It's useless because you don't use it? Interesting logic.
Yes is useless, thank you.
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Amazon Acquires Siri-Challenger 'Evi' for $26 Million?
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Yes is useless, thank you.
Remember all, Siri is still in "beta"!
does not matter! Without a potent search engine, Siri is hampered.
Most people I know, including myself, use Siri as much as I use my fingers to control my phone.
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God I hate Google voice. If I even hesitate for a second it cuts me off. Not to mention is doesn't even to 10% of what I can do with Siri. Siri all the way for me.
Siri is horrible anyway
My experience as been that Android Voice Search is flawless compared to Siri. I speak with my normal voice, and ask for something somewhat obscure, and I get results. I ask Siri the same thing, and she has no clue. I hate using (trying to use) Siri, because I know that it will result in frustration and wasted time.
My experience as been that Android Voice Search is flawless compared to Siri. I speak with my normal voice, and ask for something somewhat obscure, and I get results. I ask Siri the same thing, and she has no clue. I hate using (trying to use) Siri, because I know that it will result in frustration and wasted time.
I need to admit that I love to use my Google search app on my iPhone. It's faster than Siri and never fails.
It's useless because you don't use it? Interesting logic.
Yup it's useless TO ME as well. You obviously knows what he means. Instead why don't you just state why it's not useless for you then?
Who's Siri?
Anyways, I tried out this Evi and it was excellent in fielding my questions. No problem understanding me or giving appropriate answers. Still, it's nothing more than a party trick.
I'm sure this is all just the foundation for something much grander in the future. I want "Wire $100 from my Bank if America savings to my Suntrust checking" or "Send my mother a get well card in the mail".
I would be happy with: "If after I leave home I forget to close the garage door, close it."
Michael
While Siri did recognize me when I asked her that, her reply was "Would you like me to search the web for 'Is bread fattening?'"
On my Note 2, Evi has so far not misunderstood I single thing. To the prior question she replied with:
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Google Voice has nothing to do with voice commands.
It happens a lot when people try and speak about things that they have little to no experience with.
Google Now is impressive, bit still has its limitations too.
True.
I think most people also find Siri's voice to be awful, especially with turn by turn directions.
It's like a bad robot voice from a 1970's sci-fi movie. Sounds quite rude too for directions.
use siri all the time
hey gang. I agree siri has tons of short comings, but it was never meant to be a search engine alternative. I appreciate the "is bread fattening" example to show the strength of Evi and I would love to see that kind of information retrieval in Siri, however, Siri's strength is in learning and managing all things you.
For example, almost nightly, i ask siri to send a message to my girlfriend and set an alarm for me. I can tell to remind me of things when i get to the store, or when i leave home. I can set calendar events very easily. I don't need siri to google things for me, because i am very good at that on my own. When looking up information i like to choose my source, but thats just me.
Of course, i would love for siri to be faster and better at gathering information, but the most important thing that i don't see in the competition is siri's ability to interact with the phone features.
All of these technologies are very interesting to me because i hate having to type certain things out, or navigate through UI's to be able to do very simple tasks. I'm not sure i feel that way about search, however. I think it depends on the kind of searching you are most likely to do, your profession, and your common usage scenarios. Right now each tech has its own strength and i hope to see them coalesce
hey gang. I agree siri has tons of short comings, but it was never meant to be a search engine alternative. I appreciate the "is bread fattening" example to show the strength of Evi and I would love to see that kind of information retrieval in Siri, however, Siri's strength is in learning and managing all things you.
For example, almost nightly, i ask siri to send a message to my girlfriend and set an alarm for me. I can tell to remind me of things when i get to the store, or when i leave home. I can set calendar events very easily. I don't need siri to google things for me, because i am very good at that on my own. When looking up information i like to choose my source, but thats just me.
Of course, i would love for siri to be faster and better at gathering information, but the most important thing that i don't see in the competition is siri's ability to interact with the phone features.
All of these technologies are very interesting to me because i hate having to type certain things out, or navigate through UI's to be able to do very simple tasks. I'm not sure i feel that way about search, however. I think it depends on the kind of searching you are most likely to do, your profession, and your common usage scenarios. Right now each tech has its own strength and i hope to see them coalesce
Question is, will it scale?
Siri could do a lot more than it does now, when Apple bought it. Scaling to millions of customers worldwide is an entirely different matter.
I'm guessing Siri can do even more amazing stuff than it did at time of purchase and Apple already has a decade of features they can roll out, when they can get it to scale.
Biggest mystery is why they don't implement some local processing like Google. Don't know why Siri wants my data in the cloud and processes in the cloud, when at times, it can't recognise the simplest things in my address book.
Don't get me wrong. I use Siri a lot (do a lot of driving), but sometimes it misses the most obvious things, and can't even look back in a conversation for context or words being used repeatedly.
Returning to topic - nice, but will it scale?
Siri could do a lot more than it does now, when Apple bought it. Scaling to millions of customers worldwide is an entirely different matter.
I'm guessing Siri can do even more amazing stuff than it did at time of purchase and Apple already has a decade of features they can roll out, when they can get it to scale.
Biggest mystery is why they don't implement some local processing like Google. Don't know why Siri wants my data in the cloud and processes in the cloud, when at times, it can't recognise the simplest things in my address book.
Don't get me wrong. I use Siri a lot (do a lot of driving), but sometimes it misses the most obvious things, and can't even look back in a conversation for context or words being used repeatedly.
Returning to topic - nice, but will it scale?
SIRI was the one thing I missed when I switched to WP8
Used it a lot for finding directions, checking scores, and settling arguments w/ the girlfriend over random dumb stuff.
Far as it taking forever to answer back, that's a wireless network issue. The AI itself is top notch
Used it a lot for finding directions, checking scores, and settling arguments w/ the girlfriend over random dumb stuff.
Far as it taking forever to answer back, that's a wireless network issue. The AI itself is top notch
As you can see, despite being one of the "first" (but not in reality) on the market, even Siri is falling behind the rest of the competitors. Seems to a theme at Apple.
It's incredibly useful
When it works, which is most of the time, dictating your grocery list as you poke around in the fridge makes it very fast and convenient. Unlike the old tech, Ask Siri to launch something and it works. For the right kind of question it's a wonder. What I did lose interest in was flirting with a machine in North Carolina.
When it works, which is most of the time, dictating your grocery list as you poke around in the fridge makes it very fast and convenient. Unlike the old tech, Ask Siri to launch something and it works. For the right kind of question it's a wonder. What I did lose interest in was flirting with a machine in North Carolina.
The music in all these App videos is incredibly annoying lately.
They all have that horrible ukulele with a cheery repetitive tune.
I can't even watch it
They all have that horrible ukulele with a cheery repetitive tune.
I can't even watch it
I would think it would be an Amazon commercial, similar to the one where they compare their HD tablet to the retina display on the iPad.
