Google Voice Search May be Coming Soon

vitaly.friedman writes "The master of text-based search could be looking to lend a voice to Internet users everywhere, or so it appears based on Google's latest patent. Patent #7,027,987, issued today by the US Patent and Trademark Office, covers a 'Voice interface for a search engine.'"

WTF?

[Anonymous Coward]

lend a lend a voice?

Do Slashdot editors submit stories with voice recognition software?

Step 2 found!

[Anonymous Coward]

i) Take two existing technologies, such as voice recognition and search engines.
ii) Put the two together and patent the result.
iii) Profit!

Not useful for me...

[Anonymous Coward]

I doubt speaking the word "sex" to my pc at work will get me a raise anytime soon... I'll stick with traditional methods of finding my porn... =)

Make sure you don't say "hello" to it

[LiquidCoooled]

Especially from the image search page.

You have been warned.

Privacy Issues

[RootsLINUX]

In the library...

Google Voice: Please state what it is that you would like to search for.
MAN (whispering): .....porn
GV: I'm sorry, I did not understand you. Please state your search item again.
MAN (whispering): ...porn
GV: I'm sorry, I did not understand you. Please state your search item again.
MAN (whispering): porn
GV: I'm sorry, I did not understand you. Please state your search item again.
MAN (shouting): PORN! I want to search for PORN you stupid ass computer!
(stares from every person in the vicinity)
GV: ...Search item confirmed. Commencing search for "porn".

Just think of all the entertaining stories that wide-spread voice recognition will bring us ^_~

Re:Privacy Issues

[LiquidCoooled]

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[ettlz]

MEMO: Google morality checklist

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2. Hear no evil. We're still coding the filter, but so far we've managed to eliminate "cocksucker" from the recognition patterns.
3. Do no evil.

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[aplusjimages]

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MjM

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[TCQuad]

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Kiss my shiny metal.....

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