Google Maps for Windows Mobile devices has been updated to 4.1, and it now includes voice search capability. Simply pressing the talk button while the search window is open will pop up a screen that allows you to say what you want, and Google will return the appropriate results. Visit m.google.com/maps for more details or to download the latest version.
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by dave on October 15th, 2009 /
Category: News
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This video by Chuong Nguyen at PocketNow does a great job comparing Microsoft Voice Command to TellMe’s voice recognition app. Overall, Nguyen finds that they actually complement each other, with Voice Command better at controlling your device (i.e. launching an application, open an email, etc.) and TellMe good for web searches and the like.
by dave on October 6th, 2009 /
Category: News
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I just wrote up a post about the Samsung Intrepid launching on Sprint, and I noticed in the specs that it had Microsoft’s TellMe service right on-board. For those of you not in-the-know, Microsoft TellMe is a voice app that lets you interact with your Windows Phone entirely by talking and being spoken to by your phone. As you can see in this video, it mimics other services that are available on other platforms (see MyCaption and vLingo on the BlackBerry), but it does a pretty good job on the Samsung Omnia in this video.
When you throw that app onto a Snapdragon-1GHz-enabled device, it might speed up considerably, although it’s hard to tell how much of the lag time is data connection and how much is processor power. Looks cool, though.