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Luckily there is no such thing as a New York accent...
BTW: The usual form of that sentence is "Hahvad Yahd", as there is no "Bahsten Yahrd"
Now I'll get some kwawfee...😀
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Apple's Boston Team Working on Siri Enhancements
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Luckily there is no such thing as a New York accent...
BTW: The usual form of that sentence is "Hahvad Yahd", as there is no "Bahsten Yahrd"
Now I'll get some kwawfee...😀
siri is way better than google now and with this non-stop improvement i'm sure they'll further strengthen their lead.
iDuel
macrumors 6502a
yeah, they should keep on working on siri, its very slow when compared to google now, NOW is way better.
entatlrg
macrumors 68040
zioxide
macrumors 603
haha if you grew up around here it would sound normal. Every different region has it's own dialect and accent.
I could say the same thing about New Yawwwk.
You should stop by the packie to get some special ingredients for that coffee. lol.
iapplelove
Suspended
I can't compose a short text for the life of me with Siri so I stopped using it. It always messes up 2-3 words. I have a deep voice so maybe that has to do with it.
I think it has a use, but that is in areas where the technology hasn't really been introduced in a widespread fashion yet. As far as Apple goes, iOS in the car would benefit from it to the point where it might make sense for a driver to use voice as the primary input method. To a lesser extent it might also be useful with a TV for some actions.
I'm not sold on it in it's current implementation on the iPhone since I'll be holding the device anyway, but certainly voice interaction has a place when the device may not readily be available to touch directly.
akbarali.ch
macrumors 6502a
well, as you know siri is very slow when it's getting the answer from the web. i'd like to see this thing improve, it's really frustrating.
"Working hard" doesn't mean they've been working on the right things. Most of what they've been doing is just plugging in external APIs. That's not the kind of hard work which needs to be done, which is turning Siri into a true digital assistant.
For instance, I was driving the other day and passed a restaurant I hadn't seen before and wondered what it was like. I wanted to be able to say, "Siri, tell me about _____ restaurant", and it would go look up the name in my immediate area and give me a quick Yelp synopsis. This doesn't even require new datasets, this is just about making Siri more useful. It also needs to be more conversational; that is, keep knowledge of what you've already talked about. So if I said, "That sounds great, make a reservation for me tomorrow at 8" it would already have contextual knowledge that I'm still talking about the same restaurant and use another API to make reservations.
There's many other use-cases like this; some are low-hanging fruit like that example, and some will require some very hard machine learning advancements, but I believe this is what Steve's long-term goal with Siri was. I hope that Apple/Tim doesn't turn it into a cheap and mostly useless fact checker.
BruceEBonus
macrumors 65816
In IOS 7 - Siri is to be renamed more accurately to reflect its bloated-yet-inefficient ability ... and will be called: FACT HUNT
The user will be requested to begin each query with :
Oi! FACT HUNT ... What Is The Ambient Termperature In Nairobi Desert Currently?
To which it will then reply
"You Will Not Need An Umbrella In Nairobi Desert Today"
About as much use as an ashtray on a motorbike, then ... Thanks.🙁
The user will be requested to begin each query with :
Oi! FACT HUNT ... What Is The Ambient Termperature In Nairobi Desert Currently?
To which it will then reply
"You Will Not Need An Umbrella In Nairobi Desert Today"
About as much use as an ashtray on a motorbike, then ... Thanks.🙁
RobertMartens
macrumors 65816
You're driving
Why don't you concentrate on that
Any song will do
Back in the old days we just turned on the radio and sang along
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Don't smoke will driving
But keep up the sexist jokes
They are killing us
zioxide
macrumors 603
it's not the old days anymore. have you heard the crap on the radio these days? no thank you.
Omg, you are a riot!!!!!!
Why don't you go read one of the COUNTLESS articles about how Google Now, ironically is available on a MUCH higher percentage of Apple's phones than Android phones?? My son only has an iPhone 4.. he uses Google Now to get "Siri-like" capabilities.. I use an iPhone 5, I use Siri more.... but still VERY much enjoy the handy cards in Google Now.
Please stop spreading lies & FUD. There's NO shame in not knowing something...... unless you publicly claim that you do & stick your foot in your mouth!!
