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Apple's 'Assistant' Seen as Key Feature for New iPhone Hardware
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So just stop improving? Stop adding features??
Hopefully this will be an improvement in the technology so that it won't be so much of a PITA.
I agree. While a "cool" feature, as I wrote above, I don't think I'll use it often. Surely not to annoy my collegaues at work, or to sound like a weirdo at whichever public transit at least.While walking down the street? Yeah, maybe if I want to get looks while giving my commands.
At home, in the evening, darkness lit up by my TV screen... Speaking to my phone? That sounds a bit creepy and weird too, but one of few situations where it could be useful.
I'm guessing it will be best for those that drive a lot. For those that commute via train, bus, etc....it might not be as useful.
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Even the iPhone wasn't cutting edge. It was evolutionary. They took the smartphone, something other manufacturers were doing....with even better features, and they polished it and packaged it in a way that was much more appealing and useful to the general public. I don't look to Apple for major innovation, I look to them to put those touches on technology that makes it more functional and useful.
What makes u think that people that are too lazy to type etc like normal people will get them to learn commands. One reason i havent used the already implented voice control is bc i just cant be bothered to look up let alone remember those commands
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Speach recognition is only part of what Apple is doing. This is the first step twards AI being built into the operating system. It wont just dial numbers, it will act as your agent and do assigned tasks for you.
It wont just dial the restaraunt for you, it will make the resevation for you. it wont just dial the taxi company for you, knowing where you are it will arange for a taxi to come pick you up.
iOS5 is just the start, Apple will continue to expand the 'Assistants' ability to learn your preverances and accomplish tasks you assign to it.
Speach recognition is only part of what Apple is doing. This is the first step twards AI being built into the operating system. It wont just dial numbers, it will act as your agent and do assigned tasks for you.
It wont just dial the restaraunt for you, it will make the resevation for you. it wont just dial the taxi company for you, knowing where you are it will arange for a taxi to come pick you up.
iOS5 is just the start, Apple will continue to expand the 'Assistants' ability to learn your preverances and accomplish tasks you assign to it.
The article says the camera sensor will be "back-lit", by which I assume they mean it will be back-illuminated.
Supposedly that somehow means it will do very well in low-light situations.
(Personally, I have no idea exactly why back-illuminated sensors would be better than front-illuminbated, but I like what they are saying.)
RE: Voice recognition issues..
When I first received my iPhone 4, I remember trying out the voice commands, and being let down.. I'd try it every once in a while, but found it to be very hit-or-miss..
Then after yet another wired head set self-destructed, I broke down and joined the Borg.. I got a Jawbone...
Guess what? Voice commands now work perfectly for me. Even in a busy grocery store..
I've since tested this on other's iPhones.. It seems that the people with the most problems have either a wired headset that's putting body rubbing sound into the input or a case (or finger) that's blocking the 2nd microphone used for noise cancelation...
I've had each person try the same commands in the same settings with cases removed, or trying out my BT earpiece w/ their phone.. and most (not all) said it was a major improvement..
Shrug..
It's not always a software problem..
When I first received my iPhone 4, I remember trying out the voice commands, and being let down.. I'd try it every once in a while, but found it to be very hit-or-miss..
Then after yet another wired head set self-destructed, I broke down and joined the Borg.. I got a Jawbone...
Guess what? Voice commands now work perfectly for me. Even in a busy grocery store..
I've since tested this on other's iPhones.. It seems that the people with the most problems have either a wired headset that's putting body rubbing sound into the input or a case (or finger) that's blocking the 2nd microphone used for noise cancelation...
I've had each person try the same commands in the same settings with cases removed, or trying out my BT earpiece w/ their phone.. and most (not all) said it was a major improvement..
Shrug..
It's not always a software problem..
Not my point exactly - of course they will issue something which requires a spec bump. But if there’s not going to be a new ipad until feb 12 or later, we will have an IOS system running on a device that can't fully support it...?!
This is huge
Speak for yourself. Faster, brighter, etc are all minor details IMHO... voice is the biggest (and naturally next) interface frontier after multi-touch.
Voice control, if done right, will allow Steve's dream of ubiquitous, invisible tech (see Star Trek).
Not only important for blind folks, but everyone who's trapped in a car for an hour+ every day.
Speak for yourself. Faster, brighter, etc are all minor details IMHO... voice is the biggest (and naturally next) interface frontier after multi-touch.
Voice control, if done right, will allow Steve's dream of ubiquitous, invisible tech (see Star Trek).
Not only important for blind folks, but everyone who's trapped in a car for an hour+ every day.
Who's your daddy?
Why is it with Suri that when you ask your phone, "Who's your daddy," it switches to a young chirpy voice before answering?
Why is it with Suri that when you ask your phone, "Who's your daddy," it switches to a young chirpy voice before answering?
Android already has a similar feature (voice commands)... and I don't like it.
Maybe it's just how I've been trained to interact with devices... but I prefer touch input for any device (and even then I prefer physical to virtual keys). I don't want to talk to my electronics (voice) or wave my hands at them (like 360 Kinect).
When voice commands are 100% perfected and I can give complex commands to devices, maybe it will grow on me... but it just strikes me as an awkward novelty still.
That said, I'm excited to see what this personal assistant is capable of and how it improves the voice input landscape
Maybe it's just how I've been trained to interact with devices... but I prefer touch input for any device (and even then I prefer physical to virtual keys). I don't want to talk to my electronics (voice) or wave my hands at them (like 360 Kinect).
When voice commands are 100% perfected and I can give complex commands to devices, maybe it will grow on me... but it just strikes me as an awkward novelty still.
That said, I'm excited to see what this personal assistant is capable of and how it improves the voice input landscape
I think perhaps that's the hope. I would expect this to work better than previous voice command systems in the past. Perfect? Probably not. More useful? Hopefully.
" Tell my boss he can go F^ck himself and that I say he can go to hell.
"Ok"
"Sir you can cook duck for yourself, if you will go he'll"
NO DAMMIT !
"Ok"
"Sir you can cook duck for yourself, if you will go he'll"
NO DAMMIT !
If you listen to last week's THE TALK SHOW podcast ("I Tip Profusely") with Dan Benjamin and John Gruber, Gruber says that he's used the Nuance software and that it worked surprisingly well and much better than the Android stuff because, while Android's sends your recorded speech and handled Server-side, it appears that Apple's stuff is handled on the device itself. He gave it very high praise, which is a little odd because Gruber tends to hedge his bets and generally gives a several possibilities when it comes to making a judgment call or speculation.
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First time to this site? That is what this site is. The article did not claim it as fact though, just that other sources Lso support this likelihood.
Amusing when first reply out of the gate is someone who clearly does not understand what this site is or does.
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First time to this site? That is what this site is. The article did not claim it as fact though, just that other sources Lso support this likelihood.
Amusing when first reply out of the gate is someone who clearly does not understand what this site is or does.
Everyone keeps telling anecdotes about there poor experiences with voice controls and what not but I find it hard to believe that Apple would tout this as the reason to upgrade unless it was damn near perfect.
I thought the same thing. Gruber usually 'hedges his bets' by always praising Apple.John Gruber praised iPhone? Amazing!