So, Yandex has several voice assistants that can be integrated with the Yandex browser. They can recognize queries for search engines, translate text in real time, open and close applications on a computer, laptop or smartphone, and take dictation. All voice technologies of this company are combined into one large package software Yandex SpeechKit

The application has great functionality, although it can hardly compete with analogues that entered the market earlier. It has full versions for all mobile OS.

Displaying the Alice application on the desktop

In March 2018, the company's developers presented users with an updated Yandex browser with the Alice assistant preinstalled by default. To date, it is the only browser that works with voice commands and provides users with features such as:

• Already familiar voice search;
• Ability to open applications by name, for example, Instagram;
• Search folders and files on your computer;
• Working with geographical maps (routing, distance between objects, “where to eat”, “where to go”, etc.);
• Perform simple mathematical operations;
• Transactions with currency (rates, translation into different currencies);
• Forecasts of weather forecasters for various dates;
• Clarification of dates.

In addition, Alice can conduct a full dialogue, answer questions, play, and read literature. This is not the limit and features are gradually being added by developers to improve the service and increase competitiveness in the market.

Unlike an app, a browser with a built-in assistant allows you to access control of your computer and installed programs. Alice will be able to clear her browser history by voice command, restore closed tab, restart or turn off the computer, open Word document, calculator or other program installed on your PC.

You can download the application or updated Internet browser from the official website.

After downloading, the program must be installed on your computer. The installation process does not take much time and is standard:

1. Double click on the exe file.
2. We agree with the company's policies.
3. If necessary, we indicate additional software for installation.
4. We complete the process and open the program.

Work with Alice takes place in the form of dialogue. The program tries its best to interpret the request and answer it or maintain a conversation. If the answer is not available in the database or an incorrect query is specified, the user is redirected to the search results page with the most relevant results.

The rule also applies here good microphone. The worse the equipment, the worse the information processing will be.

Important! According to the developer company, the standalone application will no longer be supported and developed. Full functionality can only be obtained by installing a Yandex browser with a built-in assistant.

Yandex String

You can make a request to a search robot using your voice using additional program– Yandex String. This is the company's earlier development in the field of voice assistants.

In order for voice input of text in the Yandex browser to start working, you must first download the Yandex String application from the official website. It is noteworthy that the program has a small “weight” and is unpretentious to system requirements Moreover, it is distributed completely free of charge.

Download and install the application

After downloading installation file you need to install the application. This standard process, without any nuances. We confirm the agreement and after a few seconds everything is ready, and a Line should appear to the right of the “Start” button on the computer.

Displaying Yandex strings on the panel

To integrate with the Yandex browser, as well as for the application to work correctly, you need to make initial settings. You can get to the menu by hovering the cursor over the line and using the right key to call up the context menu.

Select “Settings”. In this section, you can bind the string to our Internet browser by selecting the default Yandex browser. After this, all requests will be displayed in this browser by default.

Here you can also configure hotkey management and work with user files. For the changes to take effect, click “Save”.

Basic program settings

In the menu item " Appearance» you can adjust the parameters for a specific user.

After presets the program can be used. Voice control is activated using the code phrase - “Listen, Yandex”, after which you can ask your question.

Important! The degree of voice and phrase recognition depends on the quality of peripheral equipment. If a bad microphone is connected, the search engine may not process the request correctly.

Concerning search algorithms, then they are no different from the search we are used to. The search robot produces the most relevant results for the processed voice query.

The advantages include an automatically generated bookmarks panel, which is replenished with the most popular queries. Here you can find your latest query, as well as a list of popular search queries of Internet users.

Minuses. The only drawback of this service is the lack of learning opportunities. That is, there is no way to manually adjust the request and compare it with your pronunciation or voice timbre. If you have a specific voice, then you will not be able to adapt the program to suit you.

Based on all of the above, we can safely say that the technologies of the future, described in science fiction stories, are being created before our eyes. Yandex created convenient applications, which will not only help the user quickly and efficiently find the necessary information on the Internet, but will also allow you to plunge into the world of science fiction - to talk with your computer almost on equal terms.

As you may remember, Google recently abandoned the project to introduce voice search functionality in Chrome. But the Yandex company decided “not to shepherd those in the rear,” and provided a similar function for its users, creating the “Yandex.Stroke” project. This module does not require installing a Yandex browser, and it is available absolutely free, which adds another huge “plus” to developers. In this article I will tell you how to enable voice search Yandex for a computer, laptop and how to use it.

So, install the Yandex.Stroke service on your computer. To do this, go to the official project page and download the plugin for voice search. After installing the plugin, a new line appears in the taskbar where you can enter text and voice commands. As we said earlier, the plugin works completely isolated from the browser, so to use the search, you do not need to install the Yandex web navigator first.

It is worth saying that with this application you can ask not only regular search queries, but also search for the names of sites and applications. To set a voice request, click on the microphone icon on the right side of the plugin and say the key phrase. The search engine will process your speech and the request will appear in the search bar in the Yandex.Stroke program.

It is important to note that the interpreter does not always correctly recognize your phrase. Sometimes the module simply replaces your actual request with the phrase that is closest in pronunciation, after which you have to use regular typescript.

Another useful option: by clicking on the search bar below, you will see a list of the most frequently visited sites, from which you can select the resource you need and instantly go to it. The bottom of the window displays your most recent query and its most popular interpretations from the search engine.

Let's take a closer look at the main functionality of the application. We activate the voice mode by clicking the microphone icon, and instead of the usual request, say into the microphone: “Listen, Yandex!” A list of the main capabilities of the module will appear on the screen, from which you can find out what actions the application can perform and what commands it can be given to process. For example, from here we can find out that using the voice engine you can execute the command “Restart (or turn off) the computer,” listen to music, open any application, and do a lot of other things.

Now a few words about the application settings. The context menu for Yandex voice search settings is called up by right-clicking on the search bar. The first item in this menu is determined by the “Settings” element. What optional features are in store for us here?
First of all, this is a hotkey combination for calling the Yandex search line. The default combination is “Ctrl + е”, but you can set a better option by entering it in the appropriate field in the “Hot Keys” section.

The next category, “Working with files,” is responsible for what actions will be taken by the application if the name of the file you are looking for is entered by voice. By default, the file found based on the received request will be opened and launched, but you can limit the actions of the described service to simply opening the folder with the file.

Another point is opening web search results. If you search for a site name in Yandex.String, by default the found values ​​are displayed in the default browser. Instead, you can display the web search results in the service window, which may be less convenient because when you open the link in the browser, you can open it immediately, but you will have to manually transfer it from the application window to the browser.

A few words about usability. You can also change the location of the panel and place it not next to the Start button, as it looks in visual settings by default, but close to the clock, i.e. on the right side of the taskbar.

Last available option in the settings - this is voice activation. By default, it is activated when saying the phrase “Listen, Yandex!”, but we can disable it, limiting ourselves to text commands only.

As you can see, the functionality of voice search from Yandex is very extensive. We can search not only on the Internet, but also set commands to perform actions on our computer (such as launch a certain program, turn off the computer, find the corresponding file, etc.).

The only noticeable drawback is that the program does not “learn” to correctly recognize your requests in accordance with individual auditory intonations and timbre. If in voice search from Google on Android you could correct incorrectly entered commands by adapting the voice engine to the characteristics of your voice, then in the service described in the article the adaptation options are quite limited. But in general, the functionality of the module is worthy of the highest praise.

As you may have noticed, Google developers decided not to build into their own Chrome browser voice search function. But Yandex engineers decided to do the opposite, and prepared a module with similar functionality for their followers, making the Yandex.String plugin publicly available. This add-on does not require third-party installation of Yandex Browser. Moreover, it is distributed on a completely free basis, which cannot but please the end user. In today's material we will tell you how to activate Yandex voice search for computer and smartphone, how to use it, and what capabilities it is capable of.

So, let's install the Yandex.Stroke module on the PC. To do this, download the extension distribution from the official project pages. The installation process itself is no different from a similar procedure performed with any other software products, and we will not dwell on it in detail. Just follow the wizard's instructions and literally a minute later the application will be installed on your hard drive.

When everything is ready, a text line will appear on the taskbar for entering character and voice commands.

As we wrote before, Yandex.Strok is a completely autonomous project, and its operation does not require installing a browser from the same developer.

How to use Yandex text search for a computer?

Working with the module is as easy as shelling pears: click on the text search bar, and a list of the last web resources you visited, as well as those search queries that are in this moment are in trend.

So, that's sorted out. Now let's move on: just start typing the corresponding word or phrase in the search bar, and the application will immediately offer you the most popular search queries based on your key.

Moreover, if you enter your own query to the end, or select one of the proposed keys from the list, your default browser will immediately launch, and the key you specified will be available in the search bar.

In addition to the fact that the engine searches for the most relevant search queries on the Internet, it also scans the contents of the drive, as a result of which the names of programs corresponding to the searched query appear in the results. As you can see, the Yandex.Stroke module is very omnivorous and has a lot of capabilities.

How does Yandex voice search for computer work?

To launch the voice search function, you need to click on the microphone icon and say the search word or phrase. Instead of using a manipulator every time to launch a feature, all you have to do is say the phrase “Listen, Yandex!” into the microphone, after which the module will also start in automatic mode. If you are sitting in front of a laptop, this is generally incredibly convenient: since most laptops are equipped with a built-in microphone, you don’t even need to connect a headset.

If you decide to use Yandex voice search for your computer, you should definitely know what commands can and should be spoken for processing by the engine. Requests can be absolutely anything, starting from the words “open”, “find”, “listen”, “restart the computer” (or “turn off”) and relate not only to operations performed by the browser, but also contain words related to the work The PC as a whole, namely: launching or closing a specific application, stopping the computer itself. For example, by saying the command “Open Word,” you can literally open text editor without having to use a mouse or keyboard, and the "restart computer" command will result in the corresponding derivative action.

Voice search Yandex for Android

In the Android OS, the voice search function is not separate from, and in order to use this feature, you will have to first install a proprietary web navigator from a Russian company. When this is done, two icons will appear in Android to launch voice search. The first of them is Yandex.Browser itself. We launch it, and in the center we see an icon in the form of a microphone. Click it and say the search phrase you are looking for. Similarly, we can use the command “Listen, Yandex!”

The second option is a special module designed exclusively for voice search. It’s called “Listen, Yandex!”, and it works completely identical to the feature built into the Yandex navigator. Separate these two functionality– in our opinion, not such a bad idea, it allows us to highlight this chip on a par with other web browser modules, and attracts the user’s attention even more.

How to set up Yandex voice search for a computer?

The authors of the plugin have prepared some module settings for us, which we will now talk about. The context menu of parameters is called up by right-clicking on the Yandex search line. So, let's see what can be configured here?

The first field “Search line” is responsible for hot combination keys for quick call search strings. By default, the sequence is “Ctrl+Ё”, but you can change it according to your personal preferences.

The next group of parameters involves customizing work with files on the hard drive. If the file is found, the directory containing it will open, or the object itself, discovered through the search function, will open.

Another section involves opening web search results in the browser window installed in the OS by default, or directly in the Yandex.Strings window. The default is the first option.

That's all important settings, which can be installed to work with the search function in Yandex.String. A number of additional parameters are available by right-clicking on the search bar, but they are not that important, so we will not dwell on them.

How to delete Yandex voice search?

To remove a module from Windows, just go to the application manager and delete Yandex.String like any other system application. To do this, open the control panel and select “Uninstall a program” in the “Programs” category, then find it in the list installed applications the plugin we need called “Yandex.String” and double-click on it. Then simply follow the wizard's instructions, and the program will soon be removed.

Results

So we figured out what Yandex voice search is capable of for a computer, as well as for a smartphone. This feature is incredibly convenient and in demand. Having figured it out once, you will be able to use your favorite search engine (Google, Yandex, Bing or any other) much faster and more productively, and this, in turn, will save you a lot of time and effort.

One of the largest search engines, Yandex, presented users with a new development - Yandex voice search. Using this feature, which, by the way, has been implemented by Google for a long time, you can enter search commands using your voice. It’s worth taking a closer look at how to set up Yandex voice search on a computer, laptop, tablet or phone.

Additional settings for the Alice voice assistant

The beauty of “Alice” is that it does not have a large number of additional settings.

Among those available are:

1. Disable voice activation. To do this, on the taskbar you need to click on the “Alice” search bar or the microphone icon, and then click on the gear symbol. After this, all that remains is to disable the option “ Voice activation" Now you can talk to “Alice” only by clicking on the microphone icon on the taskbar.

   

   

   

2. Disable voice responses. The procedure is similar. You just need to turn off “Alice’s Voice Replies”. After this, the program will stop responding out loud, but will still accept voice commands.

   

3. Change microphone. To do this, in the settings in the “Microphone” section you need to select the necessary equipment.

   

4. Set the display mode. In the settings in the “Appearance” block, you can select your preferred display mode on the screen. There are three of them: in the form of a microphone icon, in the form of a small search bar, and compact.

   

5. Turn on search tips. You need to activate the corresponding function in the settings.

   

6. Pin your favorite sites. To do this, click on the microphone icon, then click on the square icon. Next, you need to right-click on the desired widget and select the appropriate site.

   

   

7. Work with found files. In the settings in the “Working with files” section, select the most convenient option.

   

8. Set up hotkeys. In the settings in the “Hot keys” block, select the desired sequence. “Alice” can be called by the keyboard shortcut “Ctrl + ~”.

   

Important! However, the product is ready to use immediately after installation. Tune additional options possible for greater ease of use.

Installing Alice on a phone or tablet

Video - Installing the Alice voice assistant from Yandex

Through the browser there is an active search for useful and interesting information across all corners of the network according to the user’s interests. The search engine plays a key role in the search; its robots crawl all the sites on the network and create images of pages that are then shown in the search results. The Yandex browser address bar helps you interact with the search engine; it is so important that we devoted the entire article to the questions: where is it located, how to work with it, and also added keys for the console. The search bar is much more functional than most users imagine, and working with it is a mandatory part of a gentleman's kit for a confident user.

“Smart Line” is a unique development in the browser from Yandex, which simultaneously includes several functions:

• Address bar to go to the site by URL;
• A search string designed to search for information on the Internet. It is easily customizable for searching on various resources and in various search engines.

Using the “smart line” you can easily go to any site by address, name, or use a search by phrase. There are also several additional features: search within a specific site, finding by name or individual words in the site name, changing basic settings search using special characters.

Where is the smart line in Yandex browser

IN Yandex browser The “smart line” acts as an address and search bar at the same time, so we are talking about the same line. It is not difficult to find, since it is located almost the entire width of the browser window.

How to find the address bar of the Yandex browser by landmarks:

The search bar is always at the top of the browser, even when you set the tab bar to the bottom.

How to replace the search engine

To replace the search engine, there is a special setting in the browser. To install a search engine from the standard set, we recommend using the instructions:

It is possible to install an alternative system by clicking on “Search Settings” in the same section. "Others" is displayed here search engines" If this list is not enough, enter its name in the “Add system” line, the site address in the “Key” field, and the link to the search page in the “Link with parameter %s” field, where %s is entered instead of a query, for example, https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%s.

Hiding the Yandex browser address bar

It is not possible to completely remove the address bar in the Yandex browser, since it is an important part of the browser. We can temporarily hide it at the top of the page by making the line drop-down. To remove search bar for a short time, press F11. In full screen mode, all extraneous elements disappear. Exiting the mode is easy - you just need to press the same button.

Why the search bar in the browser does not work

The address bar of the Yandex browser sometimes does not respond (click), which is something users often complain about. It may also not show search results or redirect to an error page. The causes of such failures are system and human errors:

If the “smart line” does not respond to user actions, most likely the Internet has simply disappeared. After performing the “Problem Diagnosis” and checking the network access, access should resume. When the browser is completely unresponsive to user actions, it needs to be restarted or reinstalled, and in extreme cases, you will have to perform a system rollback.

Command line keys for launching Yandex browser

Yandex browser can be launched via the command line. From the console it is easier to launch the browser with certain settings: set to default, turn off security, copy user files, etc.

Let's look at a few useful options command line in Yandex browser:

• --make-default-browser

  – makes the Yandex web browser the default browser. The program does not start;

• --no-sandbox

  – turns off the security environment for processes;

• --user-data-dir

  – copies user files. It looks like the entry —user-data-dir=»D:\, where D:\ is the path where the files will be saved. Closing parentheses are not needed on the line;

• --new-window
• --screenshot

  – take a screenshot of the loading page.

How to use keys in the console:

There are too many keys for launching Yandex browser from the command line to describe them all. We can find the entire list on the developer’s website.

Now we have learned what it is, where it is, how to use it and why the “smart line” does not work in the Yandex browser. With the above knowledge, searching for information on the Internet will become much more effective.