I have become a real convert to the Google Voice Search App on my iPhone. The voice recognition has become pretty accurate and produces useful search results, especially local search listings.

As an example,  yesterday the auto locking system on my car stopped working and I couldn’t lock the car. It was a mini emergency and I wanted a quick fix.

I pulled out my iPhone, selected the Google Icon which activated the voice search feature and I spoke the following query:

“auto electrician tuggeranong”

I was in Tuggeranong at the time and wanted to find a  auto electrician nearby.

I wasn’t expecting too much from the search results because Tuggeranong is a real tongue twister for me and I thought the Google voice app would struggle interpreting the phrase.

But to my amazement the results were accurate and the first listing was a local Tuggeranong auto electrician. I clicked the phone number displayed in the listing and I was speaking to the auto electrician within seconds of starting my voice search.

The electician said he could check out the car immediately, the business premises were only a few minutes away. I dropped the car in, went for lazy  lunch and returned to find my car repaired.

I was really delighted with the service and noticed the auto electrician also performed steering and wheel alignment work, so I booked my car in for a wheel alignment next week.

So thanks to my iPhone, Google and local search I’m a very happy motorist and the auto electrician was delighted at the thought of new technology delivering him new customers.