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Twitter, Google and Voice activation
5th April 2009
Suddenly it all seems very logical
A few weeks ago while I using Twitter and realising how similar it was to 'broadcast' SMS I thought that it would be a simple idea to add a Skype style add-on to the service for direct connections. You tweet, connect with someone then talk!
Today it would seem we are just a few days away from Google announcing their purchase of Twitter and Google introducing a refined voice activated search service and it now seems such a logical idea.
On your mobile you ask a simple question 'Where is the nearest petrol station'? into a twitter interface and immediately knowing your location by GPS or cell identification the answer is spoken back to you or a tweet is sent directly to you.
For more complex questions you may have the option to open a Google window and read the results or listen to the top three results. This will require a new field on websites and, perhaps, adding a short description that can easily be converted into an audio stream, or maybe a customisable audio file of a predetermined size.
Any thoughts send me an email and they will be added here: stuart@greenfield.co.uk
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2009 predictions , Digital , Google , social media , Twitter
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