Friday, May 13, 2011

Cool thing I learned from a Google I/O video (for Chrome users)

Are you using Chrome? Well, if you aren't, I suggest you do anyways; it's a great browser.

But anyway, I found something out whilst watching a Google I/O video (if you're a geek, these are also great to watch, they're about an hour long and on Youtube.) This little trick gives you the ability to add speech input to any textfield you meet on the Internet.

So, to test this out, make sure you have a mic nearby. But this is how you do it:

  1. Right click a text field (I suggest going to Google to do this)
  2. Click "Inspect Element"
  3. A window will appear at the bottom, the developer tools. Right click the automatically highlighted selection in the developer tools menu
  4. Click "Add Attribute"
  5. Now type in "x-webkit-speech" (no quotes)
  6. Hit enter.
Upon doing this, you should see a little microphone appear to the very right of the textbox you did this to. Click on that microphone, and it will prompt you to speak (this is where a microphone is needed). Once you're done speaking, it will then type it all out into that textfield for you.

Oh, I love Google.
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30 comments:

  1. RageCompeXMay 13, 2011 at 11:58 AM

    lol nice one, I once downloaded something for this, from windows self, but doesnt work always

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  2. AnonymousMay 13, 2011 at 12:24 PM

    That's crazy! Google is so innovative.

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  3. ChristianMay 13, 2011 at 12:27 PM

    sweet! =P

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  4. AnonymousMay 13, 2011 at 12:47 PM

    That's awesome. Not sure if I'll use it right now but it may come in handy.

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  5. Jesse CrowsMay 13, 2011 at 1:05 PM

    whoa this is awesome!

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  6. wellpickedboogerMay 13, 2011 at 6:08 PM

    What an interesting addition! I use a similar feature in another program for studying, so maybe I can find a similar way to utilize this.

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  7. LIKEOMGHIMay 13, 2011 at 8:01 PM

    This is interesting will have to give it a go.

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  8. MikeMay 14, 2011 at 1:30 AM

    That is so cool!

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  9. King CorvidMay 14, 2011 at 3:34 PM

    Text to speech is a fun trick, but I've never found it to be much more than that.

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  10. Th1s_1s_R4z0rMay 14, 2011 at 3:37 PM

    Useful :D

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  11. ChaseMay 14, 2011 at 3:42 PM

    awesome, and very useful. another fun google trick, if you have gmail- if signing up for a website you dont trust or something, type +sitename after you gmail address (ex yourname+sitename@gmail), in your inbox you can view if spam sent to you came to you from that specific site by hitting view detail

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  12. thoff74May 14, 2011 at 3:47 PM

    Sweet! Awesome post man can't wait for more!

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  13. KetomasterMay 14, 2011 at 4:39 PM

    That's pretty cool man. I wonder if I can set it so that it would do this with every text box instead of having to go in and do it manually..

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  14. CrazyMay 14, 2011 at 4:41 PM

    @Ketomaster there are many possibilities of doing so. Developing a Chrome extension is one

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  15. apothecarieMay 15, 2011 at 5:05 AM

    thanks for the mini tutorial! it was easy to follow and seems like a really cool feature. definitely returning the follow!!

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  16. Th1s_1s_R4z0rMay 15, 2011 at 5:47 AM

    Yeah tried this yesterday btw :D works like a charm WOOO!!! :D

    Might try to update my blog with it now ;D

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  17. DejchMay 15, 2011 at 7:12 AM

    thanks for sharing!

    good blog definitly following

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  18. AnonymousMay 15, 2011 at 6:37 PM

    Chrome is so clever...

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  19. PorkyklsMay 15, 2011 at 7:03 PM

    internet explorer for life.
    mainly cuz im too lazy to download anything else.

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  20. R. MotMay 15, 2011 at 8:32 PM

    Woah. That's pretty awesome!
    +follow :D

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  21. Infinite_EssenceMay 15, 2011 at 8:38 PM

    Nice o.o Chrome ftw!

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  22. SkyBlueMay 15, 2011 at 11:04 PM

    cool tip ;p...i am gonna try using chrome for that option later for sure

    I have followed your blog..Could you follow mine too please?

    Sky Stock Analysis

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  23. FrostyCMay 17, 2011 at 2:24 PM

    omfg! how did i not know this? 5 star post! *****

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  24. SabromindMay 17, 2011 at 2:38 PM

    This is prit tee cool all though it Miss spelt some words right now

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  25. JkF50May 17, 2011 at 2:38 PM

    Awesome :D. Love doing a bit of hacking with Google :D

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  26. TechnoCaterMay 17, 2011 at 2:39 PM

    nice, im going to try that out, just hope it actually hears me well.

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  27. AnonymousMay 17, 2011 at 2:58 PM

    wow i inspected this one element and it was all infected and stuff i discovered a real trojan in my computer

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  28. 2A knows bestMay 17, 2011 at 3:00 PM

    urrr, nice try but I'm not falling for that~

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  29. AnonymousMay 17, 2011 at 3:06 PM

    That's awesome!

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  30. CrazyMay 17, 2011 at 4:08 PM

    @2A it's not malicious. It makes use of something your browser (Chrome) already possesses inside of it's webkit. But okay, you don't have to try it.

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