Download Google Speech Recognition Gadget for youtube
Google released a new youtube speech recognition gadget which basically is focusing on the US Elections 2008 but I have a feeling that it’s going to be available for almost all the videos available on youtube in the near future.
With this new youtube gadget, you can “currently” find out what the candidates said, search through thousands of political videos uploaded on youtube by text.
With this new google gadget you now have the ability to search more specifically, using state-of-the-art Google speech-to-text technology.
When you search for a video and select one, you’ll see some yellow indicators in the video where your search “text” query matches and you can take your mouse over to to read the text.
If you want to check out google’s speech recognition gadget for youtube, you can add this gadget in your google homepage easily.
Add Speech recognition gadget here
Google Lively Download - Google Launched 3D virtual world
Google just launched “Google Lively“ which is a free, browser-based virtual environment with tight integration to social networks like MySpace, Facebook and OpenSocial, as well as Google gadgets like Picassa and YouTube. You can create an avatar and chat with your friends in rooms you design with Google Lively.
Google Lively helps users’ friends lists, feeds, and logins to tie directly to the social network and it runs in your browser, differentiating it from client-centric worlds like Second Life and can be embedded in a Web site.
Google Lively Features:
Create your own virtual space : Chat and interact with your friends in rooms you design
Express yourself: Customize your avatar and stream personal photos and video
Add your room to your site: Invite your friends to chat and help decorate
Google Lively | Download
(Requires Windows Vista/XP with Internet Explorer or Firefox By using Lively you agree to these Terms)
How to apply to the Google Books Partner Program (Video Tutorial)
Google recently released a video tutorial on how to apply to the google books partner program. This video teaches you, how to apply for a Google Books Partner Program account, which allows you to submit your content for display on Google Book Search.
Android - Google’s upcoming software for mobile phones
A brief demonstration at the Internet search leader’s annual developer conference in San Francisco represented the most extensive public look so far at “Android” - an open-source platform being designed for “smart” phones and other mobile devices that surf the Web. Android was first announced nearly seven months ago.
The bells and whistles unveiled Wednesday included: a way to unlock phones by drawing a specific shape on the touchscreen instead of entering a password; bookmarks for favorite Web sites on the device’s home page; a “compass” tool that automatically roams with the phone while a user looks at photographic images of a city map; a magnifying tool to zoom in on Web content; and a mobile version of the video game “Pac Man.”
Google Fixes Gmail IMAP Problem on Windows Mobile
Yada yada, blah blah.. forget the past… Look forward to what happened.. it got fixed!! Good JoB! Google has also posted instructions for configuring the Gmail IMAP capability on Windows Mobile 6 phones.
Windows Mobile users don’t have to do anything to take advantage of the fix, the spokeswoman said. They should simply be able to properly receive Gmail messages on their phones now, she said.
1-800-GOOG-411 <3
Another impressive step by Google. Introducing, 1-800-GOOG-411 (1-800-4664-411). This is google’s new 411 service, FAST, FREE and EASY.
- Dial 1-800-GOOG-411 from any phone
- State the location and business type
- Connect to a business for free
- And you’re done!
You don’t need a computer, an Internet connection, or even the keypad on your phone or mobile device. GOOG-411 is voice-activated, so you can access it from any phone (mobile or land line), in any location, at any time. For free.
If you are calling from a mobile device, GOOG-411 can even send you a text message with more details and a map. Simply say “Text message” or “Map it.”
Do watch the video when you’re there :D - Love it!
Google’s reply to Wikipedia
Knol is a project planned by Google for user-generated articles on topics ranging from “scientific concepts, to medical information, from geographical and historical, to entertainment, from product information, to how-to-fix-it instructions.”
It is a experimental website that google is working on right now with a perception of giving the authors a edge. They are focusing more on individual authors, showing their other work / pictures etc unlike Wikipedia where anyone is free to revise the articles. Knol is on invite only right now but hopefully it will be open to public sooner or later after it’s released.
[News] - Google introduced Themes API
Google has released an iGoogle Themes API, giving designers the ability to create their own iGoogle Theme. Now google users can leverage the themes API and tools to build themes about outer space, cartoons, dogs, or anything you can dream up, helping to further personalize iGoogle.
To jumpstart the development, and for the a little bit of inspiration, Google has also released custom themes from innovative designers Yves Behar, Mark Frauenfelder, Troy Lee and John Maeda.
