Spike Photo Voice Web Browser app for iPhone and iPad
Developer: Brendan McDonald
First release : 26 Sep 2016
App size: 45.42 Mb
Take a photo of anything ( Your dog, an apple, website link ) to instantly discover more about it.
Browse by:
- Photo (take a photo of something - book, game, text, url, website link) - very fast recognition
- Accurate Voice search
- Text like normal web browser
- Visual lets you take a photo of something, it will recognise it and show you results. Its new and fantastic. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, see for yourself. Great for shopping, games, books, art, translating and discovery. But the biggest time saver is scanning and instantly searching text, why live in the past entering text on a tiny keyboard? Just take a photo
- Voice lets you search accurately up to 5 times faster than entering text. Get a quick voice answer, follow up on screen with search results. Save time on every search.
- Text is similar to how you use web browsers and other search engines now, enter text and tap go!
Benefits
Power - Why be limited to just Text search? Voice and Visual search are faster and are the future.
Privacy - You do NOT have to log into spike to use it though in the future we may add a feature which will remember you to call you by name and some other neat stuff.
Details - Add more details to your queries and ask follow up questions.
Speak naturally - Accurate voice recognition lets your speak naturally and is only getting better as more people use it.
Search local - Looking for places nearby? Spike has you covered, just ask.
Voice Features include:
• Weather + Temperature
- “What’s the weather going to be like tomorrow at 6pm?
- “How about the temperature in Hawaii during August?”
• Local Search + Restaurants
- Ask for restaurants, fast food places, coffee shops, stores, and be as specific as you want to
- “Show Restaurants within 10 miles except for Chinese”
• Navigation (GPS) + Directions
- Ask for a destination and to navigate there seamlessly
- Get the best directions taking traffic into consideration
- “Show me directions to the nearest Starbucks”
• Hotel Search
- Be specific on travel options
- “Show hotels in New York that are pet-friendly, have a gym, and cost less than $255”
• Web search - say what you’re looking, or take a photo of something instead of typing
• Calculator - easily make quick calculations through voice commands
“What is the square root of 16 minus the square root of 9?”
• Converter - instant access to unit conversion for temperature, metrics, mass, volume, etc.
“What is 100 degrees Fahrenheit in Celsius?”
• And more: Video search, News search, Photo & Image search, Stock Prices, Flight status, Date and Time, Currency Converter, Unit Converter, Word and phrase translation, Wikipedia, Dictionary and much more coming soon!
Reviews & opinions of Spike
Alan - "Great app, I like the quick voice answer and follow up information on screen."
Martina - "Simple and easy to use, you can take a photo of something and see results, very cool"
Jessy - "Its just easier than using other apps, having to enter text all the time is a pain"