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Most users mobile phones who work in the operating room Android system, know about such an application from Google like OK Google. I won’t talk about the functionality and opportunities that it opens, because everyone already knows them very well. I’d rather tell you how to enable voice search in your browser Google Chrome. That is, you can search for information on your computer using a microphone - everything is the same with Android application only on PC.
Settings
First, you need to open the previously mentioned. Next, go to its menu and find the section “ Settings».
A new tab will open with a set of settings. We need a section " Search" To begin with, let's select search engine by default - naturally we choose Google, because neither Yandex nor @mail.ru has such functionality no (OK Google functions).
Then below you will see a checkbox and the inscription opposite it “ Enable voice search using the “OK Google” command" By checking the box you will automatically enable this feature.
Now you have the same voice search capabilities as in the app on phones. If for some reason “OK Google” does not work for you, update your Google browser Chrome or check your microphone settings.
Google Corporation began its activities as a search engine, and this moment searching for information using mobile devices remains one of the main areas of development. With every phone/tablet system update, Google Play Services and individual programs More and more new functions are appearing to make life easier for the user.
In this article, I'll talk about the most useful voice commands, Now on Tap contextual search, and also show you how to set up your phone to perform any voice commands, including using Tasker. After all, this is exactly what we dreamed about when reading the works of science fiction writers in childhood.
Traditionally, all the latest developments from the “good corporation” are implemented on Nexus line devices. This was the case with voice control and Google Now, a system for presenting information in the form of a set of cards. One application is responsible for Google Now, simple Google search and voice search, this is Google. It's included standard applications from Google and is available on any certified Android smartphone.
There are also several smartphones with advanced features voice control, activated even if the smartphone screen is turned off. For example, MOTO X contains a separate processor with very low power consumption, which only deals with background listens to all surrounding sounds for a key phrase.
Previously, voice control was only activated by tapping the microphone icon while open program search (or to widgets on the desktop). Then the Google Start launcher appeared, which allowed you to perform voice commands directly from the desktop (using the phrase “Ok, Google”). Starting with Android 4.4, the same feature became available in other launchers, but only if the launcher explicitly supports this feature (almost all popular launchers do).
Voice control
A simple search for information is, of course, the most important Google function Now. Moreover, it is intelligent enough to understand the context, which means commands can be combined into chains. For example, if you say, “Okay Google, who is the president of Nicaragua?” the search will return the answer “Daniel Ortega.” And if you further ask “How old is he?”, then the answer will be “Seventy years old.” Google Now understands a lot of commands, here are ten of the most useful ones.
- Maps and navigation - “let's go/navigation #title streets #number Houses". Launches Google Maps in navigator mode at the specified address. You can also indicate a city, store, organization, and so on.
- Calculator - “thirteen percent of five thousand.” Will display the answer and the form of the calculator in the search window. You can use your voice to dictate addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and the root of a number. You can also translate measures of weights, lengths, etc.
- Sending SMS/messages - “write an SMS to Oleg, text I’m driving, I’ll call you back later.” You can also send messages through WhatsApp, Viber and several other popular instant messengers. Using a simplified scheme, you can dictate “message #program #contact #text.” For example: " whatsapp message Oleg, I’m driving.” After this, you can also confirm the sending by voice with the “send” command.
- Dialing a number - "call Mom". You can also dictate an arbitrary number that is not in notebook. When using the “call sister/brother” command, you can specify a number from your contacts (if written differently), then the next time the call will be made automatically.
- Reminders and alarms - “wake me up on Saturday at eight in the morning” or “remind me to turn off the stove in ten minutes.” You can also add events to Google Calendar. Events can be tied not only to time, but also to place. If you add “remind me to print the text at work,” then if geolocation is turned on and the work address (location on the map) is specified, the reminder will automatically pop up on your phone. The regular timer built into the Clock app is just as easy to start.
- Guess the melody - “what kind of song is this?” Will start recognizing the playing music.
- Music Video - “listen to (music) #group #song.” Launches the specified music in Play Music or a clip on YouTube. It works normally with Russian titles, but since it identifies English words and performers, sometimes incorrectly interpreting them for the Russian language, it does not always work.
- Photo/video - “take a photo / record a video.” Will launch the camera in the selected mode.
- Manage Settings - “turn off Wi-Fi”, “turn on the flashlight”.
- Notes - “note to yourself: test password for service one two three four.” Adds a note to Google Keep.
Now on Tap
The description of this service was given special attention at the presentation of Android 6.0 Marshmallow. And it was presented as one of the main features new firmware. But we received more or less normal functionality in Russia only in December. In the official Russian translation it is called context from Now.
How it works?“When you launch context from Now, Google analyzes everything you see on the screen and searches for information based on that data,” is the official description from the support page.
What this means is that instead of highlighting and copying phrases of interest on the screen, then opening the search and pasting the phrase, you can simply press and hold the Home button. Google will then offer suggestions for the keyword phrases found. This could be pictures, videos, a proposal to open this place on maps, news. May offer to open the organization’s website or make a call, open a Facebook profile or look at a celebrity’s Twitter account, or add a note. If there are corresponding applications on the device, after tapping on the icon, the page will open immediately inside the application. When listening to music from different applications, you can call up with one click detailed information about artists, albums, YouTube videos and more.
Just like the desktop version of search, voice search has Easter eggs. I will give only a few commands, the rest you can find out at this link. Unfortunately, almost all of them only work on English language and with an English interface or with only English selected in the settings.
"Do a barrel roll."
“Make me a sandwich!”
“Sudo make me a sandwich!”
"When am I?"
"Beam me up, Scotty!"
“Up up down down left right left right.”
"What does the fox say?"
Tasker
If, after everything you've read, you still don't have enough commands to make your fantasies come true, then, with a little time, you can configure Google Now to execute almost any command. To do this, we will first need Tasker and the AutoVoice plugin.
Using Tasker, you can perform many actions: launch applications, control sound, run scripts, control the screen, manipulate files, press buttons on the screen, manage media, make HTTP Get and Post requests and respond to them, manage advanced phone settings. And all this can be done by issuing voice commands. And with the help of many plugins, the functionality expands even further.
To get started you need to enable Google item Now Integration inside AutoVoice. In Tasker you need to create a separate profile for each team or group of teams. As usual, to create profiles, I recommend turning on English in Tasker settings. For the test profile, we will create a voice command to turn off the sound. To do this, create a new profile with parameters Event → Plugin → AutoVoice Recognized. Fill in the following fields:
- Command Filter - here we enter the necessary voice command, in our example: “turn off the sound.” If you click on the Speak Filter line, you can dictate the command.
- Exact Command - if you check the box, it will only work on the exact command, otherwise it can work on every single word or form of a word.
- Use Regex - use regular expressions. Allows you to configure recognition of several words in one profile. If in the first field you enter “(turn off|turn off) (sound|volume)” without quotes, then the profile will respond to the commands “mute sound”, “turn off volume”, “mute sound” and “turn off volume”.
For action we use Audio → Ringer Volume and Audio → Notification Volume. To control the response, you can add a pop-up notification via Alert → Flash and enter “Disabled” in the Text field.
The commands “turn off Wi-Fi” work immediately in Google Now, and “turn off the sound” prompts you to open the settings. And after intercepting the command through Tasker and executing it, it still remains on the current screen with the request. Therefore, we will additionally add to the actions App → Go Home. Well, to amuse your friends, in all profiles for voice control you can set the first action to Alert → Say and enter the phrase “I obey, master.” Then the phone will respond with voice in response to commands.
Using additional plugins, such as AutoRemote, you can control other Android devices. And if you install EventGhost on your computer, then with the help of numerous plugins you can do a lot of interesting things. One of the most useful uses would be to configure smart home, but that's a separate big story. Joao Dias, the developer of all Auto* plugins, also has an add-on for the computer, which allows you to integrate control mobile devices through the Cortana voice assistant on the desktop.
A few tricks
Tasker is hardcore. You can do amazing things, but to do this you need to master a lot of information, understand the variables, regular expressions and so on. For those who don't want to bother with Tasker, there are a large number of programs that use voice control capabilities, but have a clearer and more accessible interface and are easy to use. I'll stop at three.
1 Open Mic+ for Google Now
Allows you to change the key phrase from “Ok, Google” to any other. Unfortunately, after one of the service updates and a request from Google, it stopped working with Google Engine, leaving only PocketSphinx. In this regard, only English phrases are suitable for the key phrase, but previously it was possible to surprise those present by calling the phone “hey, you” or “listen to the command.”
However, the developer promises to fix everything in the next updates. Other functions include the launch of recognition by the proximity sensor (two waves of the hand) and by shaking the phone. Like MOTO X, it supports recognition when the screen is off, but, unfortunately, this greatly affects the battery, so it is relevant for a phone on charge or car media centers on Android with constant power. Works with a Bluetooth headset, has integration with Tasker, and can read text messages.
2 Commandr for Google Now
Another program from the developer Open Mic+. Integrates with Google Now and allows you to use an expanded set of commands. The list of supported ones includes the following: enable/disable wireless access point, pause/resume music, next/previous song, unread SMS/gmail (voices them out), volume<х>, lock your phone, take a picture, take a selfie. You can also turn on the voice recorder, control the backlight, and auto-rotate the screen. With root, you can turn off/restart your phone, clear notifications, and enable Airplane mode. For supported functions, you can change the commands to your own. It also has integration with Tasker, allowing you to enable triggering for each task by the name Task. There is a module for Xposed that allows you to use Commandr with Android Wear.
3 Assistant Dusya
And finally, the baby Russian developers- Russian-language voice assistant Dusya, which combines all the advantages of the described applications and utilities. Like Tasker, Dusya allows you to create your own voice functions (they are called “scripts”), in a much more understandable and simpler form (there is help in Russian, video tutorials) and with more powerful functions for working with speech commands. In addition, it also has its own online catalog of ready-made scripts created by other users. At the time of writing there were about a hundred of them.
Just like Commandr, Dusya can integrate with Google Now, and also has many types of other contactless activations - by shaking, waving, using a headset, bringing it to the ear, and including its own activation phrase in Russian. And if you want to use the interface, then it is there, very simple, fast and functional. Among the functions there are 25 most frequently requested ones, there is even control of smart homes and home theaters.
Conclusion
Today, voice search functions in smartphones are very developed, and, as you can see, developers offer us not just a set of commands for searching for information, but a full-fledged smartphone control system, which, with some effort, can be integrated with a home computer and even smart home. So if you're more comfortable controlling it all with your voice, you've got everything you need to do so.
– a voice assistant that allows you to enter commands not only from the keyboard, but also by voice. An analogue of this function is the Siri application for iPhone. Okay Google is a voice search that can be used not only on Android phones, but also on a computer. You don't need to download anything for this. This service is built into Google Chrome and will not load on other browsers. That is, if you need this function, you will have to install a browser.
Inclusion
In order for you to have the OK Google function on your computer, download the Google Chrome browser, since it can only be installed on it. Other browsers will not work. This can be done via the link https://www.google.ru/chrome/browser/desktop/index.html on the official website of the developer. There is software for various operating systems and computer architectures.
- Launch your browser;
- Click on the menu at the top right. The icon looks like three short parallel lines;
- In the expanded lists, select Settings;
- The settings menu will open. Scroll down and you will see a Search section containing several subsections;
- Find the line titled “Enable voice search Ok Google”;
- Place a marker - a tick in the box next to the inscription;
- Restart your browser and open a new search engine tab;
- Say “Okay Google”, and then the command itself and the search will start.
Launching the application
Naturally, on the computer voice google search will only work if the microphone is turned on. This is not a problem with laptops, since all models equipped with a camera have a microphone, but on stationary and outdated PCs you will have to purchase an additional microphone. Thus, it is not difficult to enable ok google in the browser, but the downside is that this application is a function of the browser, not the search engine itself, and therefore cannot work in other browsers, even when using Google.
If we're talking about about the smartphone application, you don’t need to install it at all. It works on all Android phones by default. The list of commands in the telephone application is wider than in the computer application. This is due to the fact that it includes “telephone” commands - sending SMS, calendar reminders, alarm clocks, system search, etc.).
Teams
The best function that Google provides is voice search for a computer - it provides an exact answer to a question, and not search results, like a standard one. search service. However, how accurate the information is depends on the team. Since the Hey Google app was released, it has been constantly improved. Currently, it recognizes commands in Russian much better and is able to provide accurate answers to questions. The list of such recognized queries has become much wider than even a year ago. If the command is not recognized, the service produces the result search query, as when using the search bar.
However, there is a significant difference between Russian-language and English-language services. Thus, some queries that are unrecognizable in Russian are easily perceived by the system when spoken in English. In addition, ok google for computer recognizes what language the command is spoken in, without any additional settings. The most popular and recognized queries in the application:
- What time is it (reports the current time based on geolocation, but you can specify the city and find out the time in it);
- What is the weather (also reports for a given location by default, but you can name the city);
- How to get from... to... (as an option, how to get from me to...);
- Go to... (site name);
- Exchange Rates;
- How much is N dollars in rubles (or vice versa);
- What's happened…
- Who it…
- Show a picture (or video) with a description, etc.
Installing Okay Google on your computer is not difficult, and there are a lot of benefits from this application. Of course, you can do without it and still enter commands manually, but with a large amount of work this can take a lot of time.
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Ok, Google is a search service that, using voice commands, searches for the necessary information, plots a route, reminds you of events and activities, and much more. Users of mobile gadgets on the operating system Android already They have long appreciated this convenient assistant in various matters. If you like this non-standard service, you can use it not only on a smartphone or tablet, but also on a personal computer. Moreover, voice search is enabled quickly and easily.
The “OK Google” command does not need to be specifically downloaded and installed on a laptop or computer. All that is needed to use the function is Chrome browser from Google. And we will tell you how to connect voice search in a matter of minutes.
Open your browser and go to “Settings” by clicking on the corresponding icon in the upper right corner. You will see a "Search" section. Find the “OK Google” option and check the box. Thus, you will enable voice search with the command “OK, Google.” And to disable the voice assistant, you need to uncheck the box accordingly. If you do not see the item about “enable voice search by command,” it means that your version of the browser is already out of date. Information about Chrome can be obtained by selecting the special item “About the browser”, which you will find in “Settings.” You don’t need to do anything else: the browser itself will update to the latest version.
After updating and connecting, voice search worked. But you won't be able to use it without a working microphone and an active Internet connection. The microphone is usually preset to operating systems Microsoft as a recording device.
A characteristic feature of voice search on personal computers is its limited use. This means that the command only works on the page or Google search results, as well as on a new tab. If you say “Ok Google” on any other page, the command will not work.
Command examples
“Okay, Google” is improving every day. If earlier many Russian-language commands were not perceived by the assistant, now you can find almost everything. Huge changes have occurred since the appearance of the function. And now many users, especially Android devices , they actively use the function in various areas of life. You can ask the voice assistant any question in different languages of the world. At the same time, you do not have to configure any additional parameters.The use of “Okay, Google” on mobile gadgets with the Android platform, of course, is much wider. Using the voice assistant, you can even send SMS messages, launch programs, remind about important calendar dates and events, not to mention search for all kinds of information, routing, etc. For personal computers there are fewer commands, but they still exist.So, what can you find out or do using Google's voice service:
- Find out the time in any location on the globe. If you do not specify a location in your request, the service will indicate the current time.
- Find out the weather anywhere in the world.
- Get directions from A to B.
- Find photos and descriptions for them, find videos and descriptions for them.
- Find any information from a search service.
- Find a person, product, object, etc. by name or title.
- Find out exchange rates and convert, for example, rubles into dollars.
- Find and go to any web resource, indicating only its name.
Using Google search is as easy as shelling pears, including on personal computers. If you have enabled the function, checked the functionality of the microphone and the Internet connection, say the phrase “Ok Google” and ask your question. This command will launch a voice search and you will instantly see the result on the screen.
As you can see, everything is simple. Now turn on the command search and ask your questions.
OK, Google, is there life on Mars?
How to enable voice search
How to start voice search
How to change the settings for the "Ok Google" command
Launching the "Hey Google" feature
- Access via Voice Match And On any screen
If the screen is unlocked or your phone is charging, you can activate Assistant on any screen. Please note that this feature may interfere with other voice-controlled applications. - Driving a car
Use the "Ok Google" command when you have open Google Maps or running Android Auto. - Always on
Use the "Hey Google" command regardless of whether the screen is on.
Lock screen settings
- Unlocking with Voice Match
This feature allows you to issue commands and open websites using the "Ok Google" command. You won't need to unlock your device if it recognizes your voice. - Personal results
Personalized search results will be shown even if the device is locked.
Sample voice with the command "Ok Google"
- Re-record voice sample
Try creating a new sample if Google can't recognize your voice. If you don't have this feature, make sure the Access with Voice Match, Any Screen, and Always On settings are enabled. - Delete voice sample
You can delete a voice sample recorded on your device.
How to remove voice samples with the "Ok Google" command
When you set up Voice Match in Assistant settings, voice samples are saved in your Google account. If you wish, you can remove them from there.
How to use voice commands
How Google remembers your favorite apps
If you don't name the app (for example, just say "Scan Receipt"), you'll be asked to select an app from a list. After you repeat this a few times, Google will remember which app you're using and will open it right away.
If you want a clarifying question to appear every time:
The application will not launch automatically, but will appear in search results first (this may take a few minutes).Where can you use voice search?
The feature is supported in English in Australia, UK, India, Ireland, Canada, Singapore, USA and South Africa.
