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Only that Siri doesn't happen on the iPhone, and it's easy to prove: try using Siri with aeroplane mode on.

by dfcmt 7y ago

inscionent 7y ago
The audio to text translation does happen on the iPhone. Siri is a service, yes a network is required to access the service.
- starsinspace 7y ago
  Nope, it does not. Only the trigger phrase (“Hey Siri“) is recognised locally on the device (according to Apple), everything that comes after that is sent as audio recording snippet to Apple servers where the actual speech recognition happens. There are rumours [0] that Apple might enable local speech-to-text at some point, but as of now, that’s not how it works. [0] https://appleinsider.com/articles/18/11/15/apple-considering-offline-mode-for-siri-that-could-process-voice-locally-on-an-iphone https://appleinsider.com/articles/18/11/15/apple-considering...
  - inscionent 7y ago
    https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208343 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208343 > You can use dictation instead of your keyboard to enter text with many apps and features that use the iOS keyboard. > On iPhone 6s or later, and iPad, you can use dictation without being connected to the Internet. Earlier models of iPhone and iPad require an Internet connection.
    - starsinspace 7y ago
      Sadly, offline dictation is a separate feature, it is not the speech-recognition used for Siri. Quote directly from Apple: "The recording of the user’s spoken words is sent to Apple’s voice recognition server. If the task involves dictation only, the recognized text is sent back to the device. " Source: Page 69 in https://www.apple.com/business/site/docs/iOS_Security_Guide.pdf https://www.apple.com/business/site/docs/iOS_Security_Guide....
  - jhayward 7y ago
    I just put my iPhone in airplane mode and used speech to text to enter a full paragraph in Notes. Siri is the service. Speech to text, while it can be improved with network access, works fine without it on current iOS.
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Only that Siri doesn't happen on the iPhone, and it's easy to prove: try using Siri with aeroplane mode on.

by dfcmt 7y ago

Only that Siri doesn't happen on the iPhone, and it's easy to prove: try using Siri with aeroplane mode on.

The audio to text translation does happen on the iPhone. Siri is a service, yes a network is required to access the service.

starsinspace 7y ago
Nope, it does not. Only the trigger phrase (“Hey Siri“) is recognised locally on the device (according to Apple), everything that comes after that is sent as audio recording snippet to Apple servers where the actual speech recognition happens. There are rumours [0] that Apple might enable local speech-to-text at some point, but as of now, that’s not how it works. [0] https://appleinsider.com/articles/18/11/15/apple-considering-offline-mode-for-siri-that-could-process-voice-locally-on-an-iphone https://appleinsider.com/articles/18/11/15/apple-considering...
- inscionent 7y ago
  https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208343 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208343 > You can use dictation instead of your keyboard to enter text with many apps and features that use the iOS keyboard. > On iPhone 6s or later, and iPad, you can use dictation without being connected to the Internet. Earlier models of iPhone and iPad require an Internet connection.
  - starsinspace 7y ago
    Sadly, offline dictation is a separate feature, it is not the speech-recognition used for Siri. Quote directly from Apple: "The recording of the user’s spoken words is sent to Apple’s voice recognition server. If the task involves dictation only, the recognized text is sent back to the device. " Source: Page 69 in https://www.apple.com/business/site/docs/iOS_Security_Guide.pdf https://www.apple.com/business/site/docs/iOS_Security_Guide....
- jhayward 7y ago
  I just put my iPhone in airplane mode and used speech to text to enter a full paragraph in Notes. Siri is the service. Speech to text, while it can be improved with network access, works fine without it on current iOS.

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