I think you'll be surprised how often you use it. I hope it will open new possibilities for the way we use technology. I know that's a little out-there, but that's our aspiration for Apple innovation.
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Forbes - iPhone 5: "Most Revolutionary User Interface in History"
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I think you'll be surprised how often you use it. I hope it will open new possibilities for the way we use technology. I know that's a little out-there, but that's our aspiration for Apple innovation.
i had no idea that this assistant feature must be used at all times.
obviously its depending on your use case scenario.
i use voice actions on my droidx while on the move. yes, i do talk into my phone, even in public areas. its not that weird. and since iPhone will be getting that feature, it will be very mainstream.
the most commonly use voice actions i use are:
send text to Rebecca, 'hey just wanted to let you know i got off work early. wanna get an early dinner tonight?'
set alarm for 7 AM
map of ______
navigate to _______
and its all automated. the entire Android OS is integrated with voice actions.
again, its about the use case scenario.
obviously you're texting someone because that person might not be able to pickup right away, so you leave a text message.
c'mon now. i thought this kind of discussion was over with when texting got popular almost a decade ago.
Some people keep you on the phone FOREVER once they have you. I'd much rather text these types of people...
You don't know what you're talking about.
The goal has always been to make computers more intuitive; To break down the barriers between man and machine. Voice recognition is a logical step in that direction. The problem has NOT been a lack of interest, but simply technological limitations. While something we take for granted, it requires a tremendous effort to convert these vibrations of air coming out of our mouths into useful commands. More than the hardware and software of the nineties could handle with any reliably. However things have and continue to improve over time. Once accurate enough you can bet voice recognition will begin to penetrate every facet of our lives. Not as a replacement for other input methods, but a supplement. Much like how the mouse supplemented the keyboard.
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Worse main page post I have even seen on this site. Period. Has this guy ever tried android or Vlingo. Every single thing mentioned is already a feature android can do.. and it does it really well. Seriously... apple is just pulling things from android and the idiots are gonna classify it as groundbreaking. Just like this news topic. I mean seriously the best "new" features of iOS5 is what it pretty much copied from Android.
you never know. Apple could outdo Google's voice actions feature. I wouldn't be surprised if they do.
You forgot to say how...
Its quite easy to make claims about imaginary features beating current real world features but you at least have to give some imaginary examples
You forgot to say how...
Its quite easy to make claims about imaginary features beating current real world features but you at least have to give some imaginary examples
I got this.
I could totally use Apple's version of this to make my phone turn into a Transformer and wreck **** until I got bored and wanted to listen to music. OR.... it could play music WHILE wrecking **** as a Transformer. Mind blown!
In all seriousness, I've used Android's speech to text feature. I'd like to think I speak pretty clearly, since I get paid to talk on telephones all day. It rarely did a good job of picking up what I was saying correctly, more often than not I had to type in what I meant and edit the message anyway. If Apple has improved upon this, I have no problem with their hyperbolic claims.
I don't really want to get into the whole Android vs. iOS bit here, but to be fair, not many have an implementation quite like what has been discussed here. Sure you can tell it to open apps or dial someone, but there is a lot left to be desired.
Me saying, "open browser" and then being presented with a prompt to open the browser doesn't make a whole lot of sense. I could've clicked the app icon much faster. Then I have to do a voice search for whatever content I'm looking for. What a waste of time. Instead we're talking about:
"Find the nearest sushi restaurant and make a reservation for six"
If Apple can take it the next few steps, it will be a huge leap forward for sure. We'll see...
I honestly hope they do outdo google. Just saying things specifically mentioned in the post is nothing new. Still have to see what apple has up it's sleeve. At the end of the day assistance will be just like facetime(imo). A very nice feature, but won't make or break the phone.
I haven't use Android's native voice command for months now, but I remember it being fairly accurate. Vlingo on the other hand is unmatched. Some names I have in my phone are.... "unique." Vlingo can get most of the right a majority of the time. I'm pretty sure apple has a "robust" system to say the least, but just the simple text bob - meet you at 12 - business won't break any new grounds for me.
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I'm not an Android fan boy or anything of the sort. In fact, I hate my Droid Incredible and am switching to the iPhone next month as soon as we find out whatever it's going to be.
However, I don't speak very clearly. I tend to mumble and am often asked to repeat myself as I tend to talk fast. My phone almost always understands what i say. Even long winded texts are often spot on. Granted, they don't contain punctuation and such. But every search or text by voice has been VERY good. In fact, it's probably the best thing about the phone functionality wise. So while this sounds cool, it's something I've pretty much been using for some time.
possibly. as Jobs says, people don't know what they want until they get it in their hands and actually use it.
Again -- voice recognition and voice command tech has been around since the 1990s. I could use voice commands with my Performa back in 1995. Dictation technology as been around almost as long.
Yet, here we sit in 2011 and no one is talking to their computer or issuing voice commands to a computer. There's a reason for that.
Yeah, because the technology is still far from perfect. Make no mistake: it has improved considerably over the years. Voice recognition in 1995 required you to train the computer to your specific voice, and even then it didn't work very well. Modern voice recognition is around 99% accurate when it comes to picking up words without any training. Still we have a long way to go before computers can pick up commands in natural speech.
There is also the fact that there hasn't been any serious push in terms of marketing. I wouldn't be surprised if many consumers don't even realize their computers have this capability.
BTW, voice recognition technology was initially developed in the fifties. Of course it does sometimes take many decades for a technology to be implemented practically.
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This "revolutionary" UI is probably one of the first thing I try to disable, via jailbreaking if necessary. Hate voice.
If they make it also accesible for people who stutter Ill have an apple tattoo.
"mehhhhuhhhssage to wihuhuhuhve: whhehehere arrrrre"
- Iphone:"enough already, you wanne know where your wife is? According to Maps she is located on your best friend"
"mehhhhuhhhssage to wihuhuhuhve: whhehehere arrrrre"
- Iphone:"enough already, you wanne know where your wife is? According to Maps she is located on your best friend"
not sure if srs?
Forbes is probably the most relabel site on the net, what they say is legit.
They haven't with the iPhone on a full blown scale. Give it time and Apple has a way of shaping the mobile phone industry by getting a massive amount of sheep to try certain features that catch on and become the industry standard. The same will be true of "assistant" full blown voice commands...