lifehacker.com)
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Voice Search for Chrome is now available
http://lifehacker.com/5720334/voice-search-for-chrome-searches-and-fills-input-boxes-with-your-voice#comment
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I'm looking forward to the personalized voice recognition from Android. I suspect Google will be able to do very interesting things with a model of my voice over the years.
What is possible with voice command currently? I've been considering using dragon naturally speaking and set up to use voice commands for keyboard shortcuts but I don't want to bother if I can't make it sufficiently "star trek like".
Sometimes, when I think no one is looking, I shout "Arch!" just in case I'm on a holodeck
What are hn users' thoughts on voice control for the future?
I think the problem with voice control is that if it's not 100% perfect it's completely frustrating. When I encounter Interactive Voice Response systems, I'd much rather "press 1" than have to repeat myself three or four times.
That being said, if the technology improves to the point that it works the first time, then I see it being incorporated everywhere (cars, microwaves, lights, thermostat, etc).
That being said, if the technology improves to the point that it works the first time, then I see it being incorporated everywhere (cars, microwaves, lights, thermostat, etc).
Do you guys actually like doing voice searches? Because I don't.
When people are around I feel very odd doing voice searches, so I'll probably never use this at work. I like voice search on mobile devices, however, since it's easier than typing.
Neither do I, and I wrote the extension. I did it for fun to see what could be done with speech input.
On a mobile device? I can pull my phone out of my pocket, press a button, say "Navigate to Buffalo Bob's", and have turn by turn walking directions while my parents are still in the first 30 seconds of "No, I think we went too far, it's the other direction".
Faster than clicking Maps, clicking the search box, typing, waiting, choosing the location on the map, choosing navigation as an option, and then waiting for the directions to load.
Faster than clicking Maps, clicking the search box, typing, waiting, choosing the location on the map, choosing navigation as an option, and then waiting for the directions to load.
Supports DuckDuckGo but not Bing? What sense does that make (no offense to DuckDuckGo but, seriously, it's not in the same league as Bing).