Re: [Fed-Talk] Siri started as DOD project
Re: [Fed-Talk] Siri started as DOD project
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] Siri started as DOD project
- From: Joel Esler <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:42:47 -0400
I'm buying the phone JUST for that feature.
On Oct 5, 2011, at 2:02 PM, Villano, Paul Mr CIV USA TRADOC wrote:
> By the way, Siri is really good at speech recognition, even with my speech defect. It was fun to play with as an app. But starting yesterday it (she?) gave me a "Dear John" (Paul? Ringo? George?) letter saying "I'm moving to Apple 4GS"...So not only did they rob me of the cool phone I was expecting but now they take my app away. :o( It IS a great technology, but not reliable enough to buy or run a $200+ phone for.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Todd Heberlein <email@hidden>
> Date: Wednesday, October 5, 2011 12:52
> Subject: [Fed-Talk] Siri started as DOD project
> To: email@hidden
>
>
>> Apple's new Siri for the iPhone started out as a DoD project.
>>
>> DARPA funded SRI in a project called CALO (Cognitive Agent that
>> Learns and Organizes). SRI spun out the project into the company
>> called Siri, which Apple later bought. Now everyone can have it in
>> their iPhone.
>>
>> The iPhone 4S’ Talking Assistant Is a Military Veteran
>> http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/10/siri-darpa-iphone/
>>
>> The video is pretty dorky but fun. About 10 years ago I went down
>> to SPAWAR to help them write a script like this for cyber
>> security. The end result was kind of dorky too, but it was a fun
>> exercise.
>> Todd
>>
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