Yes, my new browser gives me the option of searching by voice. Problem is, it will only search if you speak with an American accent, and that American accent as in New York/Midwestern/Californian, not Southern American or any other English accent.
It comes up with wonderful things when I speak in my own flat New Zild accent:
"The Press" became "Chris" or "The Priest"
"Christchurch Press" became "christmas tree"
"Rachmaninov" became "right money"
"Florence, Italy" became "Laura" unless spoken with an American accent. Thusly "Flawrrence, Iddaly" found what I wanted.
So, although this seems a wonderful innovation, for most of the world's Internet users it's worse than useless.
Hours of innocent fun, though.
What a hoot. And fun is always welcome.
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