Google today officially announced the availability of its Voice Search in Bahasa Malaysia, joining the 19 other languages already available for the utility. It offers users a fast, natural way to search the web from their mobile phones by speaking the queries instead of typing them.
Using Google’s mobile app, users can search on the go by simply clicking the microphone button beside the search bar and speaking into the phone in BM (or any of the other languages that Voice Search recognises).
It’s available for Android 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3, iPhone and Blackberry. If you’re running Symbian, you’re out of luck. On Android and iPhone mobiles, all you have to do is tap the VS icon and begin speaking, while on Blackberry, you press and hold the green call button to get things going.
It’s versatile – you can browse for photos, look for places of interest, search for an address via maps. The likes of “Gambar Sazzy Falak” and “nasi kandar Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman” gets you search results on your mobile browser, while on maps the name of the street gets you the desired location in a jiffy.
There’s no need to download specialised speech recognition software in order to use Voice Search – queries are processed in a cloud using cellular Internet connections, and not on an individual device. The neat part is that the more people use VS, the better the speech recognition models get, improving accuracy without the need for updates or the installation of new software.
The recognition factor is high, despite the diversity of spoken and written forms of BM and the different regional accents, as well as normal mix of English and Malay used in everyday phrases (pergi meeting, for example). In the car, it’s quite the helpful hand.
To build Voice Search, Google utilises computers to understand the sounds and words that make up a spoken language by working with native speakers to collect speech samples. In the case of the BM version, it was developed with the help of 500 local student volunteers, of which their speech samples were then integrated into the language models powering the service.
Users can access Google Voice Search via m.google.com.my/voicesearch.
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Handsome Toh!!!
In the whole article, I notice that word ‘car’ is mentioned once only… So, the article is quite related to automotive.. :p
thanks,but no thanks
i prefer free sat nav like ovi maps
Wow!!!! Google Chicks not bad hehe…..
Bahasa Melayu!!
Officially it is now designated Bahasa Malaysia again since 2007.
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/6/4/nation/17923478&sec=nation
Some people just can’t accept the reality.
Is this article related to automotive?? I thought this was an automotive blog??
Anthony…you guys ever thought of reviewing something different?
as in we have seen test drive report here and other related issues….any idea for car detailing?hehe…commenting on the products/services and so on…
The team has got some ideas, which we’re in the midst of juggling around … :)
Let search “pesanan penaja”
Cool, finally in Bahasa, very good job Google.
speak ‘milo tin car’..and u will be pointed to nearest proton/perodua showroom…
thumb me down if you’re loser :D
Wow! Now in Bahasa! Google really do a good job for supporting Malaysian language! Thanks for the news Paul Tan. :)
Paultan also covering gadgets news?
Should promote 1 Malaysia Google Voice Search. Malay, chinese and India. hehe
because it is a navigation system that relate to car… so this is part of automotive news lol… tat’s my opinion
don’t tell me you actually googled for “Gambar Sazzy Falak”? or is that Google’s own example?
Actually, I did. Their example was Siti Nurhaliza. :)
Voice search: “nombor telefon awek google dua dari kanan.”