[akiselev]

Any chance you are willing to share the content of some of those questions (not the recording, just the questions)?

I've seen little kids ask me and other adults about what a cordless phone was (even "why does it have so many buttons?" from the young owner of an iPhone who failed to grasp the idea of a screen without touch input), why they can't interact with the cover of a magazine by poking at it, and why we can't just take pictures of bacteria with a smartphone camera instead of looking through a microscope. I'm curious what a child would ask Google and what the answers would be given the vastly different expectations each generation has of every day technology.

I have really bad experiences with voice recognition going all the way back to early Dragon Naturally Speaking versions and I can't imagine asking google voice search a question so instead I always just text search for relevant topics or go on the science exhanges/forums.

[rvijapurapu]

@akiselv: Some of the questions my daughter has asked:

> how does an earthquake happen > when was the first Christchurch earthquake > what are the well known constellations > how big is cat VY Canis Majoris > what is the biggest star > how old is Pluto > what is Fusion > how was the sun formed

This is from one session.

[shostack]

And your daughter is only 8? Damn, nice job on the parenting. Might I ask what you've done as a parent to help get her to the point where she's asking these sorts of questions?

[rvijapurapu]

Early on I did show her how to use the Google Now to ask questions - like how far is the Moon & like. That's about all the parenting I have done in this regard. She has been watching way too many How Stuff Works videos lately - I want to see if that spills over into her being more curious about things.

[shostack]

Very cool. Have you by any chance considered the Amazon Echo or teaching her how to use Wolfram Alpha?

[rvijapurapu]

I don't own the Echo, might be something I would consider buying at some point.

I do have access to WolframAlpha but haven't yet taught her how to use it - maybe it's a bit early for her, I'll give it a go.

[unexistance]

parenting done right, I'm envious now :D

keep up the good work