[VOIP IP Telephony] Japanese Voice Search System (音声検索), For Android And iPhone

[ravenII]

[http://googleresearch.blogspot.com/2009/12/teaching-computer-to-understand.html]
Japanese Voice Search System (音声検索) snapvoip.blogspot.com

As a person who spends a better half of the year in Japan, I use Japanese regularly. In my speech, reading (to a certain degree) and computing.
All my computers have the Japanese language option enabled. I also used a voice recognition system when I learn Japanese to verify my pronunciation. It is not easy to convince my computer that my Japanese pronunciation is good but I never thought about the technical aspects of the voice recognition system related to my Japanese learning, until I read the article below.
The Japanese Voice Search is available on Android platform and Google Mobile App on iPhone. There is a How to get started Google Japan mobile and Google Japan blog has an article as well. (Both require that you read Japanese! :) The developers can find some information on the recognizer API on Android Developer site.
But I sure am going to try it, when I am in Japan at the end of the month.I think I can prove to Google, that I can speak Japanese or the real Japanese might wonder why is this guy shouting at his phone in an strange accent.


Official Google Research Blog: Teaching a Computer to Understand Japanese

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Posted By ravenII to VOIP IP Telephony at 12/17/2009 06:38:00 AM