Bing Mobile has Voice Search
If you haven’t updated your Bing app on your Windows Mobile, Blackberry or Sidekick in a while, you might not realize that Bing Mobile now has voice search.
I just tried out the voice feature with mixed results. “Hong Kong Weather” was found first try. “Inside Steve’s Brain” came up with “Insight Steve Brain” and “Inside Steve’s sprain” . When it is unsure it will give you a list of what it thinks you said and you can choose the correct one by tapping on it. It found my search after the 3rd try.
I’m not sure whether the errors were due to bad mic quality or perhaps it couldn’t understand my Aussie accent. I assume it is tweaked for more of an American accent. The voice data appears to be sent and analyzed online so there doesn’t appear to be any voice training recognition built-in.
Head on down to the Discover Bing page to get the Bing App.
Link: DiscoverBing
Things that make you go Bing!!!
Microsoft is trying again on the Search engine front. The name is called Bing. Kind catchy, in a short, concise name sort of way.
“I wonder where I should buy my next pda? I know! Let me Bing it!!”
Bing claims to be a more refined, organized search engine. For example it will help organise your search in a way so that you can have reviews or price comparisons of products all on one page. It also aims to make organizing business trips and holidays in quicker, easier steps.
Will this be what breaks the Google search King?
More info about Bing here: