Microsoft Recite Technology Preview
I used the excellent Jott service a little last year when it was still free and know how easy it was to use by calling 866-JOTT-123. The integration with other online applications was also really slick.. It appears Microsoft is also building upon the voice recognition that their mobile Live Search product has. So far not as elaborate as the Jott service, but possible useful none-the-less..
Basically the Microsoft Recite application provides the quick and easy functionality of a old fashioned voice-recorder, but makes it searchable and provides a timeline of the recordings.
Some quick screen shots of it in action:
When you click "Remember", it will record the voice recording:
After several recordings you have a timeline, that you can browse through. Clicking "Search", lets you record what you want to search and provides a browseable results pane where you can play back the best matching results:
During my brief tests it appeared to successfully and accurately locate previous recordings with the spoken search words I gave it.
I had some issues on my Palm Pro when testing the application. Not sure if it was just some bugs or quirks of me trying out the application.. :-) Appears that it is not touch screen aware, but if you are on the go I think it's simple construction would make touch screen support unnecessary.
I think this preview shows promise of some of the powerful aspects of voice search could have to retrieve other information on the Windows Mobile device or available through a connection. We shall see where Microsoft decides to take it..
References:
http://recite.microsoft.com
http://blogs.msdn.com/recite
http://getsatisfaction.com/microsoft/products/microsoft_recite
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