Agreed. What people really need is a touchscreen keyboard across their steering wheel, while driving 75 mph down the highway.
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Apple Acquires Voice App Startup PullString
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Thank you
It was a great project to work on. Some fantastic people there.
You must not actually own a HomePod because Siri is a huge improvement on HomePod compared to other devices.
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Google acquires Nest.
Amazon acquires Ring and Eero.
Apple acquires... a voice maker for toys?
It’s not like it’s Siri’s voice that needs improving... it’s actually quite good!
Apple doesn't manufacture thermostats, video doorbells, or routers, but it does offer a voice assistant, so the purchase seems quite logical.
Yeah? In a few years, it will be an insult to the computer's intelligence when we force it to talk to us imbeciles.
Have you seen the movie “Her?” An interesting depiction of the potential for just that - talking to computers.
I know Siri works better on Homepod, but that's probably due to the additional microphones and processing so it can more easily tell that you're speaking to it, and what you're saying.
Pullstring doesn't do voice recognition so much as they make tools which allow you to create Alexa skills and Google Home actions.
I think Apple bought Pullstring because they want Siri to be able to do more complicated things like Alexa skills and Google Home actions, and Pullstring has already spent a lot of time making those.
Sure, the Home app can turn lights on and off, but its abilities are primitive when compared to skills and actions, and I think Apple wants to add that functionality to Home.
I think voice is totally overrated. I'm not going to dictate my quarterly report or use speech to write my book. I need time to consider, to gather my thoughts, and those pauses confuse voice recognition systems. I don't know that voice navigation is so important that Apple should spend tens of millions of dollars on it, but they're pretty smart about their acquisitions so they must have some plan or they wouldn't spend the money.
Pullstring doesn't do voice recognition so much as they make tools which allow you to create Alexa skills and Google Home actions.
I think Apple bought Pullstring because they want Siri to be able to do more complicated things like Alexa skills and Google Home actions, and Pullstring has already spent a lot of time making those.
Sure, the Home app can turn lights on and off, but its abilities are primitive when compared to skills and actions, and I think Apple wants to add that functionality to Home.
I think voice is totally overrated. I'm not going to dictate my quarterly report or use speech to write my book. I need time to consider, to gather my thoughts, and those pauses confuse voice recognition systems. I don't know that voice navigation is so important that Apple should spend tens of millions of dollars on it, but they're pretty smart about their acquisitions so they must have some plan or they wouldn't spend the money.
I worked with Jim. I survived his departure
. Or did I leave first? Can’t remember.
Ohmuhgodyesplease!
Here, hold on… gotta express my happiness…
There is a God — and he makes GIFs on MacRumors. AngerDanger bless you.
Sure. But I use Siri to be touchless in the car--for choosing music and podcasts. A little home automation. I actually love it.
What's the deal...with Apple acquiring more startup's as of late? I would of thought acquiring companies with 20+ years experience would be better than those just starting out.
Not that's it's bad, but your more likely to let a startup go, than an experienced.
Not that's it's bad, but your more likely to let a startup go, than an experienced.
I’m not sure your premise is right. They seem to be acquiring startups at around the same pace as always. They also acquire a lot that don’t make the news.
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No you didn’t.
Apple goes “we do not spy on out users as much as Google.”
Everybody goes “yeah but Siri is the worst.”
Apple goes “Okay, we’ll buy companies that did spy on people to improve Siri.”
Everybody goes “yeah but Siri is the worst.”
Apple goes “Okay, we’ll buy companies that did spy on people to improve Siri.”
Not what I am saying but if I ask around most people don’t think of Siri as that useful. Most people laugh when people try to use it and it is not as ubiquitous as Alexa and Google Assistant is becoming.
And no they won’t change Siri to aggregate more users data, but they will buy other tech that did that on their own to improve their own tech. Once acquired they can incorporate the tech into Siri without having to “spy” on Apple’s users directly.
And no they won’t change Siri to aggregate more users data, but they will buy other tech that did that on their own to improve their own tech. Once acquired they can incorporate the tech into Siri without having to “spy” on Apple’s users directly.
Google acquires Nest.
Amazon acquires Ring and Eero.
Apple acquires... a voice maker for toys?
It’s not like it’s Siri’s voice that needs improving... it’s actually quite good!
Perhaps you missed the word "interaction" after "voice"?
And one of its co-founders was a fellow Comp Sci undergraduate at university in Glasgow. Wonder if we'll get a payout?!