According to a story in today’s New York Times, Google researchers have added voice recognition to their search software for the iPhone.

According to The Times, the new application will be free and available via the iTunes store.  Basically, users will be able to simply speak searches into their iPhone.  The results will then be displayed on their phone and include local information when applicable via iPhone features that detrmine user location.

We expect an announcement about this from Google, so keep your eyes peeled for a Speech Technology News Feature in the near future.

In the meantime, John Markoff’s New York Times story can be found here.