Friday, January 6, 2012

REVIEW:Siri

The most exciting feature on the iPhone 4S was Siri. The virtual PA. It was the first voice control system which could actually understand what you say and reply. It had no fixed commands. You could ask her(him in case of UK users anything. I played with it for a week or so and decided to write a review. So continue reading.
Surprisingly, Siri handles Indian accents very well. Mind that I am only talking about the North Indian accent not the South Indian accent. It could answer almost any question. It was also able to find the value of acceleration due to gravity thanks to it's collaboration with WolframAlpha. Maps didn't work in India and that was disappointing. In other things like sending SMS, fixing up appointments, setting up alarms or reminders was also done flawlessly and it could do all this in spite the fact that it is still in Beta stage. I guess the results will mind blowing when it comes out of Beta. Hopefully, then it can solve my physics problems?

P.S-Tested Siri on iPhone 4. Want it on your older devices? Stay tuned to the Siri port page.

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