Voice Recognition GPS is Emerging

According to many rumors, Google's Android phone will address a number of common mobile phone issues, including the user interface that enables online searches. This is a hot topic as many users find it difficult to navigate through the array of expansive menus on today's handsets. Additionally, smaller keypads often add frustration to text messaging, creating a problem for internet usage. Experts have recently declared that voice recognition GPS could be the key element in Google's mobile online strategy.

Voice Recognition GPS in Mobile Phones

Voice recognition technology has made tremendous strides over the years. Some believe that it has evolved to a point where voice recognition GPS could solve many of the problems associated with the current handsets. In general, voice recognition is an emerging element of cellular technology, one that has gone unnoticed by the public despite the fact that numerous highly quality speech-enabled devices have been released in the last two years. Research is predicting that the market will increase significantly over the next three years.

Patrick Connolly, Senior Analyst at IMS Research, states that companies from all sides of the industry are looking to bank on the high potential of the voice recognition GPS market. Aside from well known third-party developers, such as Nuance, Infinity Telecoms and VoiceSignal, industry leading manufacturers such as Motorola, Nokia and LG have developed their own proprietary automatic speech recognition systems. Additionally, the emergence of DSR (distributed speech recognition) solutions is driving more internet-based companies to the mobile technology market.

DSR offers a solution to the issue of effectively performing internet searches over thin client devices. Leveraging network-based search engines and providing the ability to perform the search, updated information can be delivered faster and more accurately. Over the past year, Google and Microsoft have been in the beta testing stage with DSR to perfect voice recognition GPS for the collaboration of the GoogPhone, indicating that this is the key to its success.

Driving Revenues via Voice Recognition GPS

Connolly went on to explain how the technology could be used to facilitate a revenue model powered by advertisements to mobile internet users without being too intrusive, an issue the cellular industry has been trying to resolve for the past three years. According to the analyst, the emergence of these technologies has primed the market for voice recognition GPS and is exactly what consumers need to perform user-friendly mobile internet searches.

IMS Research reports that the mobile internet concept is heavily tied to the LBS (location-based services) market, a sector that has already become a large source of revenue for operators. As mapping solutions move away from on-board systems to off-board internet driven solutions, voice recognition technology is able to provide an application interface that is comprehensive with hands-free functionality. As an underlying compound technology, voice recognition GPS can be used to focus on internet search capabilities from the handset and enhance the user's experience.

IMS Research believes it won't be too long before other internet powerhouses and handset providers look to utilize voice recognition GPS. Nokia has already begun with its 6110 model, while rumors are soaring about Apple making significant improvements to future iPhones.