Desktop Version of Google Chrome Now Able to Take Voice Commands
June 3rd, 2013No mic plugged into my PC: Check.
No camera plugged into my PC: Check.
Use Firefox: Check.
GCSB/NSA seeing most of what I do: Oh.
But I’ll tell ya: When I’m out and about with my SamDroid panopticon backorifice personal tracking unit, I do partake of voice search and voice input for emails once in a while and it works pretty well.
Oh, I have to tell you a funny one: My mother in law, who’s from New Zealand, bought an Apple iPhone 4s last year. I tried to teach her to use Siri.
“Ok,” I said, “Tell it to create a reminder for something that you need to do later.”
Off she went. This is how it sounded.
“Remind me to chick the riced at five thirty.”
Siri came back with something like: “Ok, reminder for chicken and rice.”
Now, instead of chicking the riced, an American, for example, might check the roast instead.
I wound up laughing so hard that I had coffee dripping out of my nose and she laughed so hard that it brought on an asthma attack. *chortle* I’d set the iPhone for Australian English, but it pretty much doesn’t work with New Zealanders.
This woman’s accent is much softer than my mother in law’s and watch what happens:
Anyway, back to our regularly scheduled programming.
Via: IT Pro Portal:
At the Google I/O conference last week, the company rolled out “OK, Google,” which is a universal version of the Siri-style of conversational interaction. But instead of being solely on the phone, it will also work on your desktop via Chrome…
I’m still concerned because if the browser can somehow open my microphone with the “OK, Google” command, when else can the browser open the mic?
More: Conversational Search Comes with Chrome Update
Research Credit: almaverdad2 and alvinroasting
