Yahoo Adds voice to its mobile search oneSearch
By admin at 4 April, 2008, 5:39 pm
Yahoo! Announced version 2.0 of its search engine for mobile phones oneSearch. On the menu of news, results more relevant, seizure and assisted the voice command.
Yahoo! Further develops the features of its search engine on mobile oneSearch. Announced at CTIA Wireless show, the new version 2.0 of the search engine on mobile Yahoo! OneSearch expected to delve deeper into the Web.
New features are also provided to facilitate the task to the user and make him save time. Search Assist function provides a mechanism for predictive of keywords. But the most impressive feature will certainly be adding the voice command.
This feature would go further than the basic features voice recognition on mobile and would launch searches in natural language. Of course, users will always have the choice of using voice commands or enter text for their research. When the user sets out the word or phrase they are looking for, the service provides results in return for words phonetically close. According to the search engine, research vocal generally take between 5 and 20 seconds to get results.
Yahoo! Exploit the technology of voice recognition of a sapling American Vlingo, which holds the exclusive license.
The version of oneSearch with voice recognition will be initially available in the United States, in English, for some models of BlackBerry smartphones. The service will be adapted in the coming months for other terminals and other countries.
Yahoo! OneSearch is also integrated into the application Yahoo! Go gathering information mails, practical services and search engine on the same platform.
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