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t appears that the Nexus One’s speech-to-text function performs the digital equivalent of washing your mouth out with soap.

Reuters discovered that the innovative voice recognition feature converts swear words into a string of # symbols when rendered into text.

Why the censorship? A spokesperson from Google says the “feature” is less about sanitizing users’ speech and more about making sure curse words don’t accidentally appear in transcriptions erroneously, a real possibility given the early and not always accurate state of voice recognition technology.

“We filter potentially offensive or inappropriate results because we want to avoid situations whereby we might misrecognize a spoken query and return profanity when, in fact, the user said something completely innocent,” the statement said.

Fair enough. Although that seems to imply that one day, when the technology improves, Nexus One users may see their right to be foul-mouthed returned. One can only ###ing hope.

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Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin has just fabricated a abruptness actualization at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco. He discussed Twitter, advertising, Bing, and answered admirers questions.

Here are some of the highlights:

On Tim Armstrong: Tim Armstrong acclimated to be one of Google’s top executives, but afresh became the CEO of AOL. They saw anniversary added backstage, and said that AOL was advantageous to accept anyone of his ability at the helm.

On Twitter: He was actual blessed for Evan Williams, Twitter Co-founder and CEO, who awash his aboriginal company, Blogger, to Google years ago. He was not alone complex in the Twitter seek deal.

Then he was asked by John Battelle whether or not he (Google) approved to access Twitter. He artlessly declared that “I did not try to buy Twitter,” but if a companies access them, they consider.

On online advertising: “The Internet as an commercial belvedere is actual efficient,” he said. He thinks Internet ante are traveling to go up, “a ascent tide.” He discussed the accommodation to actualize AdWords, allotment of their amount commercial system. A acceptable decision, if we say so ourselves.

On entering new areas: Google enters areas area they acquisition problems. Gmail, for example, they entered because solutions at that time were not scalable, did not about-face amid computers easily, etc. Android apparent the botheration of closed, proprietary adaptable operating systems.

On Bing: He declared that seek is a aggressive bazaar and business. He said he uses all seek engines (not surprising).

On the Yahoo/Microsoft Deal: He wouldn’t animadversion on whether the seek accord should go through, but did say that Yahoo has some innovations he hopes don’t just disappear.

On Chrome for Mac: Sergey is currently application Chrome for Mac. He’s been aghast with the timing of the beta of Chrome for Mac (he would accept rather had them barrage simultaneously), but is admiring with Chrome.

On Google Books: He discussed the altercation surrounding Google Books (there is a claiming by Microsoft, Amazon, and others to a adjustment Google had with authors and publishers), but artlessly declared that he anticipation Google Books provided a huge amount to association by attention and administration books with everyone.