Google launched its new product very recently in the month of march which is quite innovative technology that is being provided freely. Briefly SAI, the technology is speech to text or which converts voice mails to text. This really innovative technology can have many applications and could even help the handicapped people though its not aimed at them.
Actually it started with Google's acquisition of Grand central communication.Google Voice provides consumers with a single phone number to which all incoming calls to home, office and cell phones can be diverted to.The new version the product after acquisition,uses goog-411 directory service which can convert voice mails to text or SMS or even email.Although Google makes money by selling products to organizations and through advertisements,people wonder where this product will fit into Google's business model and an announcement from one of the official is that its going to be free consumer product for now.
But the sad part of it is it's for US only for now.
If it opens its API there could be many applications like helping the handicapped by converting the speech to text to those who cant hear ,converting the text to speech to those who cant see and many more.It can be used at many places more innovatively and hope Google comes out with the same through out the world.
Know more @ https://www.google.com/voice
Yeah, if Google's Craig Walker ever
ReplyDeletepulls his head outta his frickin azz
and informs people on WHEN EXACTLY GV
will be made public - via the main blog here
http://googlevoiceblog.blogspot.com
..we'll ALL trust them a little better