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“Hey Siri” is available because a T2 chip is included. We’re slowly crawling towards Voice as a User Interface on the personal computer. Hope this happens in

“Hey Siri” is available because a T2 chip is included. We’re slowly crawling towards Voice as a User Interface on the personal computer. Hope this happens in my lifetime. I’ve been waiting several decades.

gurkendoktor 8y ago
Macs had support for always-on speech control for over a decade: http://etc.usf.edu/techease/4all/input-devices/how-do-i-use-speech-recognition-in-mac-os-x/ http://etc.usf.edu/techease/4all/input-devices/how-do-i-use-... (The earliest mention of macOS voice control that I can find is almost two decades old: http://lowendmac.com/1999/computer-tell-me-a-joke/ http://lowendmac.com/1999/computer-tell-me-a-joke/) The issue is that Siri can't do a whole lot on macOS. I don't think the T2 chip is a game changer here.
madeofpalk 8y ago
"Hey Siri"'s increasing presence in Apple's lineup is very problematic, at least with it's current implementation, especially with the wildly varying capabilities between devices. The HomePod is very greedy with Hey Siri, even for things that it can't handle. I'll be in my living room and try to "Hey Siri" something to my phone, and my HomePod in the kitchen will somehow here me, take the request, and then fail because it's incapable to doing it. Throwing a Mac into the equation just makes things harder.
- melling 8y ago
  Sounds like Apple could fix by allowing a more specific name: “Hey Mac” “Hey HomePod”
shawabawa3 8y ago
> We’re slowly crawling towards Voice as a User Interface on the personal computer. > Hope this happens in my lifetime. I’ve been waiting several decades. Can I ask why? I find voice interfaces basically useless. They're too awkward to use in public, too unreliable to use in general, and almost never quicker than just typing or mousing anyway. I can see how it's great for accessibility (e.g. for blind people), but that's about it
- melling 8y ago
  “Too unreliable “ “Faster to type” You’re doing that thing where you take the current implementation that isn’t very good and ignore that it will greatly improve. For example, people say electric vehicles don’t work for them because they only go 300 miles on a charge with today’s battery technology. Anyway, at some point, someone will get it right then you’ll wonder how you lived without it.

gurkendoktor 8y ago

Macs had support for always-on speech control for over a decade: http://etc.usf.edu/techease/4all/input-devices/how-do-i-use-speech-recognition-in-mac-os-x/ http://etc.usf.edu/techease/4all/input-devices/how-do-i-use-... (The earliest mention of macOS voice control that I can find is almost two decades old: http://lowendmac.com/1999/computer-tell-me-a-joke/ http://lowendmac.com/1999/computer-tell-me-a-joke/) The issue is that Siri can't do a whole lot on macOS. I don't think the T2 chip is a game changer here.

madeofpalk 8y ago

"Hey Siri"'s increasing presence in Apple's lineup is very problematic, at least with it's current implementation, especially with the wildly varying capabilities between devices. The HomePod is very greedy with Hey Siri, even for things that it can't handle. I'll be in my living room and try to "Hey Siri" something to my phone, and my HomePod in the kitchen will somehow here me, take the request, and then fail because it's incapable to doing it. Throwing a Mac into the equation just makes things harder.

melling 8y ago
Sounds like Apple could fix by allowing a more specific name: “Hey Mac” “Hey HomePod”

shawabawa3 8y ago

> We’re slowly crawling towards Voice as a User Interface on the personal computer. > Hope this happens in my lifetime. I’ve been waiting several decades. Can I ask why? I find voice interfaces basically useless. They're too awkward to use in public, too unreliable to use in general, and almost never quicker than just typing or mousing anyway. I can see how it's great for accessibility (e.g. for blind people), but that's about it

melling 8y ago
“Too unreliable “ “Faster to type” You’re doing that thing where you take the current implementation that isn’t very good and ignore that it will greatly improve. For example, people say electric vehicles don’t work for them because they only go 300 miles on a charge with today’s battery technology. Anyway, at some point, someone will get it right then you’ll wonder how you lived without it.