[Fed-Talk] Re: Fed-talk Digest, Vol 8, Issue 47
[Fed-Talk] Re: Fed-talk Digest, Vol 8, Issue 47
- Subject: [Fed-Talk] Re: Fed-talk Digest, Vol 8, Issue 47
- From: "Graves, Paul (NIH/NIMH) [C]" <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2011 15:14:42 -0500
- Acceptlanguage: en-US
- Thread-topic: Fed-talk Digest, Vol 8, Issue 47
I wonder if Apple was simply waiting for the 'right' voice technology to
show up?
//Paul
>
>I have a feeling, from seeing the job postings on Apple.com's career
>section and their purchase of Siri, that the functionality will be
>forthcoming, and better.
>
>J
>
>On Mar 7, 2011, at 12:18 PM, Andreoli, Tony A USNUNK NAVAIR B1490, R215
>wrote:
>
>I think Siri sounds pretty interesting for the functions for which it was
>designed, but what happens when you want to use voice on some function
>they programmed it for? The beauty of the Android way is that any app
>that uses the keyboard is by default speech enabled. If it has the
>ability to take virtual keyboard input, it will also take speech input.
>This is most evidenced with text messaging. When trying out Dragon, it
>seemed that I had to go into Dragon, click to record, let it convert,
>then tell it I wanted to send it as a text message, then address it. On
>Android, I could simply reply via speech, directly in the messaging app
>(because of the keyboard integration). Far fewer steps.
>Don't get me wrong, I feel iOS is superior, but way behind on this area.
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Wm. Cerniuk [mailto:email@hidden]
>>Sent: Monday, March 07, 2011 10:32
>>To: Orth, Lonny J CIV N62306
>>Cc: Andreoli, Tony A USNUNK NAVAIR B1490, R215; email@hidden
>>Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] iOS vs. Android Voice support (was "RE: What? No
>>IPad2 Talk?)
>>See "Siri". You can verbally locate flights, book cabs, impressive. So
>>impressive that Apple bought them ;-)
>>--
>>R/Wm.
>>On Mar 7, 2011, at 10:14 AM, "Orth, Lonny J CIV N62306"
>><email@hidden> wrote:
>>>"Too bad SMS isn't... Voice command and speech to text is the one area
>>>that I really think iOS lags behind Android."
>>>If you're looking for speech to text on iOS, download Dragon Dictation.
>>> It's probably the most impressive and most useful free app that I've
>>>seen. You can send dictated text directly to an SMS message, mail
>>>messages, the note pad, or even Facebook and Twitter (if you're into
>>>those things).
>>>Beyond that, I can't say that I've had any experience with voice
>>>interaction on Android handsets. How extensive is their voice support?
>>>- Lonny
>--
>Joel Esler
>http://www.joelesler.net <http://www.joelesler.net/>
>
Paul S. Graves
Desktop Support Technician
NIH Contractor (LCG Systems/NIMH)
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