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If 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 m
by wanorris 15y ago
If 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.