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NOUG-2.1.0-100 Nexus One User’s Guide
To search the web by speaking
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Press & hold the Search button
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S Touch the Microphone icon in Quick Search Box.
If you touch the Microphone icon in an application’s search box, you search the
application by voice, not the web.
A dialog opens, prompting you to speak the words that you want to search for.
When you’re finished speaking, Google search by voice analyzes your speech and
displays the results of your search.
If Google search by voice misunderstood you, t.ouchdialogQuick Search Box for a
list of similar-sounding search terms,
You can also preface your search by speaking special words to take the following
actions:
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Say “Call,” followed by a name from your contacts, followed by the kind of
phone number (“mobile,” “work,” and so on)—for example, “Call Mike home.” If
there is a single match, the number is dialed automatically. See “Dialing by
voice” on page 84.
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Say “Directions to,” followed by an address, to get directions to that location
from Google Maps.
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Say “Navigate to,” followed by an address, to get spoken, turn-by-turn direc-
tions to your destination.
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Say “Map of,” followed by an address, to view that location on Google Maps.