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height="93" width="110" align="left">If you get
really annoyed by people talking on their
cellphones while they are in the library, then you
are certainly going to love this bit of news.
Google is about to make it possible to verbally
ask your desktop computer questions instead of
typing them into a Google search box. At this
point, the technology would require that the
computer have a microphone and be running the
Chrome browser, so libraries that want to stay
quiet can simply make sure that at least one of
these pieces is missing from their public
computers. But you know the day will come when
someone gets angry because they cannot talk to a
public computer in the library.
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font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;"><a
href="http://techcrunch.com/2013/05/15/google-introduces-conversational-search-for-the-desktop-with-hotwording-prompting-it-with-ok-google/">Google
introduces conversational search for the
desktop with "hotwording," prompting it with
"OK Google"</a> (TechCrunch/Drew Olanoff)
"Until now, you could search for things using
your voice...but you couldn't ask questions.
Now, you'll be able to keep your mic open
without clicking a button, by waking Google up
with the prompt 'OK Google.' This is similar to
the prompt that wakes up Google Glass. You can
say things like 'Show me things to do in Santa
Cruz' and get results quickly, and with the
context that you need to take an action."</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; font-size: 16px;
font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;"><a
href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2419015,00.asp">Google
shows off hands-free, conversational search</a>
(PC Magazine/Chloe Albanesius) "Forget about
typing your request; Google wants to bring
voice-activated search to the desktop. Mobile
users can already use the microphones on their
iOS and Android mobile devices to speak search
commands. Today, Google previewed hands-free
voice search for the PC via Chrome."</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; font-size: 16px;
font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;"><a
href="http://lifehacker.com/googles-new-conversational-search-makes-star-trek-styl-506833940">Google's
new conversational search makes Star
Trek-style search real</a> (Lifehacker/Alan
Henry) "You start a search by saying 'Okay,
Google...,' speak your query, whether it's 'when
does my flight leave' or trivia like 'what's the
population of my town.' Google responds, both by
voice and with text results. Conversational
Search uses the data that Google has about you
and your activities to power search results with
information that's actually relevant to your
interests."</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; font-size: 16px;
font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;"><a
href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/05/15/ok_google_hot_wording_lets_you_have_a_conversation_with_your_chrome_browser.html">"OK,
Google": Forget web search, now you can hold a
conversation with your computer</a>
(Slate/Will Oremus) "The features are the next
steps in Google's long-term progression from a
search-engine website to a ubiquitous
artificial-intelligence machine that can answer
any question you have on whatever device you
happen to be using at the time. For now that
includes your smartphone, your tablet, and your
computer. In the future it might include your
smart watch or smart glasses, your self-driving
car, and who knows what else."</li>
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vu fact:</em></strong></small><br>
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font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;">We
mentioned conversational search in a <a
href="http://www.oplin.org/4cast/index.php/?p=3598">previous
4cast</a>, but the "hotwording" development was
just announced in San Francisco last week during
Google I/O 2013.
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