Disambiguating input based on context
In one implementation, a computer-implemented method includes receiving, at a mobile computing device, ambiguous user input that indicates more than one of a plurality of commands; and determining a current context associated with the mobile computing device that indicates where the mobile computing device is currently located. The method can further include disambiguating the ambiguous user input by selecting a command from the plurality of commands based on the current context associated with the mobile computing device; and causing output associated with performance of the selected command to be provided by the mobile computing device.
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
receiving, by one or more processors, information from a motion sensor of a computing device;
receiving, by the one or more processors, audio using a microphone of the computing device;
determining, by the one or more processors, that the computing device is located in a moving vehicle based on both:
(i) a rate of physical speed of the computing device determined using the information that was received from the motion sensor of the computing device, and
(ii) a level of ambient noise present in the audio received using the microphone of the computing device; and
performing, by the one or more processors and based on the one or more processors having determined that the computing device is located in the moving vehicle, a first command instead of a second command by disambiguating a user input associated with the received audio.
2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein performing the first command includes switching the computing device to operate in a hands-free mode.
3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein determining that the computing device is located in the moving vehicle is based on the level of ambient noise present in the audio being a high level of ambient noise.
4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein determining that the computing device is located in the vehicle is based on the one or more processors determining that the ambient noise includes engine noise, wind noise, or road noise.