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General => General discussion => Topic started by: Jay on 21 October 2011, 18:31
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I think the Android equiv. is better in these tests and has been out since before Siri and the tech is old anyway, just new(ish) on phones (though WinMo had it in 2003 iirc or similar?)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPdZgt2O2ks
and before you go on and say how the voice is crap, you can install different voice packs (and as someone has mentioned in the comments in the video there is a VBH voice will be trying that out :drool: ) Just a small sample of voices from 1 company https://market.android.com/search?q=svox&so=1&c=apps
I've tried it for a few mins and it was very good, considering I was in a noisy room with the radio right behind me and the aircon on to warm the room up just in front of me (everything in the office is my side of the room for some reason?!).
Next up, I'm going to practise my English, get my future told and speak about shedding a few pounds with my phone - should be fun and kill a few minutes later on.
https://market.android.com/developer?pub=Speaktoit
:grin:
EDIT: Changed the title as the Voice Actions/Jeannie (http://pannous.net/voiceactions/) app seems to have an iPhone app too. The Android Market link for the Voice Actions/Jeannie (https://market.android.com/details?id=com.pannous.voice.actions.free) app.
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No!!! It cant be as good as Siri :lipsrsealed: :rolleyes:
Half the android owners dont even know about this app.
BTW I have Vicky :cool:
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Ahhhh, roll the Parodies:
http://youtu.be/aTg00wIijNY
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Question.
Unlike in the video, do you have to push the home button each and every time before you speak to Siri?
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Question.
Unlike in the video, do you have to push the home button each and every time before you speak to Siri?
Not always, you can see he is pressing cancel after some commands :smiley: It does, however, depend on the command you gave it as to whether it waits for another command or not.
and yes, it does calendaring/appointments too.
When telling it to make a note it Prompts you if she should store your notes in her memory or in Evernote if you have it installed.
It'll be even better with the new voice engine in Android 4 that doesn't need to upload your audio to servers to be analysed as it's done on the phone, then the command to be sent back down to the phone so it'll be quicker and no waiting around for a second or two for that to be actioned.
Need to borrow someone's iPhone 4S and start a convo between them, see what happens :grin:
I can see the novelty wearing off soon, I used Vlingo and Google Voice Search before this, which are good and do what they say on the tin but don't interact with you like this. Modified my avatar too:
from
(http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj183/jayton82/screenshot-1319217082660.png)
to hot librarian :grin: Strange she didn't pull a face that time I asked, normally she frowns if you say something perverted :laugh:
(http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj183/jayton82/screenshot-1319225837459.png)
and does weather too
(http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj183/jayton82/screenshot-1319226737136.png)
A bit squished but my phone is low resolution and only a 3.2" screen, but the ancient CPU copes well so can't see why Siri can't work on the 3GS or 4 tbh
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can't see why Siri can't work on the 3GS or 4 tbh
How the f*ck does that sell new phones, eh?
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Surely as a responsible company with the best interests of your fans it would be more about giving your users a great experience and tools to do what they want, how they want without making them upgrade each year to a newer model to get these latest features, and not removing/banning or otherwise imposing a monopoly on the point of application selection and installation ?!?!
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I think you'll find it's all about the money, honey.
Otherwise why would Apple put most of its manufacturing in the far East?
Oh hang on, that'll be because the US doesn't have the capabilities (nor do we I suspect).
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Got me looking at some others too.
The video on this one is flipped for some reason, but shows the applications does a lot, also available to iPhones so the 3GS and 4 can have Siri, without the Siri :grin:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.pannous.voice.actions.free&feature=search_result
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Didn't Apple try this in 1986??! :rolleyes:
*cough
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hShY6xZWVGE&feature=related
:grin:
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Yeah but they failed at that because Jobs wasn't there then :grin:
I just tried Jeannie and it works well, could do with some Apple polish to make it look better than a microphone - mash it with SpeakToit Assistant and it would be good, it even returned the sound of a cup and saucer so it can't be pre-programmed response for animals as you saw in the video :laugh:
Also works for:
Jet Fighters
Foo fighters make a strange electro sound when asked what noise they make :grin: when asked to play foo fighters music brought up youtube (don't have music on my phone)
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A friendly warning, if you tell it set your an Alarm for 7:30am take your phone out the bedroom so you don't wake your sleeping beauty who wants a lay in now the kids are off school, if you do forget make her a cuppa to start the grovelling with :laugh:
Even if you delete the Alarm from the normal place it STILL goes off at the same time, it also asks if it should set one for the next morning. Pity I've already got a good alarm clock built into the phone set to mon-fri 7am, handy for adding extra alarms at the weekend and saves about 10 seconds doing it manually.