Voice search is an intriguing technology, but it can also produce some questionable results if you don't speak clearly. Google moved to improve those odds Tuesday with the launch of personalized recognition, a feature that will basically learn your voice.

Voice search is an intriguing technology, but it can also produce some questionable results if you don't speak clearly. Google moved to improve those odds Tuesday with the launch of personalized recognition, a feature that will basically learn your voice.

"If you opt into personalized recognition, we begin to associate the recordings of the words that you ask us to recognize with your Google account," Amir Mane, product manager, and Glen Shires, a member of the Google technical staff, wrote in a blog post. "We then automatically use these words to build a speech model specifically for you."

Mane and Shires said that subtle accuracy improvements will occur fairly quickly, while others will build over time.

When you first use Voice Search, Google will ask if you want to turn on personalized recognition; the feature can be enabled or diabled at any time. Personalized recognition can also be separated from you Google Account in the speech section of Google Dashboard.

Google for the iPhone in 2008. In August, the company expanded that offering with for Android phones. Voice Actions for Android includes phone calls, reminder e-mails, direction search, and music search.

Personalized recognition will first be available in English in the U.S. for devices running Android 2.2 or higher. Users can download the Voice Search app from the Android Market, which also includes improvements to name recognition and speed.