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Be interesting how well Siri does work...
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I've been very impressed with the demo as well. It could be amazing but it could also be complete rubbish. Not because of the software itself but because the real world may just make it impossible to use. You ever used your Sat Nav voice control when connected to your phone? It's impossible. It cannot hear you over the road noise. Actually talking to someone is even worse, the only thing anyone has ever said to me over that is "What?", "I can't hear you" and "Don't worry, I'll call you later"
It also needs a WiFi/3G connection to work. If you're not in one, it won't work. So if you live in the country, you will be quite limited.
It also needs a WiFi/3G connection to work. If you're not in one, it won't work. So if you live in the country, you will be quite limited.
Good point. I hope it will be as good in the real world as it was in the demo. I can imagine myself using it all the time. I live in the Netherlands, but I'll put it on English to get the best results.
It'll be cool to track how much gas i buy. Fill my car up , get in drive off and just tell Siri Note that I spent 50 euro's on gasoline.
I think the demo is only really proof of concept. They clearly set it up and made sure to say things in the way that it would definitely understand. I'm not saying it doesn't work, but I want to see how accurate she is.
I was just wondering if you could use Siri for translation .. like could you ask it .. what's spanish for good to meet you ?
or even better if you speak to some one who doesn't speak your language .. you could hold ur phone up to the person .. and siri would know what language the person is speaking and then convert it for me .. it this possible ? that'd be so epicly coool
or even better if you speak to some one who doesn't speak your language .. you could hold ur phone up to the person .. and siri would know what language the person is speaking and then convert it for me .. it this possible ? that'd be so epicly coool
Pretty sure thats not possible , yet. Otherwise they would have demoed it. But an epic idea for sure. That would be great to have. And I don't see why they couldn't do that
Has anyone here used dragon naturally speaking on their
PC? Its nuance's flagship product.
It is pretty good but it is not even close to 100% in the real world and therein lies the problem. Once you have to start correcting stuff, it is game over and people stop using it.
I am LOLing at people who think they can text with siri in their car while driving. the background noise will be crazy. Odds are that your phone will be on a car holder feets away from your mouth. No way in hell are you gonna get accuracy to make it practical.
My issue isnt about how good siri is as a piece of software/ Even before we go there, you have the issue of voice to text which is nowhere near good enough to be practical to use in a phone in the real world.
I think a lot of you have bought into the apple coolaid and are setting yourself up for disappointment.
PC? Its nuance's flagship product.
It is pretty good but it is not even close to 100% in the real world and therein lies the problem. Once you have to start correcting stuff, it is game over and people stop using it.
I am LOLing at people who think they can text with siri in their car while driving. the background noise will be crazy. Odds are that your phone will be on a car holder feets away from your mouth. No way in hell are you gonna get accuracy to make it practical.
My issue isnt about how good siri is as a piece of software/ Even before we go there, you have the issue of voice to text which is nowhere near good enough to be practical to use in a phone in the real world.
I think a lot of you have bought into the apple coolaid and are setting yourself up for disappointment.
what I really want to know is if I can use to activate bluetooth, (i.e. Siri, turn bluetooth on or off depending what state it is currently in).
Interestingly, in the video, the guy was using the in-line microphone to speak the text and the car wasn't even moving!
DNS is pretty damn good now. Even if it's not 100%, Siri commands aren't just dictation, it can understand context and intent because it has sets of actions it can perform. This aids in allowing it to perform these actions even if it's 95% sure it knew what you said rather than the 100% you'd need for dictation for an accurate result. I think.
Well, you'd pick up the phone and do it. My car is quiet. The Maybach 62 has great insulation
To be fair, it offloads the voice onto extremely powerful servers, it's not all getting processed on the phone.
For dictation, I think you're right. I don't think you're right for the commands and stuff.
that would be great! no need to go through settings to toggle switches like that would be a huge time saver! every second counts
I know few people that could sit down and in 30 seconds type out a full page of text with punctuation and formatting and not make multiple errors. If your goal is 100 % with dictation then that's not going to happen but 90% correct entry with proper punctuation and formatting is something DNS user who have used the program do everyday.
It gets better though. With DNS you can setup macros that you call via voice. Doctors or Lawyers can simply utter " New Client intake form" and the entire form pops on the page and allows you to tab and fill out forms solely with the voice commands.
The only thing that has stopped people from moving to programs to DNS in larger numbers is the price and their fear or accents and inability to enunciate properly.
