Google Scribe experiment takes over the writing | News.com.au
GOOGLE'S overhaul of its search engine this week to offer instant results as users type appears to have had a quirky bonus.
Attentive web geeks have discovered an experimental Google Labs product that appears to be related to the search upgrade.
Called Google Scribe, the service suggests new words and phrases to you as you type, and can even finish off whole sentences if you let it.
The difference between it and the new search box is that Scribe can be used anywhere on the web you have to enter text.
The program seems to be designed to predict what users want to type before they type it — but it isn't always successful.
Left to its own devices, Scribe can begin churning out a type of bizarre word-association poetry with a noticeably technical bent.
We gave it a few classic opening phrases to start off with and then sat back and watched what happened.
Here are some of the results. The words in italics were submitted by us. The rest is all Google:
1) When Mr Bilbo Baggins of Bag End... announced that he would be able to see this on the map or by adding a new direction for the future of the world and the world of the living room and dining room with a view to share videos with friends and family.
2) Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet... eating her curds and whey protein isolate and concentrate the filtrate to dryness and the residue was purified by column chromatography on silica gel.
3) It is a truth universally acknowledged that... a man who has been in the business of the company and the company is not affiliated with any school or team listed above is provided by the merchants and MyShopping.com.au assumes no responsibility for the content of the information contained in this advertisement.
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