Google is presenting brand new search technology in India, among the search company’s greatest markets, consisting of multilingual search results and in-video search.
This week, Google held its eighth Google For India event, where it unveiled the following search features:
- Search in video
- Multilingual search results
- Bilingual voice search
- Natural language search in Google Pay
- Handwriting to text translation through Google Lens
These functions may eventually make their way to The United States and Canada, so it deserves keeping them on your radar.
Here’s more information about the above-listed functions, introducing initially in India.
Browse In Video
Google is making it possible to browse within Buy YouTube Subscribers videos.
As you’re seeing a video on Buy YouTube Subscribers, tap on “Search in video” and go into the topic in the video you want to avoid to.
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We’re piloting the capability to browse within videos on your phone’s Search app. Just key in your question utilizing the ‘Browse in video’ feature & discover precisely what you’re looking for. #GoogleForIndia pic.twitter.com/G3KIhpO7ow— Google India (@GoogleIndia) December 19, 2022
In an article, Google states:
“Besides images, videos are also an abundant source of visual information however it’s often hard to discover something buried inside a long clip. For instance, maybe you’re enjoying a long video about Agra, and you’re curious if it also covers Fatehpur Sikri. With a new feature we’re piloting, you’re now able to search for anything that’s mentioned in a video, right from Browse. Just go into a search term using the ‘Search in video’ function and rapidly discover what you’re looking for.”
Bilingual Search Results
Google is making search results page in India bilingual, serving results in the user’s regional languages together with English results.
Introducing an India-first innovation which makes Search results bilingual for people who choose it that way. #GoogleForIndia pic.twitter.com/B4iCqeb6Zc
— Google India (@GoogleIndia) December 19, 2022
Google states in an article:
“Language requires in India are ending up being more vibrant, and multilingual, and we’re also seeing this reflected in people’s search experiences. Significantly, most of Google users in India consume more than one language.
To make it easier for individuals who use more than one language to seek and check out information, we’re now making search engine result pages multilingual, for people who prefer it that way.”
This performance is presenting in Hindi and will expand to other Indian languages, including Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, and Bengali, in the coming year.
Bilingual Voice Search
Google is improving speech recognition innovation for Hinglish speakers, a hybrid of Hindi and English.
Searchers in India can perform a voice search using Hindi and English in the very same question, and Google will be able to comprehend what they’re trying to find.
When you browse “cheese kis cheez se banta hai”, Voice Search will much better comprehend your Hinglish query– so you’ll constantly get gouda results #GoogleForIndia pic.twitter.com/f1vihmB9df
— Google India (@GoogleIndia) December 19, 2022
Google states in a blog post:
“We wish to assist more people, and specifically Indians, ask concerns naturally and intuitively with their voice. Today we’re revealing a new speech acknowledgment model that can more effectively understand individuals who speak in Hinglish. We’re doing this through making use of a new, neural-network inspired speech recognition model that takes into consideration the person’s accents, surrounding sounds, context, and speaking designs.”
Natural Language Search In Google Pay
Google is debuting a feature in India that enables users to perform natural language searches in Google Pay.
Users can now query Google Pay utilizing natural language concerns like, “Show me just how much I spent on coffee last week.”
“Fuel expenses last month”
“Grocery invests last week”The new ‘Transaction Browse’ feature on Google Pay, makes it possible to track our spends, and make month-ends smoother #GoogleForIndia pic.twitter.com/7kOHWA1hXB
— Google India (@GoogleIndia) December 19, 2022
Handwriting To Text Translation
Google is working on a feature for Google Lens that translates physicians’ handwriting into legible text.
We have actually started working on the complex process of determining what’s composed on medical prescriptions by building an assistive model to digitise it, using AI, for medical health care specialists. #GoogleForIndia pic.twitter.com/XD8YwJ6HBr
— Google India (@GoogleIndia) December 19, 2022
Google hasn’t devoted to a launch date for this function and keeps in mind that it’s meant for doctor.
Nevertheless, the development of this technology might possibly lead to other usage cases in the future.
Source: Google