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| Author: | Talya [ Thu Nov 03, 2011 8:26 am ] |
| Post subject: | Siri as a "Google Killer"? |
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericjackson ... le-killer/ Okay, I just don't see this. Its bad enough I have to talk to people on a phone. I don't want to be walking around talking to the smart phone itself. Sure, while driving, yeah. But not for standard use. |
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| Author: | Mookhow [ Thu Nov 03, 2011 8:30 am ] |
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Voice recognition on your phone is cool. When it works. I don't care about natural language or having a conversation with my phone, but I'd like it to understand wtf I said. |
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| Author: | Lex Luthor [ Thu Nov 03, 2011 9:26 am ] |
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I could see this if the phone became sentient, but that won't happen for a while. Also you can't kill Google, but you can compete with it. |
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| Author: | Taskiss [ Thu Nov 03, 2011 9:27 am ] |
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Taly, from what I remember you don't like phones pretty much in general, isn't that the case? Voice recognition is cool, but the really cool thing is the AI interface. It's still beta software, but it's a start of conversational AI in consumer electronics and I hope it's well enough received so that others race to present products that push the envelope. |
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| Author: | Müs [ Thu Nov 03, 2011 9:55 am ] |
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Seriously? No way. I don't want my phone to have a personality, and I sure as **** don't want to talk to it. I *hate* voice recognition. Especially on IVR systems. Its slow, and annoying. |
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| Author: | Lex Luthor [ Thu Nov 03, 2011 10:06 am ] |
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Müs wrote: Seriously? No way. I don't want my phone to have a personality, and I sure as **** don't want to talk to it. I *hate* voice recognition. Especially on IVR systems. Its slow, and annoying. The point of Siri is that it is not slow or annoying. |
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| Author: | Müs [ Thu Nov 03, 2011 11:04 am ] |
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Do I have to talk to it? Then its annoying. |
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| Author: | Corolinth [ Thu Nov 03, 2011 11:11 am ] |
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I think the whole point is that Siri isn't annoying to talk to. |
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| Author: | Midgen [ Thu Nov 03, 2011 1:12 pm ] |
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I have zero interest in talking to my phone in 90% of my usage scenarios. When I'm driving, using voice search to change the GPS destination is convenient. Any other time... no thanks. I don't care how sentient it is, I don't want to be carrying on voice conversations with my smartphone.. |
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| Author: | Taskiss [ Thu Nov 03, 2011 1:44 pm ] |
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So, you want to enter an appointment - would it be better by A) talking to your phone, telling it you want a reminder of an appointment for such-and-such and saying the date and time or B) getting the phone out of your pocket, opening the calendar app, switching to the correct month, clicking on the correct day, hitting the add, entering a title, time and a reminder on a screen or tiny keyboard I'll take talking to my phone over all the fumbling I do entering an appointment any time. |
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| Author: | Lenas [ Thu Nov 03, 2011 1:54 pm ] |
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Yeah, I don't know why you guys seem so set against talking to your phone. It's way faster than pushing all of the buttons/shortcuts and messing with an interface. The only roadblock is your self image about talking to your phone. Advances in tech are probably 95% of the time about convenience, and we're getting to the point of saying, "No... that's too convenient." Siri even self-activates when you hold the phone up to your ear, so you don't even have to look like a weirdo talking to your phone. It just looks like a short phone call. |
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| Author: | Midgen [ Thu Nov 03, 2011 2:34 pm ] |
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Adding an appointment to my phones calendar is something I almost never do. I might have done it twice in the entire time ive owned smartphones. I can live with navigating a couple of screens on the rare chance i need it. |
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| Author: | Lenas [ Thu Nov 03, 2011 3:01 pm ] |
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That's a very limited view of what can be done with Siri [or advanced voice tech in the future], though. |
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| Author: | Talya [ Thu Nov 03, 2011 3:06 pm ] |
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Silence is a convenience I treasure. |
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| Author: | Rorinthas [ Thu Nov 03, 2011 3:18 pm ] |
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I don't see how this "Kills google" You might (much stress on might there) be able to cut off the head known as "the android market," but the hydra will simply grow two more. |
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| Author: | Khross [ Thu Nov 03, 2011 3:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Siri as a "Google Killer"? |
The Googleplex has access to resources that Apple wishes it could access. |
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| Author: | Rynar [ Thu Nov 03, 2011 4:15 pm ] |
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Taskiss wrote: So, you want to enter an appointment - would it be better by A) talking to your phone, telling it you want a reminder of an appointment for such-and-such and saying the date and time or B) getting the phone out of your pocket, opening the calendar app, switching to the correct month, clicking on the correct day, hitting the add, entering a title, time and a reminder on a screen or tiny keyboard I'll take talking to my phone over all the fumbling I do entering an appointment any time. Yeah, no joke. I'm a big guy with huge hands, and big *** sausage fingers. I hate my keypad, which often times seems to be made for use by midgets, gnomes, and small children. |
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| Author: | Numbuk [ Thu Nov 03, 2011 4:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Siri as a "Google Killer"? |
Geeks everywhere rejoiced that the Star Trek communicator became a reality with the cell phone. Geeks everywhere rejoiced that the Star Trek datapad became a reality with the iPad and it's counterparts. But now geeks everywhere scoff at the Star Trek idea of talking to a computer and having it do stuff for you? I'm not sure I understand. |
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| Author: | Midgen [ Thu Nov 03, 2011 4:32 pm ] |
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If I was a crew member on starship, in a sci fi television show, i would probably adamantly insist on using voice commands to control everything... I practical every day use, amongst you commoners.. I don't want to be standing around talking to my phone in public. (heck, I don't even like to stand around talking ON my phone in public). It should be legal to slap someone talking on (or to) a phone in line at the grocery store, etc... |
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| Author: | Mookhow [ Thu Nov 03, 2011 4:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Siri as a "Google Killer"? |
| Author: | Stathol [ Thu Nov 03, 2011 7:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Siri as a "Google Killer"? |
| Author: | Lex Luthor [ Thu Nov 03, 2011 7:55 pm ] |
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If I could talk to my computer or phone casually and have it do stuff, it would be pretty sweet. But Google has strong voice products as well and I don't see why Apple has a monopoly here. 'Killer' implies something like racing a car against someone's horse, but in this case it's more like car vs car, both of which are continually upgraded. |
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| Author: | Raltar [ Mon Nov 07, 2011 5:13 pm ] |
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I type way faster than I talk. |
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| Author: | Lenas [ Mon Nov 07, 2011 6:12 pm ] |
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Maybe you've got a speaking disorder. Or you type like 150 WPM. |
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| Author: | Mookhow [ Mon Nov 07, 2011 6:15 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Siri as a "Google Killer"? |
Hmm, typing on a tiny *** virtual keyboard on my phone, or having to repeat everything I say 3-4 times because of "questionable" voice recognition. Tough call. |
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