Google 411

This is a pretty amazing service. And it’s free!… To everyone!

Let’s say that I need to get a number of a pizza joint near here. I just call 1-800-GOOG-411 (1-800-466-4411), say my city and state. Then i can either say “Jano’s Pizza” or even just like “Pizza” and it’ll give me a list of relevant places. I can request more information about a returned item, like for example maybe “Goodfellla’s Pizza” came up, I just say “details.” I can also have the phone number, address and URL to the address on google maps texted to my phone. Except this doesn’t work for me. Probably because my phone number is ported from sprint to t-mobile. Apparently it’s a common problem with people who move carriers with their old number.

The voice recognition is pretty damn good. One time I said something pretty obscure (though i forgot what it was at this point) and it still got it. It’s actually creepy how good it knows what I am saying. I think out of the 10-20 times I’ve used it, it’s made one voice recognition error and that’s because it was really windy outside.

At no additional cost, Google 411 will automatically connect you to the returned business name, too.

This is an excellent service. And it’s free! Try it out. it’ll come in handy. Personally, i saved it to my phone as “411 Google” so it’s right there at the top of my list.

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