Voice search enabled on Google homepage (Chrome) • Hacker News Board

Re: Voice search enabled on Google homepage (Chrome)

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Post by ch0wn » Wed, Jun 22, 2011, 6:46 AM UTC

alphadog wrote: post #4

Interestingly enough, I notice it on http://www.wunderground.com/ homepage using Chrome. Not exactly sure how they're using it?

All you need to do is add the x-webkit-speech attribute to the desired input element:

Re: Voice search enabled on Google homepage (Chrome)

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Post by antimora » Wed, Jun 22, 2011, 6:48 AM UTC

I noticed I finish searching by typing faster and more accurately than speaking into the mic. I understand the data collected by Google is valuable for its own use but what's the real benefit to the user?

Re: Voice search enabled on Google homepage (Chrome)

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Post by grimen » Wed, Jun 22, 2011, 6:51 AM UTC

Too bad it' hardly working though. =( 7/10 was totally failing.

Re: Voice search enabled on Google homepage (Chrome)

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Post by mbenjaminsmith » Wed, Jun 22, 2011, 6:53 AM UTC

Didn't work for any query. Crashed my browser once (Chrome 14.0.794.0 dev / OS X 10.6.7).

Re: Voice search enabled on Google homepage (Chrome)

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Post by rokhayakebe » Wed, Jun 22, 2011, 6:57 AM UTC

Yeah, I got "Hacker News" after four times. Now it would be nice if I could say "Open" then it clicked on the first result.

Re: Voice search enabled on Google homepage (Chrome)

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Post by zantzinger » Wed, Jun 22, 2011, 7:00 AM UTC

elithrar wrote: post #6

"Please note Voice Search is available for US English only." Damn, and there I was going to search for Crocodile Dundee quotes.

I can't go to google.com without being automatically redirected to google.co.uk. (I'm in the UK).

Re: Voice search enabled on Google homepage (Chrome)

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Post by elithrar » Wed, Jun 22, 2011, 7:02 AM UTC

zantzinger wrote: post #16

elithrar wrote: post #6

"Please note Voice Search is available for US English only." Damn, and there I was going to search for Crocodile Dundee quotes.

I can't go to google.com without being automatically redirected to google.co.uk. (I'm in the UK).

> I can't go to google.com without being automatically redirected to google.co.uk. (I'm in the UK).

If you replace the 'co.uk' with '.com' after you've done a search, then it should stick.

Re: Voice search enabled on Google homepage (Chrome)

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Post by revorad » Wed, Jun 22, 2011, 7:03 AM UTC

zantzinger wrote: post #16

elithrar wrote: post #6

"Please note Voice Search is available for US English only." Damn, and there I was going to search for Crocodile Dundee quotes.

I can't go to google.com without being automatically redirected to google.co.uk. (I'm in the UK).

There's a link at the bottom which says Go to google.com.

Re: Voice search enabled on Google homepage (Chrome)

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Post by zkirill » Wed, Jun 22, 2011, 7:10 AM UTC

This is a big step – millions of people becoming more comfortable with searching for information just by speaking to their computer. Historical moment.

Re: Voice search enabled on Google homepage (Chrome)

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Post by xorglorb » Wed, Jun 22, 2011, 7:10 AM UTC

mbenjaminsmith wrote: post #14

Didn't work for any query. Crashed my browser once (Chrome 14.0.794.0 dev / OS X 10.6.7).

Works just fine on 14.0.797.0.