{"id":792,"date":"2008-12-11T02:05:43","date_gmt":"2008-12-11T09:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/?p=792"},"modified":"2008-12-11T02:06:03","modified_gmt":"2008-12-11T09:06:03","slug":"why-vlingo-search-app-is-better-then-google-search","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/2008\/12\/why-vlingo-search-app-is-better-then-google-search\/","title":{"rendered":"Why vLingo search app is better then google search"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/vlingo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-793 alignright\" title=\"vlingo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/vlingo-173x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"173\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>I liked playing with Google&#8217;s voice search app, especially when I used an accent (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/?p=673\" target=\"_self\">more on that here<\/a>) but I had one major complaint about it; if I want a map, I need to say &#8216;map&#8217; first then the address or term and hope for the best.\u00a0 For example; saying &#8220;map &#8230; taco bell&#8221; will work for me most of the time, but not always. &#8220;map .. fry&#8217;s&#8221; does not because FRYS.com gets a higher return.\u00a0 Googles app also works by detecting when it&#8217;s held up to your mouth to speak, and then lowered again.\u00a0 Again, most of the time, it works, but not always.<\/p>\n<p>So here comes <a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/WebObjects\/MZStore.woa\/wa\/viewSoftware?id=297214191&amp;mt=8\" target=\"_blank\">vLingo<\/a>, and there are a number of things I like about it. First, I can choose to seach Maps, the interwebs or my address book!\u00a0 How great is that?\u00a0 Also, I like the fact that I click a button to start and stop.\u00a0 So now, when I want frys, I simply say &#8216;Frys&#8221; and it works!\u00a0 Today, I spoke an address in and it worked perfectly.\u00a0 Sweet!\u00a0 In one swoop, this has replaced my Google voice search and will be logged as one of my must have apps.<\/p>\n<div class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Posts\"><H3>Related Posts<\/H3><ul class=\"entry-meta\"><li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Why my Tesla M3 feels like my first iPhone and my M3day plus 30.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/2018\/05\/why-my-tesla-m3-feels-like-my-first-iphone-and-my-m3day-plus-30\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Why my Tesla M3 feels like my first iPhone and my M3day plus 30.<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Why MS Cortana is a minor threat to Apple&#8217;s Siri, for now.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/2015\/05\/why-ms-cortana-is-a-minor-threat-to-apples-siri-for-now\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Why MS Cortana is a minor threat to Apple&#8217;s Siri, for now.<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"The Bidding For An iPhone 6 Prototype On eBay Is Up To $94,000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/2014\/10\/the-bidding-for-an-iphone-6-prototype-on-ebay-is-up-to-94000\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Bidding For An iPhone 6 Prototype On eBay Is Up To $94,000<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Apple patent application reinvents remote control for the smartphone age\" href=\"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/2014\/10\/apple-patent-application-reinvents-remote-control-for-the-smartphone-age\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Apple patent application reinvents remote control for the smartphone age<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"iOS 8.0.1 May Have A Link To Apple Maps Fail From 2012\" href=\"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/2014\/09\/ios-8-0-1-may-have-a-link-to-apple-maps-fail-from-2012\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">iOS 8.0.1 May Have A Link To Apple Maps Fail From 2012<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I liked playing with Google&#8217;s voice search app, especially when I used an accent (more on that here) but I had one major complaint about it; if I want a map, I need to say &#8216;map&#8217; first then the address or term and hope for the best.\u00a0 For example; saying &#8220;map &#8230; taco bell&#8221; will&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/2008\/12\/why-vlingo-search-app-is-better-then-google-search\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[64,3],"tags":[2349,201,2339,200,202],"class_list":["post-792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-app-review","category-iphone","tag-app-review","tag-google-voice","tag-iphone","tag-vlingo","tag-voice-search"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pjzQD-cM","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=792"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":795,"href":"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792\/revisions\/795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}