In the 1986 movie Star Trek 4: The Voyage Home, Scotty attempts to use a computer by saying: "Hello, computer". On Wednesday, Google added input speech via HTML and taking command of Scotty on the Web.
The first use of this will be the ability to speak the words to Google Translate, which will then bring them to the screen and then play their return, if you choose. Google Translate will soon add a microphone button, which will trigger the address entry.
Entry of speech via HTML used to be included in the chromium developer versions, but this is the first time it has been included in the stable version. It is only available through Chrome, however.
"Input speech HTML is one of the many new web technologies in the browser to help to make innovative and useful web applications as a possible Google Translate speech feature," Josh Estelle, a Google software engineer, wrote in a blog note. "If you want to see other examples of applications built using the latest technology and largest web in the browser, you can check on more than 200 presentations by web developers on chromeexperiments.com."
Dictation and voice command is not new to the PC; Dragon software, among others, has developed similar technologies for years. But these interfaces on the Web is a relatively new thing. Google, however, offered Word-text on its mobile platforms for years, since before 2008. Voice commands for Android have been added to last summer. Google has contnued to improve its ability to mobile research, including a new "conversation mode" which was added in January.
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