Reports are coming in that Apple has added a new barrier to the software that tries to run Siri on devices other then the iPhone 4S. The move shows that Apple can, indeed, tell what device its Siri is running on.
Some users with jailbroken iPhone 4 (and some Jailbroken iPads) have been reporting that they have been having problems using the feature since early Monday morning.
Well, another Siri wanna be has hit the Android Marketplace.
This is the description for the app:
Siri (Beta) on Android. Intelligent personal assistant that helps you get things done just by asking.
SOON:
Multiple Language Input
Voice Input.
Control email, sms, calendar, etc.
Next versions for FREE.
To see the app, click here.
On Friday, we reported that their was a Siri clone appearing on the Android Market.
Now, it seems that Google has pulled at least one of the clones, but is keeping others available.
We’ll continue to follow this and issue updates when we know more.
Late Thursday, we discovered a pair of Android applications claiming to be “the answer to Siri for Android” and even sport Apple’s Siri logo (as shown on the right).
According to the description:
Siri, now for your Android device!
This application is a Siri icon that opens “Google’s Voice Actions” app.
Google Voice Actions is a powerful app that comes with every Android device. It supports many different voice commands and Google is constantly working to make it even more powerful. Show your iPhone friends your Android phone can do what Siri does!
Some Example Commands include:Send text messages
Say “send text to [recipient] [message]*”
e.g. “send text to Allison Miller Running late. I will be home around 9″
A few days ago, we posted a video showing someone controlling Siri with their mind (or so we thought).
Greg Courville, an undergraduate physics student at the University of California, explains why it is a fake:
“If you haven’t spotted it already: not only does there appear to be virtually nothing connected to the SpeakJet chip, it’s also placed sideways in the breadboard, which shorts a number of critical pins together, and therefore would make it impossible to use.
The project’s blog claims that ”ECG pads provide raw skin conductivity / electrical activity as analogue data (0-5v)”. Let’s go ahead and ignore the fact that they seem to have confused EEG with ECG (which is a completely different type of measurement), and the spurious reference to “skin conductivity” (ditto). The most glaring problem with that statement is the claim that EEG signals fall in an Arduino-friendly 0-5V positive voltage range. Suffice it to say they don’t.
What did Project Black Mirror do? Based on their written statements, their YouTube videos and the photo shown below, they connected the electrode leads directly to the analog input terminals on the Arduino.
In short, there’s not even the slightest chance that they are actually recording EEG signals this way.”
Apple has been keeping a secret from iPhone users: the company may call its new “humble personal assistant” Siri, but the real name of the UK version is Daniel. And Daniel’s real name is Jon Briggs.
Sen. John McCain whipped out his new iPhone 4S during a hearing on the Postal Service on Wednesday. Discussing changing technology, McCain demonstrated how easy it is to dial his wife with the device.
“Call Cindy,” he said into the phone. “That’s all you have to do anymore. Now even I can figure that one out.”
Sen. Joe Lieberman teased McCain: “But I know Cindy and I think she’d like to get a note from you, a handwritten note.”
(h/t Matt Sobocinski)
Amazon may be quietly if unintentionally gunning after Apple’s Siri with future Kindles, a newly discovered SEC filing (PDF) has revealed. Using a shell company known as Dion Acquisition Sub to keep the deal out of its usual SEC filings, Amazon has bought Yap, which had a voicemail-to-text service but had also focused heavily on natural-language speech recognition and an emphasis on mobile technology. Although terms of the deal were kept secret, the takeover left little question as to Amazon’s involvement, since Dion’s headquarters was at 410 Terry Avenue in Seattle, owned solely by Amazon.
Via: MacNN.com
