Google Adds Searching by Voice to iPhone Software - NYTimes.com

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/14/technology/internet/14voice.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Google Adds Searching by Voice to iPhone Software

By JOHN MARKOFF
Published: November 14, 2008

SAN FRANCISCO — Pushing ahead in the decades-long effort to get  
computers to understand human speech, Google researchers have added  
sophisticated voice recognition technology to the company's search  
software for the Apple iPhone.

Users of the free application, which Apple is expected to make  
available as soon as Friday through its iTunes store, can place the  
phone to their ear and ask virtually any question, like "Where's the  
nearest Starbucks?" or "How tall is Mount Everest?" The sound is  
converted to a digital file and sent to Google's servers, which try to  
determine the words spoken and pass them along to the Google search  
engine.


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