Sun Oct 25, 2009 10:50 AM, From:
google.com
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Google Goggles lets you use pictures taken with your mobile phone to search the web. It's ideal for things that aren't easy to describe in words. There's no need to type or speak your query - all you have to do is open the app, snap a picture, and wait for your search results.
Google Goggles works better with certain types of queries. Try taking pictures of books & DVDs, landmarks, logos, contact info, artwork, businesses, products, barcodes, or text. Currently, it's not so good when taking pictures of animals, plants, cars, furniture, or apparel.
For the best results when taking pictures, hold your phone in "left landscape" mode, as shown below, and press the on-screen shutter button with your right thumb.
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Google Goggles (Labs): Search
Results Page
The search results page will show
you Web Results, text matches,
Similar images, Other Matches, and
suggested results.
If you take a picture of a business
card, you'll get links to search for
the person, email or call them
directly, visit their company URL,
or add them as a contact on your
phone.
Barcode matches will provide a link
to Google Product Search so you can
quickly compare prices
Google Goggles (Labs): Sharing
Photos
You can use Google Goggles to share
the photos you've taken through
Bluetooth, Facebook, Gmail, Android
Messaging, or Picasa.
From the search results page, just
press Menu, then Share Photo, and
select your desired method.
Note: In order to use Goggles to
share photos through Facebook, you
must have the Android Facebook app
installed.
