Using voice recognition technology in the VK application Offline

Voice Search Technology

Many people know that Google launched voice recognition technology a few years ago and made it accessible to ordinary users. Many people wrote about this technology, and what is nice, it knows how to recognize fluent Russian speech . Externally, the technology is extremely simple, and any webmaster can apply it on his website, adding just a few lines to his HTML code. The question is different: where should this technology be used on the web?

As we know, technology exists for a long time, but Google itself does not actively use this technology on the web, despite the fact that the use of this technology would be extremely useful for people with disabilities. Even in the company's products, voice input is rarely found. And in fact, this is quite understandable: it makes no sense to add a voice search where text input is much faster from the keyboard. The most logical use of voice input Google has found in the Google Translate service, where users can enter text that needs to be translated, not only using the keyboard, but also using a voice.


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How do we apply this technology

As you can see, Google itself does not embed this technology in all products in a row. However, we in the development of our application VKontakte Offline found this technology in our opinion the best use. If you are using this application, then you probably already noticed that the next update brought in addition to correcting minor bugs, also the function of entering the text of letters with a voice . Entering the text of letters using voice has become really more convenient and faster , and this is what the voice recognition technology was created for.

The audience for this function is very wide and diverse, even people who, due to their capabilities, cannot enter text, or slowly do it, fall under it. We believe that this is an expedient and important application of voice input, especially for business correspondence . It should be noted here that speech recognition is directed to the business and literary side. Speech recognition is not always smooth and, as we found out, depends more on the distance of your stay from the microphone. But we created the application in order to return the advantages of the e-mail correspondence, and one of them is a clear, not colloquial formulation of thoughts. However, see for yourself:



Text recognition depends on your localization of Chrome. In order to recognize Russian words in the singing queue, you need to set the Russian language higher on the settings page: chrome: // settings / languages

VKontakte Offline app in the Chrome Web Store: http://goo.gl/D2Aei
Official VK page: http://vkontakte.ru/vkoffline