Google search engine goes vocal

Google search engine goes vocal

GOOGLE ANNOUNCED on 14th june its plan to soon launch a new technology that will allow its users to speak their search requests instead of typing them on screen. The service is similar to the one available on smart phones with Google's Android software. All one needs to do is click the microphone icon inside the Google search box and speak the search request. This in not all, the company has also announced a digital image search feature. Drag a digital image into the search box and press enter. The two features will be available for use within the next few days.
 
This is not the first time that the company had introduced a new technology; such services have also been unveiled in the past and aim at making search easier and quicker for its users. The vocal search engine will especially be useful in case of longer enquiries and words that are hard to spell.
 
Although, the technology seems quite perfect and user-friendly, it does have a few shortcomings. The first being that it is not fit to be used in offices. Making search request vocally could be quite disturbing to others sharing the same cubicle or those in the neighbouring cubicles. Since the engine responds to voice conversations going on between people nearby could also find their way into the search box. Same problems could arise at other public places such as coffee shops, and restaurants, etc. This would limit the use of the voice search engine to homes only.
 
There could be other limitations too, for instance, if a word is not pronounced properly that could create confusion for the search engine. Besides, initially, it will only be available for English language users and limited to Google's Chrome browser.