Google Voice Local Search is "Google’s experimental service to make local-business search accessible over the phone".  Just call a 1-800 number and the Speech Recognition system asks you for City and State, and then the business or business category.  The Text to Speech used to say the company names isn't the greatest, but understandable.

I've always thought telco 411 calls were way too expensive for the service received.  This is a great use of Speech Recognition.

Ken 

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