Comments on: Is iPhone's Voice Control the Sound of Things to Come? http://gigaom.com/2009/07/07/is-iphones-voice-control-the-sound-of-things-to-come/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Future of Speech Recognition Review by GigaOM | Vlingo Blog | Vlingo http://gigaom.com/2009/07/07/is-iphones-voice-control-the-sound-of-things-to-come/#comment-216457 Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:09:58 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=57451#comment-216457 [...] piece on the future of speech recognition. See below and offer any comments that you may have! Is iPhone’s Voice Control the Sound of Things to Come? Posted: 07 Jul 2009 06:00 PM [...]

]]> By: PS3 Fan http://gigaom.com/2009/07/07/is-iphones-voice-control-the-sound-of-things-to-come/#comment-216456 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:03:20 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=57451#comment-216456 I absolutely love using voice control for my computer. A while back both my keyboard and my mouse broke and I was using voice control exclusively to control it, open programs and type etc. It was amazing!

]]> By: Xbox Fan http://gigaom.com/2009/07/07/is-iphones-voice-control-the-sound-of-things-to-come/#comment-216455 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:31:21 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=57451#comment-216455 I’ve tried so many voice recognition technologies over the years, after all, how much easier would it make life? But I’ve always found them dissapointing and full of errors, and I don[t really expect any company to sort that soon, we all just speak so differently that it’s going to be such a massive task to target reliability.

]]> By: Ken http://gigaom.com/2009/07/07/is-iphones-voice-control-the-sound-of-things-to-come/#comment-216454 Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:02:13 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=57451#comment-216454 Yet another article that repeats Apple claims of innovation for products available on other platforms for years.

MS is YEARS ahead of Apple w/Voice Command for Windows Mobile and Sync on all Ford Vehicles.

I wouldn’t be suprised if Apple licensed the software from MS (like they did for ActieSync).

]]> By: Kyle p http://gigaom.com/2009/07/07/is-iphones-voice-control-the-sound-of-things-to-come/#comment-216453 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:21:29 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=57451#comment-216453 What do you think about an application that lets you set and control an alarm clock by just talking to it?

@moshilifestyle

]]> By: Nokia http://gigaom.com/2009/07/07/is-iphones-voice-control-the-sound-of-things-to-come/#comment-216452 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:23:42 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=57451#comment-216452 another application from Apple that we can enjoy

]]> By: Bill http://gigaom.com/2009/07/07/is-iphones-voice-control-the-sound-of-things-to-come/#comment-216451 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 05:56:12 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=57451#comment-216451 One Voice gets kudos for being a pioneer, but, rumor has it that the speech recognition on the iPhone is licensed from Nuance Communications, and Nuance has over 1,000 patents, if it’s a patent contest.

]]> By: majortom1981 http://gigaom.com/2009/07/07/is-iphones-voice-control-the-sound-of-things-to-come/#comment-216450 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:50:55 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=57451#comment-216450 I hate to break it to gigaom windows mobile smartphones have voice control buitl in for years. Works very well .Just as good if not better then apples. I have both an ipone 3gs and a att fuze so i have used it on both.

]]> By: draftMedia (draftmedia) 's status on Wednesday, 08-Jul-09 17:16:24 UTC - Identi.ca http://gigaom.com/2009/07/07/is-iphones-voice-control-the-sound-of-things-to-come/#comment-216449 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:16:29 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=57451#comment-216449 [...] http://gigaom.com/2009/07/07/is-iphones-voice-control-the-sound-of-things-to-come/ [...]

]]> By: SD http://gigaom.com/2009/07/07/is-iphones-voice-control-the-sound-of-things-to-come/#comment-216448 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:37:03 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=57451#comment-216448 Why is this news? Both my Motorola V710 and HTC XV6700 had voice control capabilities way before the original iPhone 2G was released.

What really makes me angry is that there is absolutely no reason why this feature couldn’t have been in the iPhone from day one back in 2007. I find it absoutely ridiculous that this is a 3GS only feature. There is no reason why my 3G couldn’t have gotten this functionality with the iPhone OS 3.0 OS update as well.

The way I see it, Apple has put profit before safety for its existing iPhone customers. What a slap in the face.

]]> By: Michael http://gigaom.com/2009/07/07/is-iphones-voice-control-the-sound-of-things-to-come/#comment-216447 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:14:56 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=57451#comment-216447 I guess my point was, Apple drives the industry when it is demonstrably better than competing alternatives. Their voice feature, while more ambitious, is significantly *less* useful than the voice dialing that came on the last several free phones I got before switching to the iPhone. Your point may be valid, but I’m tired of Apple fans being portrayed as mindlessly worshiping whatever Apple ships. One wag wrote that if Apple shipped an iTurd, Apple fans would line up and pay $500 for it. I disagree. I think Apple fans are quite happy to heap scorn on Apple for any perceived flaw in a product. If anything, expectations are higher. In general, Apple doesn’t do check-off item features. It’s done right or it’s not in the product. In this case, I think they made an exception.

]]> By: iPhone Fan http://gigaom.com/2009/07/07/is-iphones-voice-control-the-sound-of-things-to-come/#comment-216446 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 07:33:34 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=57451#comment-216446 I’ve just seen the very start of the voice side of things with voice recorder. Have to say, I have failed miserably in the two attempts to use it so far, so not sure what the future holds!

]]> By: Rich Rosen, FastCall411 http://gigaom.com/2009/07/07/is-iphones-voice-control-the-sound-of-things-to-come/#comment-216445 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 05:08:30 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=57451#comment-216445 “Is iPhone’s Voice Control the Sound of Things to Come?”

Yes, and not just mobile devices, voice control (voice search, voice portals) will be prolific. There is a convergence of technology, cost, and usage. Microphones and speakers are cheap, bandwidth is easy and voice applications are up to the task. There will be voice control at retail (“tell me the specs of the new Sony flat screen”); voice portals built into vending machines; at tourist attractions – everywhere that a kiosk with a touch screen has been cost prohibitive or otherwise inaccessible.

]]> By: Kontra http://gigaom.com/2009/07/07/is-iphones-voice-control-the-sound-of-things-to-come/#comment-216444 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:20:51 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=57451#comment-216444 I’m trying to fully absorb that lovely picture wherein iPhone is trying to catch up to WinMo.

]]> By: Phil H. http://gigaom.com/2009/07/07/is-iphones-voice-control-the-sound-of-things-to-come/#comment-216443 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:01:17 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=57451#comment-216443 As the article points out, “none of the functions of Voice Control are particularly new, and their implementation on the iPhone has been met with mixed reviews.” At present and most likely for the forseeable future, accuracy of device-resident speech recognition will lag that of server-based solutions, such as Vlingo’s and Google’s. Despite these valid criticisms of Voice Control, Apple is calling attention to and promoting speech recognition, which will undoubtedly up the ante for the entire industry.

]]> By: Mike http://gigaom.com/2009/07/07/is-iphones-voice-control-the-sound-of-things-to-come/#comment-216442 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:35:04 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=57451#comment-216442 I don’t understand all this about who was first stuff… I remember paying $40 for Microsoft Voice Command 1.0 in December 2003 for my PocketPC, tho it took them maybe a year to port it to smartphones. My phone had copy paste then too.

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