Thread: Android gets voice commands (tap a lot less!)
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2010-08-13 , 04:01
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Originally Posted by marxian View Post
I think the usefulness of this feature is dependent upon the accuracy of the voice recognition. I have tried the voice search feature on my HTC Desire, and found it to be hit and miss. I personally will always prefer a hardware keyboard to other forms of input, due to the greater accuracy and control. It's nice to have voice recognition for certain activities, though.
I've been pretty impressed with how nearly perfectly accurate the voice recognition has been on my Droid under 2.2. I find that if I speak naturally with a natural flow, it works very nearly perfectly. (If I try to intentionally speak slower or something, it seems to throw it off, ironically.)