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Google Voice Search May be Coming Soon

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the nothing-like-idle-speculation dept.

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.'"

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  1. Coming Soon? by afaik_ianal · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'd say that if Google had any serious plans to do anything with this, then we would have heard something about it already (something more than a paper written 4 years ago). Although the patent was only just issued today, it was filed over 5 years ago.

    It seems like a pretty big logical leap to say that it is "coming soon" based on the fact that the USPTO finally got their butts into gear.

    It's probably just an idea they though was cool at the time, and should be patented in case they want to use it some time.

  2. Not useful for me... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    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... =)

  3. Voice Matching by UnseenLlama · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Great! Now the government will be able to not only track my search results...but also attach my voice to it! Not that I'm scared or anything...