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To save you some frustrating times. As of right now you can say, "play song x".

You can say play songs by or play albums by.

9to5mac's article speaks of this an apperently this new assistant will be able to play song x.

I myself am very eager for this as I drive six hours a day and I try not to txt and drive.
 
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Shouldn't it be...

"...AT which e-mail address should Mark be notified, work or personal?”

and not...

"... which e-mail address should Mark be notified at, work or personal?”

Come on, Apple, get it right!! LOL :D
 
Agree

If this is Apple's key selling point/upgrade "must" - then for me, personally - it fails as I don't have much of a desire to use the feature. And I have a few apps that do dictation and have the ability to search/email/text which (on the RARE occasion I use them) work fine.

I'm hoping/would think that Apple has more up its sleeve to make the next upgrade more interesting...

I'm with you there, I have a Droid x and essentially have already had this kind of tech on my phone for quite some time. I really hope Apple has something else in store, because I'm looking to transition over to the iphone 5, and this 'assistant' software doesn't really wow me at all.:confused:
 
I jailbroke so that I could use my standard bluetooth headset to speak texts/emails while driving. It has been pretty useful. If this gets positive reviews I might be willing to lose my jailbreak to load it up.

bc
 
LMAO at all the people who think Assistant is just another speech-to-text app. Reading the full article over at "9to5", it seems to be a whole lot more than that. If it works as advertised, it will be a game changer with regards to the way we use our phones.
 
oh great, just what i need ... more dumb kids talking to their phones on the tram ...

i only see the advantage for people who cant see or sth, but why would they be getting a iPhone in the first place
 
Does this mean we won't get the Nuance speech-to-text integration on the iPhone 4??? my dad was looking forward to it
 
oh great, just what i need ... more dumb kids talking to their phones on the tram ...

i only see the advantage for people who cant see or sth, but why would they be getting a iPhone in the first place

As has been said before, this is very useful for many people that need their hands free. For example people in cars and on bikes, and yes also blind people.
 
Unless the really explain the limitations, there is going to be a lot of people howling that the limitation is artificial and meant only to force upgrades. Same as what happened when iOS 4 turned iPhone 3G's into steaming piles of sludge immediately after upgrading.

Apple has repeatedly stated that they strive to ensure a quality user experience. If additional processor workload has potential to slow down older iPhones, they might restrict the feature to only the newest hardware. Not because the older phones CAN'T run it, but because the experience would be degraded.

Why assume it "forces" an upgrade?? I don't understand this logic. You assume that your existing phone should be "future-proof" and capable of doing every new task that later iterations of the iPhone can do?? It does what you were promised when you bought it!

Many other consumer products (TVs, cars, etc.) get annual upgrades that make the new models more enticing/functional, yet you don't complain that you HAVE TO get a new car every year just because the new one now has 10 more horsepower and better cup holders!
 
Wow, speech recognition & NFC on a phone!...

What other "Revolutionary Innovation" will Apple come up with next?

My guess is a feature called iGoggles, which translates text to your chosen language when you look at it...

You can, and you should be doing better than this Apple!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=rs8tdg2qK78
 
I agree. I think the usual voice-to-operation software is useless and the text-to-voice software is never used by anyone as it's so unnatural.

Also, I've never seen a really good implementation of either. It's usually faster to enter information manually.

I've had those same experiences. But Siri (the app/company that Apple bought) was never about "entering information". It was about finding information and acting on it. The user said, "Make me a reservation" and the app MADE a reservation for you through Open Table. The user asked for movie tickets and it would buy movie tickets through Fandango. That was the power of it - it knew what kind of task you wanted and had the plug-ins (or whatever they're called) to accomplish it. It went far beyond voice-to-text in data entry fields.
 
Sounds like it would just be gimmicky most of the time (Android users brag to me about dictation—and I do think it’s “neat”--more than they actually ever use it in my experience). But even if that’s so, it’s still a step that can evolve toward something really good in future! You have to start somewhere. Apple’s been doing voice recognition since before I was using Macs, and they’ve never done something I really wanted to use daily. Neither has Dragon, nor Google. But Apple always strives for a good and useful experience, so maybe it will get there.

And it would take some adjustment, since I’d feel like an idiot (and lose all privacy) when talking to my phone.
 
Unless the really explain the limitations, there is going to be a lot of people howling that the limitation is artificial and meant only to force upgrades. Same as what happened when iOS 4 turned iPhone 3G's into steaming piles of sludge immediately after upgrading.

er, the mere fact that iOS taxed the 3GS just serves to prove that modern & new mobile OSes require improved hardware. kinda ruined your own argument there....
 
I'm really, really surprised (and dis-heartened) that they would say that this feature needs brand new hardware to run and won't even run on iPhone 4. I guess I'd rather not experience another iOS4-iPhone 3G fiasco, but this seems different. In this case, iPhone 4 is still one of the most powerful smartphones out there.
 
I only recently started using the voice command option for the iPod app. I tend to find that I am arguing with it more than getting what I want... Me: "Play Song X" iOS: "I'm sorry, you must have FaceTime enabled to make calls" Me: "No! Play Song X" iOS: "I'm sorry the genius isn't available" ugh!

Not sure if you are actually trying to get Voice Control to play a specific song in real life but it cannot do this. I tried forever and was frustrated that it failed every time, then I discovered I cannot ask by song name.
 
That is Apple's M.O. Every year iterate a couple hardware features (better camera, better connectivity) and a couple software features that "can't" be ran on previous gen devices. See: MMS, the original voice control, tethering, even for god's sakes wallpaper on the 3G. Jailbreaking has proven these features are perfectly functional with existing hardware.

no, jailbreaking didnt prove that. as i recall, even wallpaper was a challenge due to the dropshadow radius around home screen icons -- it caused things to chug on 3G. the jailbroken 3G didnt have this effect, thus didnt look or work as well. it's all about UIX, man. just because one can do it poorly doesnt make it the same.
 
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This sounds really cool! I hope it recognises my voice better than Voice Control. My iPhone loves calling the wrong people... and then makes it tremendously hard for me to hang up before it connects!
 
I'm unimpressed, with the new features and with the 'Assistant'.

This may end up being a great feature or a game changer as some here thinks.

But it may also become a serious liability.

How many are actually using voice recognition in their daily lives and are satisfied with the performance (as in how well it recognizes the correct words).

I do hope there has been enough testing of this feature.
 
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