Is it really going to be more convenient than just typing out “how tall is mount everest” in the Safari search field? I’m highly skeptical.
[From Daring Fireball Linked List: Google’s Upcoming Voice-Driven iPhone Search App]
Well, let me help.
- Gestural interface (multi-touch on a touch screen, akin to how we learn to interact with the physical world): check
- Keyboard input for human/machine interaction when apps require it: check
- Spoken word interface, the one we use to communicate person to person at any distance, and the method that many consider to be what differentiates us from other primates: check
I don’t recall asking for things as a child with a keyboard, and I suspect saying “how tall is mount everest” is faster than typing, especially on a device when the keyboard interface has to be activated first.
Hmm. Better minds than mine seem to agree.