Testing the limits of everyday AI against a variety of accents Featuring Siri, Google Home, and Amazon Echo. Who will understand the most people?
WIRED tested the limits of everyday AI against a variety of accents in linguistics tests designed to determine which AI is the best at understanding the most people.
Featuring Siri, Google Home, and Amazon Echo – who do you think the big winner is? Jump over the break to check out the video…
easy way to trigger Siri by voice in macOS Sierra
It has been rumored for a couple of years now that Siri will come to Mac. With macOS Sierra, Apple’s personal assistant is available on Macs for the first time.
Siri can be triggered through an icon in the dock, icon in the menu bar or a user-specified keyboard command. One thing Apple didn’t include here is a way to trigger Siri by voice. For example “Hey Siri”. Turns out that, with a bit of ingenuity, you can easily enable that in macOS Sierra.
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check out siri’s individualized voice recognition
One of iPhone 6s‘ feature is that now users can trigger Siri by simply saying Hey Siri, and thanks to the new M9 motion coprocessor the functionality works even when the device is not plugged in without having a massive impact on the battery.
You might ask yourself, but what about there’s a bunch of people in the room and someone summons Siri, will your phone answer right away? No, because the feature relies on individualized voice recognition. That means that Siri will only be triggered by your voice.
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Cortana vs SIri
Nokia released today two new Lumia ads to highlight its Cortana assistant, but just like any other smartphone ad today they’re mocking…. you guessed it…. Apple’s iPhone and its personal assistant, Siri.
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The good doctor, Sherif Hashim, found a new iOS 7.1.1 bug that grants full access to the contact list while the phone is locked
The good doctor, Sherif Hashim, found a new iOS 7.1.1 bug that grants full access to the contact list while the phone is locked. iOS 7.1.1 passcode lock bypass with full access to the contacts list, very easy, and with additional single manipulation (i m not showing that) you can access all the contacts details, edit/copy/share/message/email them, anyway, keep secure and disable Siri on lock screen till the next iOS update
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New code found in iOS 7.1 and iOS 7.1.1, suggests that Apple is working on building support for Siri on the Apple TV.
New code found in iOS 7.1 and iOS 7.1.1, suggests that Apple is working on building support for Siri on the Apple TV. References to a new Apple TV were previously found in iOS 7 builds and the new strings suggest that voice input and feedback will be included on the next gen devices.
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Four freshmen at the University of Pennsylvania decided to try making Siri do more on their own, so they came up with GoogolPle
Four freshmen at the University of Pennsylvania decided to try making Siri do more on their own, so they came up with GoogolPlex, allowing Siri to interface with Spotify, Nest, and other third-party apps. To use GooglePlex you don’t need to jailbreak your device or download anything and it only takes a couple of minutes to set it up.
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Cortana has been getting a lot of attention for being a hipper, more “with it” digital assistant, but Siri isn’t taking that lightly.
Cortana has been getting a lot of attention for being a hipper, more “with it” digital assistant, but Siri isn’t taking that lightly. Arsenio was talking with both of them on the show when things got a little out of control.
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Talking to Siri in public can be extremely awkward and embarrassing
Talking to Siri in public can be extremely awkward and embarrassing, especially when you say the crap out loud that Jack Vale said!
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Today, Microsoft officially unveiled Cortana, Windows Phone’s 8.1 personal assistant.
Today, Microsoft officially unveiled Cortana, Windows Phone’s 8.1 personal assistant. Named after a character from the Halo video game, Cortana is powered by Bing, and users can use Cortana to make phone calls, send texts, dictate notes or provide reminders.
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