If you are very old, you’ll remember a time when changing a TV channel meant getting off the couch and actually touching a set. But in the future, apparently, we’ll just tell the TV what to do.
If you are very old, you’ll remember a time when changing a TV channel meant getting off the couch and actually touching a set.
But in the future, apparently, we’ll just tell the TV what to do. Microsoft’s Xbox already offers voice control, and lots of crystal-ball-gazers figure that Apple TV will do the same, using Siri. Now here comes Google TV, which is rolling out the feature with certain LG TV sets.
Jump over the break to check out the video…
Mercedes-Benz has announced plans to integrate the iPhone and Siri’s voice control functions into its new A-Class vehicle
Mercedes-Benz has announced plans to integrate the iPhone and Siri’s voice control functions into its new A-Class vehicle. The new A-Class vehicle will seamlessly merge iPhone 4S functions into the car’s in-vehicle display via Daimler’s Digital DriveStyle App and COMAND Online multimedia system.
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Vocal lets you vocally control your Mac. Using the dictation feature of the iPhone 4S, Vocal lets you dictate text and send commands right from your device.
Vocal lets you vocally control your Mac. Using the dictation feature of the iPhone 4S, Vocal lets you dictate text and send commands right from your device.
Using commands as if you were talking to Siri or Voice Control, you can open applications, create new files, search Amazon, define words you don’t know, or even play songs or playlists in iTunes. Dictation allows you to use your voice to write an email or essay, with the text then being automatically inserted into your document.
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FastPdfKit Reader is manipulated by various commands with SiriProxy acting in the middle. A plugin is used to add new commands to the ones recognized by Siri, and finally, the proxy then sends the final commands to the app.
A few days ago, we told you about plamoni’s Siri Proxy , a proxy server which allows developers to easily add functionality to Siri. The main example for Siri Proxy is a plugin to control a thermostat with Siri. If that’s not impressive enough, another developer by the name of Brandon Fiquett, has created a ruby plugin for Siri Proxy which allows him to control his car using Siri.
Today we’re telling you about FastPdfKit Reader, the first Siri controlled iOS app…
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Siri Proxy is a proxy server for Apple’s Siri “assistant.” The idea is to allow for the creation of custom handlers for different actions. This can allow developers to easily add functionality to Siri.
Siri Proxy is a proxy server for Apple’s Siri “assistant.” The idea is to allow for the creation of custom handlers for different actions. This can allow developers to easily add functionality to Siri.
The main example is a plugin to control a thermostat with Siri. It responds to commands such as, “What’s the status of the thermostat?”, or “Set the thermostat to 68 degrees”, or even “What’s the inside temperature?”
For more info and the source code for Siri Proxy check out github. Head over the break to check out the videos….
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Siri will let you speak to perform tasks like getting directions, setting an alarm, ask for weather forecast, making a calendar appointment, search Wikipedia and WolframAlpha, supports dictations etc.
Siri will let you speak to perform tasks like getting directions, setting an alarm, ask for weather forecast, making a calendar appointment, search Wikipedia and WolframAlpha, supports dictations etc. Siri describes himself/herself as a ‘humble personal assistant’ and will work with built-in apps over 3G and WiFi.
Check out the Apple demo of Siri after the jump…
Apple confirmed today ( and they even gave an impressive demo of Siri today, during the media event ), that they will bring Siri voice control to the iPhone.
Apple confirmed today ( and they even gave an impressive demo of Siri today, during the media event ), that they will bring Siri voice control to the iPhone.
The iPad is officially jailbroken, and now we can have some fun with it. One easy thing you can do, is to enable Voice Control
The iPad is officially jailbroken, and now we can have some fun with it. One easy thing you can do, is to enable Voice Control:
1. SSH into your iPad
2. Navigate to /System/Library/CoreServices/SpringBoard.app
3. Open K48AP.plist in a text editor or a plist editor
4. Under the capabilities area add the following key:
<key>voice-control</key>
<true/>
5. Reboot your iPad
6. Enjoy
You can take an extra step and:
1. Navigate to /System/Library/VoiceServices/PlugIns/Base.vsplugin/English.Iproj
2. Open Help.strings
3. Change anything that says iPod into iPad
4. Voice Control will now say iPad instead of iPod
Tweaks like backgrounder and MultiflOw or quickboard and quick widgets. But holding down the home key on your iPhone 3G(S) and third gen iPod touch keeps triggering voice control.Well here’s the fix
So you have some new tweaks that enable hotkeys from the home button. Tweaks like backgrounder and MultiflOw or quickboard and quick widgets. But holding down the home key on your iPhone 3G(S) and third gen iPod touch keeps triggering voice control.
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get voice control for your iPhone 2G and 3G. You can get this for iTouch as well, but you might need a new headset
When the iPhone 3Gs was released it had 3 new features that were only available for the 3Gs: video recording, voice control and the compass. They said they couldn’t bring this features on the 2G/3G because of some chips and all sorts of made up stuff. In reality they wanted to make the existing customers and the new customers to buy the new device.
Since then we ( by we, i mean the community ) found a way to save the videos shot with cycorder/videorecorder for 3G in the photos.app and watch them and even copy-paste them into an email. In this article you will find out how to get Voice Controll . Compass anyone? I would really love those augmented reality apps on my 3G… but i dont think thats possible since the compass involves the magnetometer.
