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Apple's New Data Center Focus of Nuance Voice Recognition Partnership?

JAT said:
To be fair, a major issue you didn't list (and probably the other guy's point) is being in public with other voices around. The voice software can't exactly control the microphone to block other voices. Not yet, anyway. And it will never be able to cope with noise that simply drowns out parts of your speech.
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That's the smallest of challenges that needed to be overcome. Even Apple's relatively rudimentary speech recognition has little problem hearing my voice when I ask it to play tracks. Hierarchy of voices based on distances from the mic is pretty easy to determine now -- even using the iPhone's main mic, easier still with the noise reduction mic in play and trivial if you're using a headset.
 
DavidLeblond said:
Based on all the rumors, what DOESN'T the NC data center do?
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In the future, Apple's data center will be better known as Skynet. Androids from the future will be sent back in time to kill Steve Jobs because he's the one who is responsible for Skynet's creation and the Android race's downfall. :apple::D:apple:
 
Right ... a Voice Recognition software the resides in the cloud ... more unnecessary bandwidth use - especially for those with Special Needs or Accessibility Needs that will use this just about every minute of a 40hr work week + another 20hrs of personal Mac use.

I call bunk on this.
 
Prom1 said:
Right ... a Voice Recognition software the resides in the cloud ... more unnecessary bandwidth use - especially for those with Special Needs or Accessibility Needs that will use this just about every minute of a 40hr work week + another 20hrs of personal Mac use.

I call bunk on this.
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Right! To heck with those disabled people using up all our bandwidth!
 
Consultant said:
That' would be great because current voice recognition technology are fairly poor.
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Quite true. I'd like to see really good voice recognition tech.

bushido said:
voice recognition is so useless and dumb, can u imagine all those ppl talking to their gadget on the tram
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You won't have to wait long to imagine it. Soon it will be reality.

sigamy said:
How long before TechCrunch reports that there are rumors that Osama bin Laden was hiding in Apple's NC data center?

(too soon?) :rolleyes:
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Haven't you heard?


Skika said:
I dont care for voice recognition, never used it. I find it stupid.
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But when Uncle Steve tells you it's magical and will be the end of the keyboard age will you like it then?

FatMax said:
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I don't get it. Why are we supposed to speak to our iDevices ? This is just silly!
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Soon everyone will be talking to their iStuff and the forums will be full of threads discussing the wonders of it. It won't be long.
 
Voice recognition will one day be indeed magical and useful. At the moment it is primitive and awful. Perhaps Apple will break ground on that tough dirt. Dictation alone, if accurate, is a winner. All the voice recognition I ever used so far was pretty much crap. It was always confusing itself either immediately or with time as it "learned".

AidenShaw said:
It's amazing how Apple has totally destroyed the meaning of the adjective "magical".

It now means "mundane"....
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So true.
 
Glideslope said:
Kirk: "Mr. Spock, full sensor scan of object".

Spock: "Computer, structural analysis, and make up of object to port of Enterprise".

Computer: "Computing".

Computer: "Object appears to contain early 21st century remains of Humanoids."
"There appears to be a digital recording encoded on silicone." "Mossberg, our friend, is no longer writing good things about us."

Spock: Looks at Kirk, and raises 1 eyebrow. :apple:
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i think you mean silicon mate.
 
ipedro said:
You'll be able to do this:

"iPhone, play 'Beat it', make an appointment for lunch with Wendy on Tuesday at noon. Oh, also I need to get groceries today. I need potatoes, pasta, steaks and apples and send this to my wife too."

iPhone replies: Playing 'Beat It' by Michael Jackson. I've created an iCal appointment for 12pm this Tuesday for 'Lunch with Wendy'. I've set up a Task named "Groceries" and listed "potatoes, pasta, steaks and apples" and have shared it with Debbie.
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You mean something like this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRH8eimU_20
 
ipedro said:
"iPhone, play 'Beat it', make an appointment for lunch with Wendy on Tuesday at noon. Oh, also I need to get groceries today. I need potatoes, pasta, steaks and apples and send this to my wife too."

iPhone replies: Playing 'Beat It' by Michael Jackson. I've created an iCal appointment for 12pm this Tuesday for 'Lunch with Wendy'. I've set up a Task named "Groceries" and listed "potatoes, pasta, steaks and apples" and have shared it with Debbie.
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lol

Hey hombre, that's awesome! I always wanted to do this while driving my flying car. :rolleyes:
 
GubbyMan said:
In the future, Apple's data center will be better known as Skynet. Androids from the future will be sent back in time to kill Steve Jobs because he's the one who is responsible for Skynet's creation and the Android race's downfall. :apple::D:apple:
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This joke is teh old.
 
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juicedropsdeuce said:
lol

Hey hombre, that's awesome! I always wanted to do this while driving my flying car. :rolleyes:
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Sounds outlandish until somebody comes along and makes it mainstream. The Jetsons didn't predict the Internet ;)

Check out what's already possible on Siri's released software. Now imagine Apple adding its vast resources to Siri's ongoing research for the last couple of years.
 
This would be an interesting move for Apple if it is what some here are speculating.

They will really be putting the screws to Google in terms of how far is Google willing to go to support a free OS given out to ungrateful partners.

Sure google does voice recognition stuff, but the possibilities here are pretty interesting, and would take a significant additional amount of resources by Google. At some point Google may be pushed past the point of keeping up by Apple, because Google's revenue model is so much different.

This also puts an almost insurmountable burden on other potential competitors as well. What does HP/Palm do or RIM do if this becomes the foundation for the next step of mobile devices? How can they keep up?

It is all speculation at this point, but the whole thing is very intriguing.
 
I think what most people who are naysayers are forgetting is...

It already exists. My friends' droid X does voice dictation for texting. My WP7 can search for things using voice recognition, and it's capable of picking up obscure words while a trashtruck drives past. With the 7.5 'Mango' update, WP7 will also have voice recognition system wide.

What Apple is doing isn't "revolutionary" or "Magical", it's just catching up to everyone else.
 
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