Comments on: Google Adds Voice Recognition to iPhone App

By: jenn

jenn — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 16:45:56 +0000

I just downloaded this app and I agree, the voice recognition works surprisingly well.

I have a major issue with it, however; the “just talk” feature, although turned on in settings, refuses to work! I put the phone against my ear and it will not play that sound so I can “just talk”. What’s up with that? It’s frustrating because this app is supposed to be amazing but one of it’s features won’t work. I have an iPhone 4, new as of April 2011, and hqve updated its software via iTunes whenever prompted. I don’t know why, unless its biased against Canadians.

By: Jane Jacobs

Jane Jacobs — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 21:20:54 +0000

This is incredible. I cant believe how easy it is to search now using voice recognition. Thanks to google and thanks to technology.

By: Ole Begemann

Ole Begemann — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 14:47:53 +0000

A little correction: it’s not the accelerometer that senses the movement of the iPhone to your ear but a proximity sensor. Apple uses it to turn off the screen as soon as you hold the iPhone to your ear during a call.

By: Damian

Damian — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:19:19 +0000

you have too much spare time matt

By: Mike Seddon

Mike Seddon — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:44:41 +0000

I saw this being demonstrated yesterday on UK TV.

It reminds me of a similar demonstration years ago using flight recognition at Airlines. The guy demonstrating it sneezed during the demonstration and managed to book a flight to New York!!

By: -

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:18:37 +0000

Could Google make this app available for PC as well? Instead of using the accelerometer to trigger the search, users can say something like “Google for…” or “Google images for…” or “Google wikipedia for…” and so on, and then wait for the beep before saying the query.

iPhone users can also say those commands when the accelerometer couldn’t sense the movement right away.

By: Aadi

Aadi — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:09:34 +0000

Sean, I upgraded my Google App this morning, it did upgrade just fine and I got voice recognition feature

Deb, I’m in UK and I’ve upgraded and its working fine.

Matt, firstly, Hi! I’ve been a quite reader for a long time (two years!). I think the voice recognition is a great touch to an excellent application. I think the new interface is really slick Much more stylish and easy-to-use.

By: Lisa Barone

Lisa Barone — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:02:00 +0000

You know, I hear Troy, NY is a wonderful place to live. It’s so historic and all!

By: Matt Cutts

Matt Cutts — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:26:31 +0000

Deb, I'm not sure. I'd try to get it from the U.S. App Store; does this link work for you?

By: Deb

Deb — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:34:42 +0000

Matt
Thanks for your update, do we get it in outside USA?

Deb