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Is this really the experience of voice recognition people have? I can't get Siri to reliably create appointments... takes about 3 tries for the voice recognitio

by new299 10y ago

Is this really the experience of voice recognition people have? I can't get Siri to reliably create appointments... takes about 3 tries for the voice recognition to work correctly.

Strom 10y ago
Siri's voice recognition definitely isn't state of the art, although it got a lot better for me with iOS 10. However even the Google app on iOS has leaps & bounds better recognition in my experience.
Kiro 10y ago
Definitely. Google Home picks up everything perfectly on the level that I'm really surprised the few times it actually fails.
- dx034 10y ago
  With Amazo nEcho this was exactly my experience for the first week. Since then, I've learned where it fails and are becoming more annoyed by it. The clear difference between current voice recognition and a real person is that they don't adapt to the way you talk. They don't learn if they misunderstood you once. As an example, if I ask Alexa to play a certain kind of music and she plays the wrong one, I'll have to specify it further to get the correct music. Next time I'd expect her to get the clue, but she'll make the same mistake again. Even though the most annoying thing is that chain commands don't really work with any assistant. I'd expect to give 4-5 commands at once and get them executed. Activating it for each command is very annoying.
- philliphaydon 10y ago
  I have an iPhone now and don't bother with Siri because it's wrong more often than right. Between Apple, Google, and Microsoft. To me only Cortana is worth using. For example. If I say "text prentice" neither Siri or Google Now can figure it out. But 100% of the time Cortana picks it up. I do miss my windows phone :(
piyush_soni 10y ago
Siri is pathetic, really. Try Google Now, or the new Assistant on Google Pixel.
krylon 10y ago
On Android, it has worked well for me for simple things (e.g. "Remind me to take my laundry off the hanger tomorrow at 15:00"). Have not tried anything fancy, though. A coworker once told his smartphone, "Tell me a dirty joke". It kind of worked, it opened a web search for "dirty joke". Cortana really impressed me by actually telling a joke; it was about dirty laundry (but I suspect that was intentional to avoid offending people). ;-)
- amingilani 10y ago
  I use it obsessively. Currency conversions, fact checking, basic maths, "what's the tip for $20", sending texts, sending WhatsApp messages, making phone calls, "flip a coin", "wake me up at 7", setting timers, "Add to calendar".... It works wonderfully well. I use it obsessively to the point that people now joke that if you ask me a question I'll simply ask Google about it.
  - hengheng 10y ago
    How did you find out what you could tell it? After the first ten useless Google searches that popped up, I was looking for a vocab list. And then I gave up.
    - amingilani 10y ago
      Honestly, I think i've built an instinct on what works and what doesn't. Simple statements do work, as do some simple questions. It's a bit of trial and error but if it's a simple fact check, it's most likely you can phrase the question in a manner that gets you an answer. E.g. I randomly tried: What do I do when I burn my finger? and it answered. Same for: How do I get ink stains out of my shirt?
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vijucat 10y ago
The "OK, Google" voice interface on Android, whatever it's brand name is, is amazing. Do try it out. It's able to understand me even with a lot of noise (street sounds). Also, there might be something wrong with the mic if you're using an external bluetooth mic?
- CamelCaseName 10y ago
  While it is amazing in its comprehension, it feels incredibly slow. Even just saying "OK, Google" takes a bit too long for it to respond, while saying "OK, vijucat" would probably elicit an immediate response. This is just my experience however on my Nexus 5 with very good wifi. Hopefully others are having a better experience, or there is a fix for the lag, because despite these problems, I use OK Google (Google Now?) quite often.

by new299 10y ago

Is this really the experience of voice recognition people have? I can't get Siri to reliably create appointments... takes about 3 tries for the voice recognition to work correctly.

Strom 10y ago

Siri's voice recognition definitely isn't state of the art, although it got a lot better for me with iOS 10. However even the Google app on iOS has leaps & bounds better recognition in my experience.

Kiro 10y ago

Definitely. Google Home picks up everything perfectly on the level that I'm really surprised the few times it actually fails.

dx034 10y ago
With Amazo nEcho this was exactly my experience for the first week. Since then, I've learned where it fails and are becoming more annoyed by it. The clear difference between current voice recognition and a real person is that they don't adapt to the way you talk. They don't learn if they misunderstood you once. As an example, if I ask Alexa to play a certain kind of music and she plays the wrong one, I'll have to specify it further to get the correct music. Next time I'd expect her to get the clue, but she'll make the same mistake again. Even though the most annoying thing is that chain commands don't really work with any assistant. I'd expect to give 4-5 commands at once and get them executed. Activating it for each command is very annoying.
philliphaydon 10y ago
I have an iPhone now and don't bother with Siri because it's wrong more often than right. Between Apple, Google, and Microsoft. To me only Cortana is worth using. For example. If I say "text prentice" neither Siri or Google Now can figure it out. But 100% of the time Cortana picks it up. I do miss my windows phone :(

piyush_soni 10y ago

Siri is pathetic, really. Try Google Now, or the new Assistant on Google Pixel.

krylon 10y ago

On Android, it has worked well for me for simple things (e.g. "Remind me to take my laundry off the hanger tomorrow at 15:00"). Have not tried anything fancy, though. A coworker once told his smartphone, "Tell me a dirty joke". It kind of worked, it opened a web search for "dirty joke". Cortana really impressed me by actually telling a joke; it was about dirty laundry (but I suspect that was intentional to avoid offending people). ;-)

amingilani 10y ago
I use it obsessively. Currency conversions, fact checking, basic maths, "what's the tip for $20", sending texts, sending WhatsApp messages, making phone calls, "flip a coin", "wake me up at 7", setting timers, "Add to calendar".... It works wonderfully well. I use it obsessively to the point that people now joke that if you ask me a question I'll simply ask Google about it.
- hengheng 10y ago
  How did you find out what you could tell it? After the first ten useless Google searches that popped up, I was looking for a vocab list. And then I gave up.
  - amingilani 10y ago
    Honestly, I think i've built an instinct on what works and what doesn't. Simple statements do work, as do some simple questions. It's a bit of trial and error but if it's a simple fact check, it's most likely you can phrase the question in a manner that gets you an answer. E.g. I randomly tried: What do I do when I burn my finger? and it answered. Same for: How do I get ink stains out of my shirt?
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vijucat 10y ago

The "OK, Google" voice interface on Android, whatever it's brand name is, is amazing. Do try it out. It's able to understand me even with a lot of noise (street sounds). Also, there might be something wrong with the mic if you're using an external bluetooth mic?

CamelCaseName 10y ago
While it is amazing in its comprehension, it feels incredibly slow. Even just saying "OK, Google" takes a bit too long for it to respond, while saying "OK, vijucat" would probably elicit an immediate response. This is just my experience however on my Nexus 5 with very good wifi. Hopefully others are having a better experience, or there is a fix for the lag, because despite these problems, I use OK Google (Google Now?) quite often.