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Siri mis-hears about every other sentence I send her, so I'd say speech recognition is far from solved. But we are getting closer.

simonh 10y ago
You're saying it wrong.
- kabes 10y ago
  Maybe, but good chance that a human would still understand what he means. So there's still a long way to go for AI.
  - hellofunk 10y ago
    I think he was being sarcastic.
    - romaniv 10y ago
      It's hard to tell these days. Many people today fully accept the idea that human should adapt themselves to the existing machines and technologies, rather than design/adapt those machines and technologies to human needs.
    - simonh 10y ago
      I should have put it in quotes, but it's too late to edit it.
  - mediumdeviation 10y ago
    It's a reference to Steve Job's infamous "You're holding it wrong" response[1] to complaints of iPhone 4's signal failing when held in a certain manner. [1]: http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/apple-responds-over-iphone-4-reception-issues-youre-holding-th/ http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/apple-responds-over-iphon...
    - fossuser 10y ago
      Except even shown in that link you've attached it was never said. The actual quote is, "Just avoid holding it in that way" which is different.
  - luma 10y ago
    I don't feel like "getting the overall meaning of what you said" and "100% accurate voice transcription" are the same problems and comparing the two isn't fair. When I speak to you in a thick accent, it's OK if you only understand 1 out of 3 words because human-to-human communication is lossy and able to deal with misunderstood, misheard, or completely unintelligible data points. Transcription requires 100% percent accuracy because you want the written word to be exactly the same as the words that come out of your mouth. This is a much higher bar and is one that human-to-human speech rarely achieves.
eva1984 10y ago
Try google doc voice typing... works like magic. And Apple is not really good at machine learning either
- hellofunk 10y ago
  Google docs voice typing, which I've tried, has similar success rate for me as Siri.
  - the-dude 10y ago
    Don't talk with your mouth full ( which was actually suggested to me by some MS speech software around '00 ).

simonh 10y ago

You're saying it wrong.

kabes 10y ago
Maybe, but good chance that a human would still understand what he means. So there's still a long way to go for AI.
- hellofunk 10y ago
  I think he was being sarcastic.
  - romaniv 10y ago
    It's hard to tell these days. Many people today fully accept the idea that human should adapt themselves to the existing machines and technologies, rather than design/adapt those machines and technologies to human needs.
  - simonh 10y ago
    I should have put it in quotes, but it's too late to edit it.
- mediumdeviation 10y ago
  It's a reference to Steve Job's infamous "You're holding it wrong" response[1] to complaints of iPhone 4's signal failing when held in a certain manner. [1]: http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/apple-responds-over-iphone-4-reception-issues-youre-holding-th/ http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/apple-responds-over-iphon...
  - fossuser 10y ago
    Except even shown in that link you've attached it was never said. The actual quote is, "Just avoid holding it in that way" which is different.
- luma 10y ago
  I don't feel like "getting the overall meaning of what you said" and "100% accurate voice transcription" are the same problems and comparing the two isn't fair. When I speak to you in a thick accent, it's OK if you only understand 1 out of 3 words because human-to-human communication is lossy and able to deal with misunderstood, misheard, or completely unintelligible data points. Transcription requires 100% percent accuracy because you want the written word to be exactly the same as the words that come out of your mouth. This is a much higher bar and is one that human-to-human speech rarely achieves.

eva1984 10y ago

Try google doc voice typing... works like magic. And Apple is not really good at machine learning either

hellofunk 10y ago
Google docs voice typing, which I've tried, has similar success rate for me as Siri.
- the-dude 10y ago
  Don't talk with your mouth full ( which was actually suggested to me by some MS speech software around '00 ).