Google Lends Voice To Search

There is a better way to perform a search query on Google via a mobile phone than tapping a lengthy string of numbers, and that would be by speaking normally to the search engine. Google has the noted the awarding of a patent to Google for a "voice interface for a search engine." Monica Henzinger, Alexander Franz, Brian Milch, and Google co-founder Sergey Brin received co-inventor credit for the newly awarded patent. The patent application provided an abstract of what the technology aims to accomplish: A system provides search results from a voice search query. The system receives a voice search query from a user, derives one or more recognition hypotheses, each being associated with a weight, from the voice search query, and constructs a weighted boolean query using the recognition hypotheses. The system then provides the weighted boolean query to a search system and provides the results of the search system to a user. Wireless network providers will love to see Google implement voice search. Every search performed during peak usage periods consumes the limited minutes cellular providers include with their monthly plans. Going over those peak minutes means lots of per-minute charges the providers can add to a monthly bill. Mobile users with Internet access, particularly on smartphones, have probably become used to the small screen's browser on their phones. Google has a significant presence on mobile phones globally as it has a deal with Kai-Fu Lee, an authority on natural language, in its employ. Tag: Add to document.write("Del.icio.us") | Yahoo! My Web |