On Firefox 4 Day, Chrome 11 Hits Beta With The Ability To Talk To Your Computer

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Post by bkudria » Wed, Mar 23, 2011, 3:30 AM UTC

On Firefox 4 Day, Chrome 11 Hits Beta With The Ability To Talk To Your Computer
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Re: On Firefox 4 Day, Chrome 11 Hits Beta With The Ability To Talk To Your Computer

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Post by bkudria » Wed, Mar 23, 2011, 3:32 AM UTC

Actually kinda cool.

Does anyone actually use Voice Control on an iPhone, or any other speech recognition tech? I've never seen it used in real life except in IVR systems.

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Post by callahad » Wed, Mar 23, 2011, 3:46 AM UTC

bkudria wrote: post #2

Actually kinda cool. Does anyone actually use Voice Control on an iPhone, or any other speech recognition tech? I've never seen it used in real life except in IVR systems.

The time picker widget on stock Android is pretty horrid, so I regularly use voice recognition to set alarms. It's much easier to long-press a single button and then say "Set alarm for 8:30 PM."

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Post by younata » Wed, Mar 23, 2011, 3:48 AM UTC

bkudria wrote: post #2

Actually kinda cool. Does anyone actually use Voice Control on an iPhone, or any other speech recognition tech? I've never seen it used in real life except in IVR systems.

I love voice control with my iphone. I wear a bluetooth headset a lot, it's nice to be able to just touch the headset, say "call " and it'll call them.

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Post by bkudria » Wed, Mar 23, 2011, 3:50 AM UTC

younata wrote: post #4

bkudria wrote: post #2

Actually kinda cool. Does anyone actually use Voice Control on an iPhone, or any other speech recognition tech? I've never seen it used in real life except in IVR systems.

I love voice control with my iphone. I wear a bluetooth headset a lot, it's nice to be able to just touch the headset, say "call " and it'll call them.

Oh, you're one of Them.

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Post by FirstHopSystems » Wed, Mar 23, 2011, 3:54 AM UTC

I talk to my computer all the time, never needed Chrome.

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Post by fourspace » Wed, Mar 23, 2011, 4:08 AM UTC

Sadly, my computer still doesn't respond when I say "Computer, make me a sandwich." (Yes, I tried sudo.)

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Post by Sephr » Wed, Mar 23, 2011, 4:17 AM UTC

I created a Voice Search Chrome extension back when Chrome first received speech input functionality that may interest some of you. It's on the Chrome Web Store at https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hhfkcobomkalfdlmko...

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Post by kaddar » Wed, Mar 23, 2011, 4:28 AM UTC

I've been working on a plugin using the new sidebar extensions api, and I'm pretty sure this update broke the api :( Planning to file a ticket in the chromium bug tracker soon.

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Post by mcritz » Wed, Mar 23, 2011, 4:42 AM UTC

bkudria wrote: post #2

Actually kinda cool. Does anyone actually use Voice Control on an iPhone, or any other speech recognition tech? I've never seen it used in real life except in IVR systems.

Yes. I use it to make calls and control music without taking my gloves off on a cold day.