Welcome Guest [Log In] [Register]
Welcome to The New Coffee Room. We hope you enjoy your visit.


You're currently viewing our forum as a guest. This means you are limited to certain areas of the board and there are some features you can't use. If you join our community, you'll be able to access member-only sections, and use many member-only features such as customizing your profile, sending personal messages, and voting in polls. Registration is simple, fast, and completely free.


Join our community!


If you're already a member please log in to your account to access all of our features:

Username:   Password:
Add Reply
"We've had voice recognition for more than a year in Windows"; (fanboi alert)
Topic Started: Dec 13 2011, 08:23 PM (131 Views)
George K
Member Avatar
Finally
We did it a year ago in Windows 7 for phone.
Quote:
 
Microsoft's Craig Mundie said that the iPhone's Siri voice recognition software is not new technology as a similar system has been available on the Windows Phone for over a year, and claims Apple marketed the capability to shift focus away from the iPhone 4S's lack of new features.

In an interview last week with Forbes, Microsoft Chief Research and Strategy Officer Craig Mundie said that Siri's capabilities are not Apple-specific, and notes that Windows Phone's similar "Tellme" technology has been functional for over a year.

"The Tellme facility's been in the Windows 7 phone for more than a year," Mundie said. "So I mean I just think people are infatuated with Apple announcing [Siri]."

Mundie goes on to say that Apple's marketing prowess is something that Microsoft could learn from, though he feels that the iPhone maker had to focus on the voice technology due to lack of new features on the iPhone 4S.

"In a sense, you know, many people were disappointed with [Apple's] newest phone because it wasn't a completely new thing, so the only thing they really had to hammer on was that feature," Mundie said. "Maybe we need to pick a feature and hammer on it harder."


Compare and Contrast:



A guide to GKSR: Click

"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... "
- Mik, 6/14/08


Nothing is as effective as homeopathy.

I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles.
- Klaus, 4/29/18
Online Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Riley
Member Avatar
HOLY CARP!!!
:lol2:
Online Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Dan
Member Avatar
Senior Carp
Hmmm, clearly the windows app is much better...
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Mikhailoh
Member Avatar
If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
not much comparison there. go figure.
Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball
Online Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
jon-nyc
Member Avatar
Cheers
heh.
In my defense, I was left unsupervised.
Online Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
musicasacra
Member Avatar
HOLY CARP!!!
:lol:
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Axtremus
Member Avatar
HOLY CARP!!!
C'mon, the guy's un-American accent stacked the deck against Microsoft's TellMe. I'll be more convinced if a Real American did the test.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
RosemaryTwo
Member Avatar
HOLY CARP!!!
Siri is helpful in baking too. She knows a lot about conversions.
"Perhaps the thing to do is just to let stupid run its course." Aqua
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Mikhailoh
Member Avatar
If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
The first widely available AI app.
Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball
Online Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Copper
Member Avatar
Shortstop

It looked like the iPhone used more battery.
The Confederate soldier was peculiar in that he was ever ready to fight, but never ready to submit to the routine duty and discipline of the camp or the march. The soldiers were determined to be soldiers after their own notions, and do their duty, for the love of it, as they thought best. Carlton McCarthy
Online Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
The 89th Key
Member Avatar

Siri is definitely the most ADVANCED voice recognition feature yet.... although I've been using my voice to text, call and lookup places since May 2010. One reason I bought the HTC Incredible (Droid) back then is because I tested out the voice recognition in the store and it was 99% accurate. Now when I "say" my texts whenever I don't feel like typing.

But still...Siri takes it to a new, more interactive, level.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
« Previous Topic · The New Coffee Room · Next Topic »
Add Reply