Cognito is the only truly hands-free voice recognition assistant on Android. It makes doing things with your phone easier than ever and even has social side.
Send texts, call buddies, tweet, post on Facebook, find places, get movie listings, sports scores, weather forecasts, reminders, remember where you parked your car, … all with just your voice and even while your phone is in sleep mode!
Oh yeah, did we mention there's a free version?
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What can I say?
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Phone | Call [contact name]
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[contact name] = first or full name e.g.1, Phone Sarah e.g.2, Call Cameron Diaz | |
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[Send a]* Text [to]* [contact name] [message]*
* = optional
e.g.1, Text Ben I'll be there in 5 minutes e.g.2, Send a text to Kristen Bell | |
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[On | At]* [day | date | time] remind me to [thing to do] ¹
e.g.1, On Friday remind me to book my flight
e.g.2, At 4 o'clock remind me to pick up the laundry * e.g.3, Tomorrow remind me to head home early | |
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Add | Create a note | task [called]* [name]* to [do something] ²
e.g.1, Add a note to shop for Christmas presents
e.g.2, Add a note called Groceries bananas lettuce eggs bread e.g.3, Create a task to plan our summer vacation | |
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Where's the nearest [place type]³?
e.g.1, Where's the nearest grocery store?
e.g.2, Where's the nearest post office? | |
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Is there a [place type]³ near here?
e.g, Is there a department store near here?
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Where's the nearest [business name]?
e.g., Where's the nearest Starbucks?
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Remember where [something]
e.g.1, Remember where I parked my car
e.g.2, Remember where the station I got off at is e.g.3, Remember where I put my skis | |
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Where did (I | is the | are) [something]?
e.g.1, Where did I park my car?
e.g.2, Where is the station I got off at? e.g.3, Where are my skis? | |
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What's the weather [forecast]* [for day]* [in city]*?
'day': today | tomorrow | [day of week]
e.g.1, What's the weather forecast for today? e.g.2, What's the weather for Friday in Paris? e.g.3, What's the weather forecast for Tuesday in Paris, Texas? e.g.4, What's the weather in New York for Sunday? | |
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Will I need an umbrella?
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What movies are playing?
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What are the top movies?
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What are the show times for [movie name]?
e.g., What are the show times for The Dark Knight Rises?
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What are the theaters and show times for [movie name]?
e.g., What are the theaters and show times for Total Recall?
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When | What is the next show time for [movie name] [at theatre name]*?
e.g.1, When is the next show time for Total Recall?
e.g.2, What's the next show time for Ted at Regal Colony Square? | |
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What's playing next at [theater name]?
e.g., What's playing next at Colony Square?
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What are the [top]* news headlines?
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Tell me more about the first | second |...| fifth headline
e.g., Tell me more about the second headline
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What are | were today's | yesterday's [sport] scores?
e.g.2, What are today's national hockey league scores? | |
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What was the score of the [team name] game?
[team name]: MLB, NBA, or NHL team name
e.g.1, What was the score of the Red Sox game? e.g.2, What was the score of the Laker's game? | |
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Stock quote [company | index name]
e.g.1, Stock quote S&P 500
e.g.2, Stock quote Google | |
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Flight status [airline carrier] [flight number]
e.g.1, Flight status United Airlines 10
e.g.2, Flight status Southwest Airlines 2188 | |
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Define [word]
e.g., Define Lexiphane
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What's the meaning of [word]
e.g., What's the meaning of life?
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What is [amount] [currency 1] in [currency 2]?
e.g.1, What is 150 British pounds in U.S. dollars?
e.g.2, What is 1 Euro in U.S. dollars? | |
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How many [units 1] in a [units 2]?
e.g.1, How many ounces in a cup?
e.g.2, How many feet in a mile? | |
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What is [the] [thing to calculate]?
e.g.1, What is 1 plus 1?
e.g.2, What's the square root of 57? e.g.3, What's the cosine of pi divided by 2? | |
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(Stop talking) | (Be quiet)
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Start talking | speaking
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Stop running
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Stop repeating what I say
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Stop saying incoming texts
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Are you listening?
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(Tell a joke) | (Say something funny)
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Say something wise
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Good morning | afternoon | evening
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How are you?
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From now on you can call me [your name]
e.g., From now on you can call me Fred
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From now on I will call you [Cognito's name]
e.g., From now on I will call you Jane
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Hi [Cognito's name]
e.g., Hi Jane
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What's your name?
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What's my name?
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What time is it [in [city name]]*?
e.g.1, What time is it?
e.g.2, What time is it in Paris? e.g.3, What time is it in Paris, Texas? | |
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What day is it
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When is sunrise | sunset in [city name]?
e.g.1, When is sunrise in San Diego?
e.g.2, When is sunset in Paris, France? | |
| | 'or' or 'one of' | |
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| ¹ All reminders appear as calendar entries in your Google account. | |
| ² All notes and tasks appear as task entries in your Google account. |
³ Place Types |
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| accounting |
| airport |
| amusement park |
| aquarium |
| art gallery |
| atm |
| bakery |
| bank |
| bar |
| beauty salon |
| bicycle store |
| book store |
| bowling alley |
| bus station |
| cafe |
| campground |
| car dealer |
| car rental |
| car repair |
| car wash |
| casino |
| cemetery |
| church |
| city hall |
| clothing store |
| convenience store |
| courthouse |
| dentist |
| department store |
| doctor |
| electrician |
| electronics store |
| embassy |
| establishment |
| finance |
| fire station |
| florist |
| food |
| funeral home |
| furniture store |
| gas station |
| general contractor |
| geocode |
| grocery or supermarket |
| gym |
| hair care |
| hardware store |
| health |
| hindu temple |
| home goods store |
| hospital |
| insurance agency |
| jewelry store |
| laundry |
| lawyer |
| library |
| liquor store |
| local government office |
| locksmith |
| lodging |
| meal delivery |
| meal takeaway |
| mosque |
| movie rental |
| movie theater |
| moving company |
| museum |
| night club |
| painter |
| park |
| parking |
| pet store |
| pharmacy |
| physiotherapist |
| place of worship |
| plumber |
| police |
| post office |
| real estate agency |
| restaurant |
| roofing contractor |
| rv park |
| school |
| shoe store |
| shopping mall |
| spa |
| stadium |
| storage |
| store |
| subway station |
| synagogue |
| taxi stand |
| train station |
| travel agency |
| university |
| veterinary care |
| zoo |
| natural feature |
| point of interest |
| transit station |
Cognito displays a microphone icon in the status bar in one of 4 colors,
each with a varying number of bars corresponding to the signal strength to
Google servers.
The more bars, the better! Ideally, a green microphone is displayed.
A white X may also appear over the microphone icon.
This occurs when Cognito is waiting for a response from a Google Voice
Recognition server, is processing your request, or currently speaking.
US English phonetic pronunciation
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Sound |
Symbol |
As in |
Suggested |
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"ae" |
AE |
add cat pan |
ae |
The short "a" sound. |
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"ah" |
AA |
Are drop content |
ah |
Rarely wrong but sometimes an open 'o' sound is used instead of the 'ah'. So spell 'mot' as 'maht' to change it from 'moat' to 'mott'. |
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"uh" |
AH |
One come |
'Uh' or double the following letter |
Very rarely wrong; sometimes an unstressed sound is used instead. So spell 'Merom' as 'Meromm'. |
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Short "o" |
AO |
All off caution |
or |
Very rarely wrong. Try spelling 'Audi' as 'Ordi'. |
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"au" |
AW |
How about |
Ou au ow |
If 'ow' is mispronounced as 'oh' try switching to 'au' or 'ou'. |
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"eh" |
AX |
enable moment |
eh |
The unstressed "eh" sound as in "moment" or "enable" but not as in "enter". |
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"er" |
AXR |
another over or |
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The unstressed "er" sound as in "another" over or "or" but not as in "her ". |
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Long "i" |
AY |
Fire why eye |
Y ai add an e |
Rare but if 'Byron' is mispronounced more like "Birron" then try spelling it as 'Bairon' or "Byeron" or even 'Byre-on'. |
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"eh" |
EH |
Enter pleasant |
eh |
Rare but replacing the vowel letter or letters by 'eh' usually works. For example if 'pleasant' were mispronounced as "pleesant" then 'plehsant' corrects it. |
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"er" |
ER |
Bird turn her |
er |
Never observed but 'er' should work. |
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Long "a" |
EY |
Train eight A |
Ai ay ey |
If 'Wacome' is mispronounced "Wah-come" then one of 'Waicome' 'Waycome' or 'Weycome' should fix. |
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Short "i" |
IH |
If it pick |
ih |
The short I sound as in "it" "if " or "pick" but not as in "lasting". 'Piro' should be pronounced with a short I and is mispronounced as "pyro" then 'pihro' should work. |
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"ix" |
IX |
discuss saving budgeted decided |
ix |
The unstressed short "i" sound as in "discuss" "budgeted" "decided" or "saving". |
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Long "e" |
IY |
Any he obvious |
Ee ey ie |
If 'Matrio' was mispronounced as "mah-try-oh" then 'matreeo' 'matreeoh' or 'mahtreeoh' should fix. |
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Long "o" |
OW |
Quote open go |
Oh ow oe |
'bow' should be right for 'Beau' and 'Dohl' should work for 'Dole'. |
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"oi" |
OY |
Avoid enjoy dive why |
oy |
The long "i" sound (or oi sound) as in "avoid" "employ" "dive" or "why". |
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Short "u" |
UH |
Good full could put |
uh |
The short "u" sound as in "good" "put" "full" or "could". If 'Clough' should be pronounced as in "cluf" then 'cluhf' should work. |
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Long "u" |
UW |
tooth blue view use you |
Oo yoo |
The stressed long "u" sound as in "to" "use" "you" or "view". Try 'Bloomehn' for the German pronunciation of 'Blumen'. |
Usually nonvowel sounds are not a problem unless the name is of foreign
extraction, as in the British pronunciation of Schedule (Schxhule).
The table below lists the consonant sounds if you need to select a different
sound than that produced by the automatic pronunciation rules.