Say, “OK Google”

Google has allowed you to speak your search to it on the desktop and mobile devices for some time, but now it has gone much smarter — talking back to you and continuing the conversation you started. The idea is that your devices — smart phone or desktop, will apparently be constantly listening for the “OK Google!!” command.

When you will say this command then it will definitely know that you want to search something. For Google, all things voice now starts with “Ok Google” or “Ok Glass.” With Android KitKat on flagship phones like the Moto X and Nexus 5, voice recognition is not just something you have to start with a click. It is always listening to you and is waiting for you to talk to it.

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The “Ok” command is already used as a part of Google Glass in a similar way (“OK Glass”) and it only works when you actually touch the device. It is interesting to know how desktop computers and mobile devices are supposed to be voice activated. But as both are often constantly being touched, it is more likely the microphone will just stay on and listening until there is a lapse in activity.

Earlier talking to gadgets used to sound weird. It felt like talking to an inanimate object that barely understands what you want. The early voice recognition tools were also limited; it took Zen-like focus on your pronunciation and ensuring that you more or less stuck with the approved commands to get them to work.

But now times have changed and this change is clearly visible through “OK Google” and “Ok Glass”. What Google’s voice commands enable you to do on the phone (and in the Chrome browser) today, is pretty impressive. Ask it “Call Mum” and it will do that. It will open web pages for you, will answer complex questions all thanks to Google’s massive repository of data in the Knowledge Graph, will set up appointment and reminders, translate words and phrases and send emails and texts.

You will be able to say, “OK Google! Answer me, will it be rainy in Paris?” and you can get an easy reply. And, you will be able to continue the conversation and just follow up with “how far is coffee shop from here?”

If you want to know weather of a place and get Google to tell you the answer. See, it will understand where you are, so “here” is already known without having to say a place name. Or if you just searched for “weather,” then it can guess that you want weather for another city even if you do not say the word “weather.”

This is a masterpiece creation by Google and will be surely accepted by users in the coming times.

Author : Iman Majeed                                         Source : Ok_Google

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