Oh Google! What will they think of next. Of course they are adding a 411 information service, why wouldn’t they! It never ceases to amaze me the extent of Google’s network and what they have the ability to do. I just read an interesting article in the Globe and Mail about this new service Google offers. It focuses around their (Google) advance voice recognition system.
Don’t know where to find the closest pizza parlour? No access to a computer or a phone book?
Just call Google. Let them figure it out.
Google Inc. launched a Canadian version of its voice-recognition local search phone service GOOG-411. Canada becomes the first country outside the U.S. to gain access to the service.
A user can then choose whether to hear the phone number, be connected directly to the business or receive a text message with the details of the restaurant. There is also an option to have a Google Map link sent to the screen of their phone. How cool is that! Im pretty sure Google will eventually take over the world, but that is another post all together.
Now I don’t know how I feel about the next quote, but I know deep down, Canadians are guilty of it.
“We incorporated some Canadianisms such as “eh,” “Traw-na,” “Cal-gry,” and, of course, “aboot.”
I know I know, its true. I have not yet been able to test Goog-411 yet, but the next time I need to find out the location of the nearest pub, I just may give it a shot.
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