The main Google Maps interface in Chrome now includes a microphone icon. When you click it, a "Speak Now" dialog appears.

How well does it work? Pretty well in my brief testing, albeit with a few hiccups. When I said, "Petaluma to San Diego," Google Maps understand me perfectly and posted .

And when I asked Google Maps to find my old street address in Denver, Colorado, it got it right, displaying a thumbnail and a map of my previous residence. Stalkers, this one's for you.

Maps isn't perfect, though. It tripped up twice on "Saskatchewan," interpreting the Canadian province's name as "Josh want" and "gotcha wanna" before getting it right the third time.

Can you say a name and city, and get a correct street address? I tried using my own name. "Jeff Bertolucci, Los Angeles, California" came out as "yahoo salucci, los angeles, california."