In addition to speed and accurate results, Hound's strength is in understanding natural language. Other digital voice assistant apps can as well, but Hound seems to do a far better job at parsing plain language and figuring out what exactly it is you're asking. An example of this is when the narrator in the above video asks Hound, "What is the population of capital of the country in which Space Needle is located?" Hound correctly surmises that he's asking for the population of Washington, DC, and gives him the answer (601,732). Equally impressive is Hound's ability to calculate the number of days are between the day after tomorrow and three days before the second Thursday of November in 2022.The secret sauce to Hound's recipe for awesomeness is its Speech-to-Meaning engine."Hound takes speed and accuracy to a whole new level by combining Speech Recognition and Language Understanding. Just recognizing words isn't good enough, so Hound does language understanding at the same time. This Speech-to-Meaning capability makes Hound the new way to search and do things faster without typing," SoundHound explains.Intrigued? Hound is currently in beta for Android, and if you'd like to participate, go here and request an invite. SoundHound also has plans on bringing Hound to iOS, though no specific time frame has been given.