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Most users mobile phones who work in the operating room Android system, they know about such an application from Google as Oh "Key Google. I won't talk about the functionality and opportunities that it opens up, 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 a computer using a microphone - everything is the same with Android application only on PC.
Setting
First you need to open the previously mentioned . Then 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 start, let's choose search engine by default - we naturally choose Google, because neither in Yandex nor in @mail.ru such functionality no (Okey Google features).
After that, below you will see a checkbox and the inscription opposite it " Enable voice search on the command "OK Google"". Checking the box will automatically enable this feature.
Now you have access to the same voice search capabilities as in the application on phones. If, for some reason, “OK Google” doesn’t work for you, update your Google Chrome browser or check your microphone settings.
Google started out as a search engine and this moment searching for information using mobile devices remains one of the main directions of development. With every phone/tablet system update, Google Play Services and individual programs there are more and more new features designed to make life easier for the user.
In this article, I will 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 what we so dreamed of when reading the works of science fiction in childhood.
Traditionally, all the latest developments from the "corporation of goodness" are implemented on the devices of the Nexus line. So it was with voice control, and with Google Now, a system for presenting information in the form of a set of cards. There is one application behind Google Now, simple Google search and voice search, and that is Google. It is included standard applications by Google and available on any certified Android smartphone.
There are also several smartphones with an advanced function voice control activated even if the screen of the smartphone is turned off. For example, MOTO X contains a separate, very low power processor that does nothing but background listens to all surrounding sounds for a key phrase.
Previously, voice control was activated only when you clicked the microphone icon while open program search (or widgets on the desktop). Then came the launcher Google Start, which allowed you to perform voice commands directly from the desktop (using the phrase "Ok, Google"). Since Android 4.4, the same feature has become 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 that commands can be combined into chains. For example, if you say “OK Google, who is the president of Nicaragua?”, then 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 #name street #number at home". Launches Google Maps in navigator mode at the specified address. You can also specify the city, store, organization, and so on.
- Calculator - "thirteen percent of five thousand." Will give the answer and the form of the calculator in the search box. Voice can dictate addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, the root of a number. You can also translate measures of weights, lengths and other things.
- Sending SMS/messages - "Send Oleg text I'm driving, I'll call you later." You can also send messages via WhatsApp, Viber and several other popular instant messengers. According to a simplified scheme, you can dictate "message # program # contact # text". For example: " whatsapp message Oleg, I'm driving. After that, you can also confirm the sending with the “send” command by voice.
- Dialing a number - "call Mom". You can also dictate an arbitrary number that is not in the address book. With the command “call sister / brother”, you can specify the number from the contacts (if written differently), then the next time the dialing will be automatic.
- 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 the 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 when geolocation is enabled and the address of the work (places on the map) is specified, a reminder on the phone will pop up automatically. The regular timer built into the Clock app is just as easy to start.
- Guess the melody - What song is this? Starts recognition of playing music.
- Music Video - "listen to (music) #group #song". Plays the specified music in Play Music or YouTube clip. It works fine with Russian names, but since it determines English words and performers, sometimes incorrectly interpreting it for Russian, it does not always work.
- Photo/video - "take a photo / record a video". Launches the camera in the selected mode.
- Settings management - “turn off the wifi”, “turn on the flashlight”.
- Notes - "note to self test password for service one two three four". Add a note to Google Keep.
Now on Tap
The description of this service was given special close attention at the presentation of Android 6.0 Marshmallow. And it was presented as one of the main features new firmware. But we got 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 a context from Now, Google analyzes everything you see on the screen and searches for information according to this data" - here is the official description from the support page.
In practice, this means that instead of highlighting and copying the phrases of interest on the screen, then opening the search and pasting the phrase, you can simply press and hold the Home button. After that, Google will offer suggestions for the found keywords. It can be pictures, videos, a proposal to open this place on maps, news. May offer to open an organization's website or make a call, open a Facebook profile or look at a celebrity's Twitter account, add a note. If there are appropriate 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 touch detailed information about artists, albums, YouTube videos and more.
Just like in the desktop version of the search, there are easter eggs in the voice search. I will give only a few commands, the rest can be found at this link. Unfortunately, almost all of them work only in English 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 reading everything, you still don’t have enough commands to fulfill your fantasies, then with a little time, you can configure Google Now to execute almost any command. To do this, we first need Tasker and the AutoVoice plugin.
With Tasker, you can perform many actions: launch applications, control sound, run scripts, control the screen, manipulate files, press buttons on the screen, control media, make HTTP Get and Post requests and respond to them, manage advanced phone settings. And all this can be done by giving voice commands. And with the help of many plugins, the functionality expands even more.
To get started, you need to enable the Google Now Integration item inside AutoVoice. In Tasker, you need to create a separate profile for each team or group of teams. As usual, for compiling profiles, I recommend including English in the Tasker settings. For the test profile, let's make 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, then the command can be dictated.
- Exact Command - if you check the box, it will only work on the exact command, otherwise it can work on every single word or word form.
- Use Regex - use regular expressions. Allows you to configure the recognition of multiple words in one profile. If you enter "(mute|turn off) (sound|volume)" without quotes in the first field, then the profile will respond to the commands "mute", "mute volume", "mute" and "mute volume".
For action use Audio → Ringer Volume and Audio → Notification Volume. To control the triggering, you can add a pop-up notification via Alert → Flash and in the Text field enter "Turned off".
The “turn off wifi” commands 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 a 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 put the first action Alert → Say and enter the phrase "I obey, master." Then the phone will respond to commands with a voice.
With the help of additional plugins, such as AutoRemote , you can control other Android devices. And if you put 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 setting 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 that allows you to integrate control mobile devices through the voice assistant Cortana on the desktop.
Some tricks
Tasker is hardcore. You can do amazing things, but for this you need to master a lot of information, understand variables, regular expressions and so on. For those who do not want to mess with Tasker, there are a large number of programs that use voice control capabilities, but have a more understandable and accessible interface and are easy to use. I'll stick with three.
1 Open Mic+ for Google Now
Allows you to change the passphrase 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 earlier it was possible to surprise those present by calling the phone “hey, you” or “listen to the command”.
Nevertheless, 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 affects the battery very much, 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, can read text messages.
2 Commander for Google Now
Another program from the developer Open Mic+. Integrates with Google Now and allows you to use an extended set of commands. The supported list includes the following: turn on/off the wireless access point, pause/resume music, next/previous song, unread SMS/gmail (voice them out), volume<х>, lock your phone, take a picture, take a selfie. You can also turn on the voice recorder, control the backlight, auto-rotate the screen. With root, you can turn off/restart your phone, clear notifications, turn on 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 brainchild of Russian developers is the Russian-speaking 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”), and in a much more understandable and simple form (there is help in Russian, video tutorials) and with more powerful functions for working with speech commands. In addition, there is also an 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 - shaking, waving, headset, bringing to your ear, including your 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 functions, there is even control of smart homes and home theaters.
Conclusion
Today, the voice search functions in smartphones are very developed, and, as you can see, the developers offer us not just a set of commands for finding information, but a complete smartphone control system that, with some effort, can be integrated with a home computer and even smart home. So if you're more comfortable managing it all with your voice, you've got everything you need to do it.
- 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. Ok 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 given 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 is installed only on it. Other browsers will not work. You can do this by following 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'll see a Search section containing several subsections;
- Find the line called "Enable Ok Google Voice Search";
- Set a marker - a tick in the box next to the inscription;
- Restart your browser and open a new browser tab;
- Say "Okay Google", and then the actual command and the search will start.
Application launch
Naturally, on the computer voice google search will only work if the microphone is on. This is not a problem with laptops, since all models equipped with a camera have a microphone, but on stationary and outdated PCs, a microphone will have to be purchased additionally. 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, and not the search engine itself, and therefore cannot work in other browsers, even when using Google.
If we are talking about the application for a smartphone, it does not need to be installed at all. It works on all Android phones by default. The list of commands for a telephone application is wider than for a computer application. This is due to the fact that it includes "telephone" commands - sending SMS, calendar reminders, alarms, system search, etc.).
Teams
The best feature that Google provides is voice search for the computer - giving an exact answer to the question, and not search results, as standard search service. However, how accurate the information will be depends on the team. Since the launch of the OK Google app, it has been constantly improved. Currently, it recognizes commands in Russian much better and is able to give accurate answers to questions. The list of such recognizable queries has become much wider than even a year ago. If the command is not recognized, the service returns the result search query, as when using the search string.
However, there is a significant difference between Russian-language and English-language services. So, some requests that are unrecognizable in Russian are easily perceived by the system when pronounced in English. In addition, ok google for desktop recognizes what language the command is spoken in, without any additional settings. The most popular and recognizable 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's the weather like (also reports for a given place by default, but you can also name a city);
- How to get from ... to ... (as an option, how to get from me to ...);
- Go to… (website name);
- Exchange Rates;
- How many N dollars in rubles (or vice versa);
- What…
- Who it…
- Show a picture (or video) with a description, etc.
Installing OK Google on a computer is not difficult, and there are a lot of benefits from this application. Of course, you can do without it and enter commands as before 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 information you need, gets directions, reminds you of events and activities, and much more. Users of mobile gadgets on the Android operating system have long appreciated a 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 turned on quickly and easily.
The “OK Google” command does not need to be specially 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 the browser and go to "Settings" by clicking on the appropriate icon in the upper right corner. You will see a "Search" section. Find the "OK Google" feature and tick it. In this way, you will enable voice search by 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”, then your browser version is already outdated. about Chrome can be obtained by selecting the special item “About the browser”, which you will find in “Settings.” Nothing else needs to be done: the browser itself will be updated to the latest version.
After updating and connecting, voice search earned. But you won't be able to use it without a working microphone and an active Internet connection. The microphone is usually pre-installed in operating systems Microsoft as a recorder.
A characteristic feature of voice search on personal computers is its limited use. This means that the command only works on a page or Google search results, as well as on a new tab. If you say "Ok Google" on any other page, the command won't work.
Command examples
“OK, Google” is improving every day. If earlier many Russian-speaking commands were not perceived by an assistant, now you can find almost everything. Since the advent of the function, there have been huge changes. And now many users, especially Android devices , very actively use the function in various areas of life.You can ask the voice assistant any question and in different languages of the world.At the same time, you do not have to configure any additional parameters.The use of “OK, Google” on mobile gadgets with the Android platform is, of course, much wider. With the help of a voice assistant, you can even send SMS messages, launch programs, remind you of important calendar dates and events, not to mention search for all kinds of information, route planning, etc. There are fewer commands for personal computers, but they are still there.So, what can you learn or do using the voice service of Google Corporation:
- Find out the time in any locality in the world. If you do not specify a place in the request, the service will call the current time.
- Check 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 the search service.
- Find a person, product, object, and more by name or title.
- Find out exchange rates and convert, for example, rubles into dollars.
- Find and go to any web resource, specifying only its name.
Using Google search is as easy as shelling pears, including on personal computers. If you have enabled the function, checked the microphone and the Internet connection, say the phrase "Ok Google" and ask your question. This command will start 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 "Ok Google" command settings
Launching the "Ok Google" feature
- Access with Voice Match and On any screen
If the screen is unlocked or the phone is charging, you can activate the Assistant on any screen. Please note that this feature may interfere with other voice control applications. - Driving a car
Use the command "Ok Google" when you have open Google Maps or running Android Auto. - Always on
Use the command "Ok Google" whether or not the screen is on.
Lock screen settings
- Unlock with Voice Match
This feature allows you to give commands and open websites using the "Ok Google" command. You won't need to unlock your device if it recognizes your voice. - Personal Results
Personal search results will be shown even if the device is locked.
Voice sample with "Ok Google" command
- Re-record the 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. - Remove voice sample
You can delete the voice sample recorded on the device.
How to remove voice samples with "Ok Google" command
When you set up Voice Match in the Assistant options, the voice samples are stored in your Google account. You can remove them if you wish.
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 prompted to select an app from a list. After you repeat this several times, Google will remember which application you are using and will immediately open it.
If you want the clarifying question to appear every time:
The app will not launch automatically, but will first appear in search results (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, US, and South Africa.
