Google Talk Bots

Google which is source of unleashed power over internet and some developers has designed bots (The robots which reply to your query automatically when added to your chat list) to explore some of its powers. Google has also developed many of robots as their project like language translation tool which are known as Gtalk translation bots.

You can do lot of interesting stuff with Google Talk like get alert notifications, save bookmarks to delicious, manage web calendars, set reminders, write blogs, and so much more.

Such features can be easily integrated into Google Talk through ‘bots’ which, in simple English, are like virtual friends who are online 24×7 and will always respond with a smile to your questions or requests.

Many websites and blogs had already given lists of google bots but most of them are old ones. So here we are providing a updated list of other bots which can be helpful in queries like stock, sending messages to mobile ,horoscope etc.

imfeeds@gmail.com – Add this IM Feeds bot as your Google Talk buddy and you’ll be able to read any blog or website that syndicates content via RSS feeds.

To subscribe to a website in GTalk, simply send a new IM message that says “sub labnol.org” where labnol.org is the site address that you want to read inside Google Talk.

friendfeed@bot.im – This secret bot lets you post to FriendFeed from Google Talk. You may submit either hyperlinks or text messages.

imified@imified.com – This imified bot turns Google Talk into a real powerhouse.

You can post bookmarks to delicious, send messages to Twitter, submit blog entries to WordPress, Tumblr or Blogger, manage events in Google Calendar, shorten long URLs, run whois and so on.

inezhabot@gmail.com – Like IM Feeds, iNezha bot helps you read feeds inside Google Talk but this is slightly more versatile. For instance, you can simply say “digg” and it will show a list of all feeds that match that search term so you don’t have to type (or copy-paste) feed addresses.

Translation – This is a free service from Google that helps you translate words from a foreign language into your native language. Just add the relevant bot (e.g. hi2en@bot.talk.google.com for Hindi to English or en2hi@bot.talk.google.com for English to Hindi) as your buddy, send him a message and it will get translated instantly.

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Google Introduces Call From Gmail

Already, Gmail serves as a control panel, an always-open tab, for the loyal Google user. It offers quick and simple access to our email, contacts, calendar, documents, chat and more. Now, it will be home to a Web-based telephony client. Google has announced that Gmail-integrated VoIP (voice over Internet Protocol) client that would allow users to make phone calls directly from the browser is now live.

The feature is different from the voice and video chat that is already available from Gmail using the chat feature, in that it isn’t solely between chat users. Instead, the new feature looks to allow users to call any type of phone directly from their Web browser. You could already use Gmail Chat to make voice and video all to other Gmail users, but needed to use Skype or a similar service to make Web-based VoIP calls.

But the new service will now allow users to make VoIP calls to landline and cellular phones, not just other Gmail or Google Talk users. Its not 100% clear at the moment whether Google Voice will be changing or if the new service is something completely seperate.

Users of the new chat/phone call service aren’t required to have a Google Voice account, and calls placed to U.S. or Canadian numbers will be free. With discounts on international calls compared to standard rates using a standard telephone line.

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