Comments on: UPDATED! Google Using Private API’s For Advanced Voice Search?

By: xwarhammerx

xwarhammerx — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:35:23 +0000

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By: Barc

Barc — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:56:05 +0000

Try just raising the phone - doesn't work. Try just putting your finger over the sensor - doesn't work. Try raising the phone then putting your finger over the sensor - starts recording.

They're using a combination of both techniques.

By: rpv

rpv — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:25:43 +0000

I would say welcome to the real world, of course there will be companies and there should be instances when restrictions should be lifted, for that apple should have a special request form and perhaps a more powerfull SDK, i.e. Enterprise SDK which would offer more APIs

By: Tony

Tony — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:47:39 +0000

They are not using a proximity state change feature, they are using the accelerometer to determine a state change. You can prove this by simply placing your finger over the proximity sensor and you will see the phone does not start recording voice. Only when you sit upright and bring the phone to your ear rotating the phone utilizing the accelerometer does the phone start recording.

By: Dan Cornish

Dan Cornish — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:13:29 +0000

I think there is a much darker reason behind all of this. Google put a gun to Apple’s head by releasing a video pre-announcing this feature. This forced Apple into a corner. They could not reject Google, after the blogosphere was on fire about this app. More on my blog http://blog.cosential.com/?p=104

By: XCool

XCool — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:42:58 +0000

I really hope its reason #1…

By: thekevinmonster

thekevinmonster — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:30:36 +0000

What if this API is exposed in 2.2, and is simply usable but not publicized in 2.1? If 2.2 is right around the corner, perhaps they were allowed through?