iOS 5 speech recognition concept showcased in video
Recent rumors and a patent application suggest an upcoming version of iOS will include some form of speech recognition. Inspired by these revelations, graphic designer Jan-Michael Cart created a short video that shows how Apple could add this speech-to-text functionality to iOS 5.
His conceptualization takes speech recognition one step further than the patent, which focus on calling only. Cart envisions a world where speech is incorporated into the core of iOS and used throughout the user interface. For example, a long-press of the home button would launch the speech recognition module and let you create text messages. An API could be made available to developers so that they could add speech recognition to their applications. It's an interesting concept that would make many users happy if Apple implements speech-to-text in this way. Read on for Jan-Michael Cart's concept video.
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Anything has to be an improvement over the current situation. Since iOS 4 was installed on my 3GS it has been completely incapable of understanding me but yet it worked fine on iOS 3. Various attempts to restore my device or change languages back and forth have not yielded the desired result, which is damned annoying.
May 17 2011 at 7:33 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyUmm didnt anybody watch the engadget show, where Woz was saying this is the next big thing, and thats why he uses an android phone? Hence the distancing between google and apple, ie apple now working on voice gps and more cloud services.
May 17 2011 at 2:35 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyNOT practical.
Have tried voice dictation. Not accurate enough.
I will believe it when I see it working.
Just like how all the tablets were non-practical until the 'iPad'.
Proof lies in the pudding. I wouldn't hold my breath even if
Apple were to make it their main feature.
PROVE IT!
Uummm hello, nuance joint venture. . . .you buy from others when you can't do it your self!
May 17 2011 at 2:42 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWell, I have used 'Dragon Dictation', which I see now Nuance is using in their mobile products. Though the accuracy has improved over the years, I have not seen a practical implementation, except maybe for office setting.
Apple has work cut out for them if 'voice navigation/dictation' is to be made practical.
The problem now is you gotta hold the button, wait for the beep, release, and finally speak. I want to be able to hold the button, speak, and release. I'm talking instant. Like, any more than a click and it knows that it's talky time. At this point, the speech features are far too much of a planned out event, and not a natural flow. The kind of speed that is necessary for speech functions to flow naturally will probably limit this to A4 and up devices.
May 17 2011 at 12:03 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyIf speech rec requires pressing anything then it is a fail.
Seriously how many people as their main play/call method long press the home button to launch voice control.
Imagine having to long press home before eachytime you did something on the touch screen. I'm not talking unlock, I'm talking each task...
Well I agree to a certain extent. But the problem with the current system is that it simply isn't responsive enough. It takes way to long to launch the voice recognition app. This system would be a little closer to instantaneous. I could see it working for some things though.
May 16 2011 at 8:36 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyAgreed, the launch and recog are both too slow.
I consider the google voice search, works a little bit, pretty quick.. but I have to press the button to start it.
I reckon voice is only ever going to work once it is seamless, just always doing it unless you turn it off.
In a different way location apps, like color or reviews of food or even bump etc. they dont work because you have to choose it, install it, open it and then discover no one else really has it.
Things need to be integrated and in everything. Imagine an iPhone where touch only happened in Certain apps and not the OS. Fail. Or even the other way round, in the OS but not in all apps...
Voice then becomes this ever present thing, but how you implement that.. From avoiding random sounds, to recognizing you vs someone else to the way voice controls things, even how you train it, or customize your sounded commands.
I've yet to see anything close to success yet. Will iOS 5 figure it all out....
Concepts are the reason why the Microsoft Courier is dead while the Kin unfortunately actually made it to product shelves.
May 16 2011 at 6:13 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyIt wouldn't need an API. Apple could implement it just like we see here by modifying the behavior of text fields, the keyboard, etc.
May 16 2011 at 6:10 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI'm wondering if Apple is finally going to get serious about using iDevices in cars. Cars are the one place where I think speech recognition would be most useful what with most states having laws about hands free driving....
May 16 2011 at 5:19 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyReminds me of this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLfAbuGtU8c
And just when I thought my iPhone's "autocorrect" couldn't mangle my occasional mis-type any more hilariously...
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