by Frank McPherson, author of How To Do Everything With Windows Mobile

 
If you follow this blog, and particularly some of my exchanges with Todd Ogasawara, you know that I really like Voice Command and I think that voice interaction with Windows Mobile is one of the things that sets it apart from other mobile devices and should be exploited more by Microsoft.

Recently Microsoft made available a new version of Live Search that enables you to enter search commands via voice. In the past I have written how I think it would be really cool if Microsoft provided a way to search the Internet via voice. I envision being able to press the button on my Bluetooth headset, ask my Pocket PC for the nearest gas station, have it query the Internet for the nearest gas station using the built-in GPS, and have it provide me with turn-by-turn directions,

Live Search currently doesn't provide the level of integration that I most desire, but I can press a button, and say a search term which is faster than having to type or write that search term in. You can also speak name of the city and state of your current location to set your location.

You can download this new version of Live Search from http://wls.live.com.

Labels: 2007, voice

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