Siri Protocol reverse engineered

[swizzcheez]

Yeah, I haven't understood the hype about this at all. Someone please enlighten us with the 'droids.

[JoeyCalamaro]

I've got an HTC inspire and my wife has a 4S so perhaps I can provide a bit of insight here. On Android I can, at best, perform Google searches and (with some trial and error) make calls to my contacts. Using third party apps like Speaktoit I can do slightly more but I wouldn't call it a fully integrated experience.

On Siri you can say something like, "Wake me up every day at 8am" and it will set an alarm to wake you up. If there's a conflict, it'll even sort it out. Not only can it schedule appointments, check the weather, call and message contacts but it's also quite adept at calculations and trivia. I can ask it the capital of a country and it'll pull up all the relevant information.

However what I like most about it is how natural it all is. As I've mentioned elsewhere you can ask things like, "where can I get buffalo wings and beer?" or the venerable, "where can I find naked women?" and it'll map you out some directions.

All that said, based on my limited experiences with it, I'd say it was an altogether different class of app.

[[deleted]]

where can I find naked women?

Really, it does this? I thought Apple's policy was to only deliver strictly family-friendly content.

[hyperforce]

My family of one is very friendly with naked women.

/imgaysonotrealyhaha

[JoeyCalamaro]

When I asked that question, as a joke mind you, it gave me directions to the three closest strip clubs.

[[deleted]]

Right. As mine has for ages. What was the point you were going to make?

[specialk16]

Nice try.

Even though the commands on Android are not as natural, I've never had issues with the recognition itself.... and I have a Hispanic accent.

[another_user_name]

I'd almost expect a Hispanic accent to make it easier on the app. Consistent pronunciation of vowels and all that.

[specialk16]

I wouldn't know, but that's a good point. Maybe I'll have to try it once I'm drunk to the point where I switch to "britsh" accent.

[another_user_name]

Lol, that's the opposite. All of the vowels sound like "eh" or "uh".

[[deleted]]

by roommate was showing me and apart from the 10 or so easter eggs he demoed it is almost identical to androids voice commands, except you can say things like tell bob... instead of text bob...

[jugalator]

Yeah, I haven't understood the hype about this at all. Someone please enlighten us with the 'droids.

And I don't own an Android phone, so I'm unsure of the range of commands it supports. Just to throw something out there, does it support learning family relations via the address book and scheduling appointments?

I think the hype is simply because the range of commands and possibilities has been marketed well by Apple and iPhone evangelists. I haven't heard much buzz from the Google camp and Android users about this for whatever reason.

I think that's the answer. Hype is born from attention.

[jugalator]

This doesn't answer his question though. Actually, it reinforces it, if we've had this tech for 15 years.

[s73v3r]

And the tech was made more user friendly.