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"Google is launching two new mobile products today; the first of these two features is \"Voice Actions,\" the company's take on voice commands for the Android OS.\nWe are here at Google's San Francisco offices listening to Hugo Barra, director of product management at Google discuss the company's involvement in mobile computing.  The company is discussing \"the next evolutionary steps\" of Android.  It's part of the company's push to integrate your phone with the cloud.\nHere are my live notes:\nLive: Google's Mobile Press Conference\n\n\nGoogle Press Conference \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n4\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n6\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n7\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n8\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10:10 a.m.: \"The impossible has become possible,\" Barra told the press.  He was referring to the rapid advancement of mobile computing and how we can do so much more with our mobile devices (\"mobile supecomputers\" as he calls them).  Part of the reason they're more powerful today is because they have faster access to the cloud through 3G and 4G networks.\n10:11 a.m.: Barra is talking about some of the cloud computing mobile products that Navigation, Google Goggles, Translate, and Voice Recognition.\n10:14 a.m. Nifty demo of Voice Recognition in four languages: Spanish, French, Japanese and Italian.\n10:17 a.m.: First announcement: Voice Action.  Google Voice Recognition in Android allows you to now send texts and do other things via voice commands.\n10:20 a.m.: Now Google is demoing some of the potential uses for Voice Actions.  The first was sending a text.  Example: \"Send a text to Jon Stewart: Let's get lunch at 2:00.\"  This will prepare and write your text so you can send.\n10:21 a.m.: Voice Actions can play your music.\n10:22 a.m.: Voice Actions can send emails.  \"Send Email to Hugo Barra: I just booked a scuba diving trip to the turks and caicos for September!\"  You can even add onto the message after it's been written.  Saying \"smiley face\" also inserts the smiley emoticon.\n10:23 a.m.: You can go to popular websites with Voice Actions.  \"Go to Wikipedia\" was demonstrated.  You can also do map searches.\n10:25 a.m.: New feature: \"Note to Self\"  The command will let you email a message to yourself.  Oh, there's also a function in this interface where, if it thinks there are alternate words for what it recognized, it'll highlight those words in blue and let you change them quickly.\n10:26 a.m.: There are about 10 actions as part of Voice Actions for Android.  It's available starting today on Android 2.2 devices, including the new Droid 2 (it's pre-installed)."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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