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So many puns. "Let's talk iPhone" -> "Let's talk, iPhone" (new speech functionality). It's a phone, you talk to people, you also talk to it, etc. I would expec
by cryptoz 15y ago
So many puns. "Let's talk iPhone" -> "Let's talk, iPhone" (new speech functionality). It's a phone, you talk to people, you also talk to it, etc.
I would expect this to be a very speech technology-heavy event.
- dave1619 15y agoNice catch. Can't wait for Assistant.
- mortenjorck 15y agoTim Cook's first product reveal, and the marquee feature is based around voice recognition. Heaven help him.
- wanorris 15y agoIf anyone can convince the mass market that they care about a voice interface, it's Apple. But there are some things not even Apple can do, and I suspect this may be one of them.
- MatthewPhillips 15y agoThe mass market already cares about voice-to-text, it's heavily used by Android users (according to the Google-provided data).
- andrewljohnson 15y agoTrue fact. Voice search on Android works flawlessly and I use it all the time in the car.
- tadfisher 15y agoExcept for the 30-something-item-long "Did you mean" list that forces me to look at and physically manipulate the phone, it works amazingly well.
- drats 15y agoUnfortunately that won't stop Apple from being credited with inventing/popularizing it.
- gurkendoktor 15y agoHasn't exactly that feature already somehow failed with the iPod Shuffle, which has physical buttons again? I haven't bought or ever seen that device or the 4th gen successor to make a hands-on judgment. But it seemed like a step back from VoiceOver from the outside. (I loved my 2nd gen Shuffle!)
- ugh 15y agoThe iPod shuffle has nothing whatsoever to do with voice control. Edit: That is actually factually true. Not sure why some seem to think otherwise.
- Danny72 15y agoThe 4th gen Shuffle is the 2nd gen, but slightly smaller and with the VoiceOver technology. If you loved the 2nd gen, you'll love it.
- duskwuff 15y agoVoiceOver is purely text-to-speech, not speech recognition or speech-to-text.
- dave1619 15y agoGoogle/Android was first to market with systemwide voice-to-text. But Apple won't disappoint. I expect Apple's Assistant to be pretty impressive.
- ugh 15y agoAndroid users seem to like their voice recognition features. If Apple can deliver that kind of quality I don’t see a problem.
- stevenp 15y agoI've never personally been able to get any use out of the voice control feature of iOS. In fact, after trying it a few times, the only time I invoke it now is by accident. I hope that Apple kicks some major ass on this feature and creates another "how did I ever live without this" moment.
- hrabago 15y agoI use it while driving to call people without having to dial with my fingers. Unfortunately once the call is placed I still have to use my fingers to set it to speakerphone.
- nickheer 15y agoWhen I can ask my smartphone "what time is the next bus arriving?" without having to touch it, that's when it's a really smart phone. I hope it's that level of a kick.
- CamperBob 15y agoGoogle's voice search has been at that level for a long time now, but I get the impression most people have never tried it.
- pasbesoin 15y agoA family member tried it on an original Droid, and it was a miserable failure for her. I was a bit mystified, comparing this experience with the positive comments I'd read. Might be her voice in particular; I turned on the "personalized tuning" setting, but it did no good.