Apple Siri

[Sushubh]

without APIs this is as good as it gets. i guess in the end user want it to work. and if this works great for them... i guess its still pretty cool?

 

[sathyabhat]

oh no doubt it's pretty cool. Just a bit miffed with RTM. Then again, RTM speaks to Siri gets more eyeballs right?Will be interesting to see how apps will use Siri once the API opens up.

 

[Sushubh]

i wonder it would become a game of which app gets preference over other one. i mean if i have multiple twitter apps installed and all of them are connected to siri... which one would be used. should be an interesting problem to solve for Apple.

 

[sathyabhat]

I'd imagine it'd be like the way it handles contacts or other such ambiguities - by asking "Did you mean x, y or z?"

 

[Sushubh]

i guess user would be able to set preferences themselves. would suck to have to confirm the app every single time. still would be awesome to see how siri grows in the future. this is something a lot of companies including microsoft have tried in the past and have failed. people do not like talking to their computers but mobiles? makes a lot of sense. i mean microsoft blue&me technology in my fiat car has a lot of basic capabilities though i have not really been able to use it properly (voice recognition sucks).

 

[Sushubh]

The Joy of Tech comic... Siri-ous Relationship Issues.

 

[sathyabhat]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNI_CCDjDHM

 

[Sushubh]

Dag Kittlaus — the co-founder and CEO of the company that created the Siri voice control feature, which Apple launched to much acclaim recently — has left the company, according to sources.

Kittlaus has led the speech recognition efforts for Apple, since it bought Siri in April of 2010. He had been Siri’s CEO since 2007. Before that, the Norwegian-born Kittlaus was an Entrepreneur in Residence at the Stanford Research Institute and had also worked at Motorola.

Kittlaus apparently left after the launch of Siri, but sources said other key Siri execs are expected to remain at Apple.

Siri Co-founder Kittlaus Departs From Apple - Readability

 

[Sushubh]

Geek And Poke: The Geek&Poke Tip For Final Exams

 

[Sushubh]

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