No thank you

Why in the 21st century does it still sound like a farking speak 'n spell?

Why is there an article about this when there are much better alternatives already on the android market?

There was already something similiar to siri on android it just didn't do all the bot shiat which in itself is a really simple little trick and ultimately useless.

I've got an iphone 4, but...can someone explain the whole 'digital assistant' thing to me in a sane way?

I've never seen voice commands work anywhere within several hundred miles of where it would need to be for me to use it, and I don't keep apointments in my phone for the most part. I'm more than capable of googling or using an app to find stores nearby, and trust MY parsing algorithims much more than hers.

And I still function when the servers are down (well, as close as I ever get to it anyway).

It all just seems like it's interposing an extra layer of technology where it doesn't neccesarily need to be because everyone wants so very badly to have the Star Trek style technology where one just yells at a computer to get it to work.

blacksun: No thank you

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duckpoopy: Why in the 21st century does it still sound like a farking speak 'n spell?

This.

http://www.vlingo.com/

look, apple invented vlingo!

Schadenfreude ist die schoenste Freude: Why is there an article about this when there are much better alternatives already on the android market?

Feel free to list them....

Playinodds: http://www.vlingo.com/

look, apple invented vlingo!

I hope you mean "Look, Apple purchased vlingo!"

Stupid app is stupid. (Siri and it's reverse.)

There are and have been quite a few siri-like apps on android

What exactly is this app supposed to do??

I asked "what is the score for the denver broncos football game?"

answer: "I don't know"

Ok.... something more static...

"what is the capital of colorado?"

answer: "I do not know that either."

cleverbot is more useful.

kroonermanblack: I've got an iphone 4, but...can someone explain the whole 'digital assistant' thing to me in a sane way?

When I say "dial [name] at work" - it dials the name's work number. When I say "remind me when I leave home to pick up vodka" - it adds a reminder and when I leave home - my phone beeps to remind me to pick up vodka. When I say "play the blues" - it plays blues music from my library. And a dozen other things I've found useful.

Siri doesn't do everything and has issues (notably privacy and network issues during rollout) - but it does what it does way better than any other voice app I've ever experienced and does so consistently. And saying "wake me up tomorrow at 8am" takes a lot less work than opening up the clock app, choosing a bunch of settings, and saving it. Which is the entire point.

John Nash: Schadenfreude ist die schoenste Freude: Why is there an article about this when there are much better alternatives already on the android market?

Feel free to list them....

Here's one Link (new window)

Here's a list of others Link (new window)

Just tried out iris. It's pretty bad. It sent a message to a friend okay, and searched the web, but trying to get it to set an alarm, open another program, or play music was a total failure.

Schadenfreude ist die schoenste Freude: Here's one Link (new window)

Here's a list of others Link (new window)

Wow, thanks for your helpful recommendations.

dickwad

bravian: kroonermanblack: I've got an iphone 4, but...can someone explain the whole 'digital assistant' thing to me in a sane way?

When I say "dial [name] at work" - it dials the name's work number. When I say "remind me when I leave home to pick up vodka" - it adds a reminder and when I leave home - my phone beeps to remind me to pick up vodka. When I say "play the blues" - it plays blues music from my library. And a dozen other things I've found useful.

Siri doesn't do everything and has issues (notably privacy and network issues during rollout) - but it does what it does way better than any other voice app I've ever experienced and does so consistently. And saying "wake me up tomorrow at 8am" takes a lot less work than opening up the clock app, choosing a bunch of settings, and saving it. Which is the entire point.

When I say "I am horny" , it list the nearest escort agencies.
When I say "I want a happy ending" it lists the nearest massage parlors.
Does android do that?

John Nash: Schadenfreude ist die schoenste Freude: Here's one Link (new window)

Here's a list of others Link (new window)

Wow, thanks for your helpful recommendations.

dickwad

Want a personal assistant who googles things for you? Buy an iPhone

F*cktard

Playinodds: http://www.vlingo.com/

look, apple invented vlingo!

You mean Apple bought it froma company who released it on the App Store, when 6 months before Apple released it as iPhone 4s ONLY, it was for all phones...

Apple totally innovated Siri, not invented.

Playinodds: http://www.vlingo.com/

look, apple invented vlingo!

Since a Farker in an earlier thread recommended it, I've been trying it out. It's okay, I haven't had a change to try it in drive mode though. The app is useful if you have a lot of contacts, then you can just hit the vlingo button, speak the name and it will bring up the contact if not dial it.

Personally for this to work like it really should, you need a phone battery that can handle this app being in listening mode all the time, and the app needs to be more intelligent. Yelling "Hey Vlingo" in car mode just to get it's attention gets annoying.

electronicmaji: There was already something similiar to siri on android it just didn't do all the bot shiat which in itself is a really simple little trick and ultimately useless.

I bet you're banging a really hot girl too, but we don't know her cuz she lives in Canada.

cmunic8r99: How is this different than Vlingo?

/seriously

Well, for starters, it's free.

jankyboy: duckpoopy: Why in the 21st century does it still sound like a farking speak 'n spell?

This.

Pannous Voice Actions does everything Siri can and with the Ivona Amy English voice sounds very natural, just about the most natural device I've heard.

Voice Actions also came out six months ago and does all the "Wake me up tomorrow at seven" or "How old is Bill Clinton?" or even "What is ninety six times seven?" stuff and talks back to you as well.
See Video.
And go here and try the Amy voice.

Can I call it "Nicole?" Cause that's really all I want..

/not obscure

Schadenfreude ist die schoenste Freude: Want a personal assistant who googles things for you? Buy an iPhone

F*cktard

I'm going to read this as your way of saying that you were talking out of your ass the first time you posted.

Flint Ironstag: jankyboy: duckpoopy: Why in the 21st century does it still sound like a farking speak 'n spell?

This.

Pannous Voice Actions does everything Siri can and with the Ivona Amy English voice sounds very natural, just about the most natural device I've heard.

Voice Actions also came out six months ago and does all the "Wake me up tomorrow at seven" or "How old is Bill Clinton?" or even "What is ninety six times seven?" stuff and talks back to you as well.
See Video.
And go here and try the Amy voice.

bravian: And saying "wake me up tomorrow at 8am" takes a lot less work than opening up the clock app, choosing a bunch of settings, and saving it.

Congrats! You've saved nearly one ten-thousandth of a calorie!

John Nash: Schadenfreude ist die schoenste Freude: Want a personal assistant who googles things for you? Buy an iPhone

F*cktard

I'm going to read this as your way of saying that you were talking out of your ass the first time you posted.

Yea the Pannous link just didn't exist and I guess Google doesn't work for you if you want to find more.

You are just adorable.

100 Watt Walrus: cmunic8r99: How is this different than Vlingo?

/seriously

Well, for starters, it's free.

Oh boy! I saved a buck and got a grossly inferior product. Thanks, Android!

Thunderboy: Congrats! You've saved nearly one ten-thousandth of a calorie!

Or a life (or five), if he's trying to do it while driving.

Wow, Iris, that's a much less annoying name.

Schadenfreude ist die schoenste Freude: John Nash: Schadenfreude ist die schoenste Freude: Why is there an article about this when there are much better alternatives already on the android market?

Feel free to list them....

Here's one Link (new window)

Here's a list of others Link (new window)

rofl. You always deliver.

Iris needs work

"What is 70 divided by 4"

"You can not divide by zero"

Flint Ironstag: See Video.

Why is it reversed? Were they shooting the camera into a mirror or did they deliberately fark it up afterward for some reason?

Keep trying, freetards.

jankyboy: duckpoopy: Why in the 21st century does it still sound like a farking speak 'n spell?

This.

Because faking the ebb and flow of a natural voice is really, really hard. Especially if you only have 1 recording of each word, and you need to combine those into natural-sounding sentences without hitting the Uncanny Valley.

/And I'm presuming that recording and storing EVERY single possible inflection for every word ever is impractical storage-wise (and picking the right one is hard too), and that natural-sounding voice modulation is difficult to impossible.
//Though as we've seen, with good recordings (and a somewhat monotonic accent), you can get really really close.

DenisVengeance: Keep trying, freetards.

I'd like to see you program anything in 8 hours.

/program is stated to be in alpha
//alpha programs have bugs
///people who use alpha software report bugs so they can be fixed
////This is how software development works.

Just got it. It's pretty cool.

I said "You're a biatch" and it said "hur gammal &amul;r du?"

meyerkev: jankyboy: duckpoopy: Why in the 21st century does it still sound like a farking speak 'n spell?

This.

Because faking the ebb and flow of a natural voice is really, really hard. Especially if you only have 1 recording of each word, and you need to combine those into natural-sounding sentences without hitting the Uncanny Valley.

/And I'm presuming that recording and storing EVERY single possible inflection for every word ever is impractical storage-wise (and picking the right one is hard too), and that natural-sounding voice modulation is difficult to impossible.
//Though as we've seen, with good recordings (and a somewhat monotonic accent), you can get really really close.

Bell Labs worked on this If I remember correctly. It's come a long way since C-64 S.A.M. A brand new voice synthesizer for the Commodore Sixty Four.

It was phonemes for that. Help me memorize The Gettysburg Address, with it's wacko voice.

I learned that the score of today's Raiders game was that Spain won the World Cup.

fluffy2097: DenisVengeance: Keep trying, freetards.

I'd like to see you program anything in 8 hours.

/program is stated to be in alpha
//alpha programs have bugs
///people who use alpha software report bugs so they can be fixed
////This is how software development works.

That's the way software development works for twelve year olds.

I've been shipping software for over 20 years and I never used my user base as a testing organization.

DenisVengeance: fluffy2097: DenisVengeance: Keep trying, freetards.

I'd like to see you program anything in 8 hours.

/program is stated to be in alpha
//alpha programs have bugs
///people who use alpha software report bugs so they can be fixed
////This is how software development works.

That's the way software development works for twelve year olds.

I've been shipping software for over 20 years and I never used my user base as a testing organization.

you sound old; I bet you cant get it up anymore and that's why you're so grumpy.

Websites aren't software bro. u mad?

/off to play kerbal space program alpha!
//there are bugs to report!
///press space to go into space!

DenisVengeance: I've been shipping software for over 20 years and I never used my user base as a testing organization.

you ask em to pay for it?