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Samsung May Acquire Nuance, the Company That Powers Siri
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Why the hell does Samsung need this? Their devices run Android so don't they already have this with S Voice?
Are they doing it just to piss off Apple?
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Interesting.....
S Voice isn't part of Android, it's part of TouchWiz and is powered by Nuance too (as someone has already pointed out in this thread): It makes as much sense for Samsung to buy Nuance as it does Apple. Personally, I would prefer Nuance to remain independent and license their tech out to avoid this "hoarding" of technology that's becoming more common
As pointed out several times already, Samsung's proprietary S-Voice feature uses Vlingo / Nuance voice recognition servers.
So do most of (all of ?) their Smart TVs with voice control.
So do most of (all of ?) their Smart TVs with voice control.
Apple can't easily bring this in house. Nuance owns a lot of patents in this area and isn't afraid to sue infringers into submission. That said, Apple should buy, develop, or license long term all technology critical to iOS.
Agreed...
But...
Perhaps it doesn't have be be an either/or situation though... Perhaps any plans could have more.. nuance.
Perhaps Apple buys Nuance for it's speech and related products/patents.. Sell off the eDoc/OCR/swipe(?) stuff if they decide to...
The company, Nuance, is operating at a loss, under this heavy load of as you point out important, yet legacy products, and years of bad customer relations.. lots of baggage...
What if.. Apple gave it away?
Keep the people and any new tech in development they need, in-house, but the patents, licenses, the legacy products, all made open-source.
Hell, Apple could even do some quick math re: how much these legacy commitments cost to maintain, and form a charitable organization to oversee the continued support of those products,(Considering Apple wouldn't be paying a license to Nuance, they could direct that money into this, may be enough by itself?) until such a time that some new company, using the now free/open tech, develops a better version. The new and improved version could come from Samsung, IBM, Google, or three doctors working in a garage somewhere... After a new player became established, Apple could shutter the support without drama.
Apple would get control of the tech they want for their current and future products, jump-start the next generation of development in speech tech, and potentially reduce the costs to all those people and organizations dependent on these products every day.
(Oh and I'm sure there's some way all of this could serve as a huge tax write off as well)
Looking at Apple in the Tim Cook era, I think this, or something like it, could be possible.
No computer has ever recognized my voice well. In a quiet room. Congrats on being understood by Siri. Not everyone is.
Siri? mem....
Siri used to be awful. Now it is just bad. I rarely use it and when I do I find it to be a pain in the backside. So if Samsung wants to buy company that powers Siri, well, good riddance.
Siri used to be awful. Now it is just bad. I rarely use it and when I do I find it to be a pain in the backside. So if Samsung wants to buy company that powers Siri, well, good riddance.
People keep saying this, but Apple licenses the Maps data from outside. So, that's a pretty bad analogy, failing utterly to be similar to your premise.
Does this really matter? Nuance has contracts with Microsoft and Apple that probably extend into years. Samsung cannot shut them down or deny service to competitors who have contracted just like Samsung will not deny selling displays and components to Apple.
This is probably good because it forces Apple to accelerate their in-house Siri efforts just like they were pressured into doing their own Maps when Google started growing and stealing too much to comfortably work with.
This is probably good because it forces Apple to accelerate their in-house Siri efforts just like they were pressured into doing their own Maps when Google started growing and stealing too much to comfortably work with.
I get that - unlike the person I quoted, I never claimed EVERYONE felt on way or the other.
Annunciate relatively well and you'll be understood by Siri even in a relatively noisy room.
Point being, she's come a long way since being introduced on the 4S. Those who are speaking based on experience 2-3 years ago are doing themselves a disservice.
No one dislikes Apple.. that would be weird.. now the fanboys.. that is another matter.. crazed religious zealots are less biased than some of the craps I read..
For example, what page of the Apple handbook do you get to when it tells you you have to blindly hate MS, Google and Samsung.. and even if its a case of cutting your nose off to spite your face.. to refuse to use their products in fear that you are being disloyal to your Apple brethren. This behaviour is the reason Apple gets a bad press. Bar that they are just a tech firm making slightly above average gear..
oh boy....they are really into this copying game.
Siri : How's the weather like ?
Sorry, your Samsung device was not recognized...change it and try again
Stupid comments are stupid.
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Maybe, just maybe they know something you don't.
He was however when the 4S was announced. I had thought they purchased them before they made the announcement of the 4S. Guess not.