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Not that it's any surprise, but it's nice to see an emphasis on Siri. Voice control is very well suited to car interfaces: the car is a relatively-quiet, privat
by aggie 13y ago
Not that it's any surprise, but it's nice to see an emphasis on Siri. Voice control is very well suited to car interfaces: the car is a relatively-quiet, private space where you can be heard by the interface but not bother a stranger, and voice is as hands-and-eyes-free as it gets (not that this is the only challenge with car interfaces – divided attention from the road will only be solved with full autopilot).
What I would love to see going forward is real consideration for the optimal mix of buttons, touch-gestures, and voice control. A promising design [1,2] is the combination of mode-selection buttons and a thumb touch pad on the steering wheel. Left thumb holds down one of several modes, right thumb makes a simple gesture (no visual attention needed) and boom, you've got a lot of options for controlling things without taking your eyes of the road.
[1] graphic representation: http://i.imgur.com/sHhDLKZ.jpg http://i.imgur.com/sHhDLKZ.jpg
[2] pilot study: http://pro.sagepub.com/content/57/1/1643.short http://pro.sagepub.com/content/57/1/1643.short
- frik 13y agoVoice control works fine in Windows Automotive since at least 2008 [1]. Remember both Microsoft and Apple are using the same voice technology and sound libraries from Nuance Communication [2]. You can change the radio, mp3-playlist, do phone calls, listen the SMS, etc., though the internet enabled services are missing in older editions. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Embedded_Automotive http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Embedded_Automotive [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuance_Communications#Partnership_with_Siri_and_Apple_Inc http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuance_Communications#Partnersh....
- furyofantares 13y agoAre you sure it's the same tech? It very well could be, but scroll down on that page to mergers and acquisitions, Nuance seemingly buys every company it can in that space. So they actually have a wide variety of tech and perhaps deals associated with them that predate acquisitions.
- frik 13y agoYes, it's based on former DragonDictate: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DragonDictate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DragonDictate The following product: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NaturallySpeaking http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NaturallySpeaking Microsoft Auto uses it http://www.nuance.com/company/news-room/press-releases/ND_006329 http://www.nuance.com/company/news-room/press-releases/ND_00... and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Sync http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Sync And Apple's Siri is Nuance Dragon NaturallySpeaking cloud service.
- frik 13y agoYes, it's based on former DragonDictate: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DragonDictate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DragonDictate The following product: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NaturallySpeaking http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NaturallySpeaking Microsoft Auto uses it http://www.nuance.com/company/news-room/press-releases/ND_006329 http://www.nuance.com/company/news-room/press-releases/ND_00... and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Sync http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Sync And Apple's Siri is Nuance Dragon NaturallySpeaking cloud service.