More Google Announcements today...Google Voice Search works over your telephone, instead of the Internet, but it provides some Internet connected features.
I tried it out as soon as I heard about it. My initial, rather simple, test was to locate cofee in Van Nuys, CA. It worked pretty well.
You can listen to a short, lightly edited, recording of my session with GOOG-411.
(I took out extraneous issues invovled with trying to record from my cell phone.)
Listen: GOOG-411 Demonstraton (Audio)
Google Voice Local Search
Google Voice Local Search is Google’s experimental service to make local-business search accessible over the phone.
To try this service, just dial 1-800-GOOG-411 (1-800-466-4411) from any phone.
Using this service, you can:
* search for a local business by name or category.
You can say "Giovanni's Pizzeria" or just "pizza".
* get connected to the business, free of charge.
* get the details by SMS if you’re using a mobile phone.
Just say "text message".
(Via Google Web Site.)
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