By: Aseem Gaurav on October 13, 2011
The new iPhone 4S has brought sheer excitement among consumers. Apple has said that pre-orders of its iPhone 4S have topped one million in a single day, surpassing the iPhone 4’s single day pre-order record of 600,000.
The $199 iPhone 4S, goes on sale on October 14 with a new operating system, faster A5 processor, 8MP camera and several other incrementally upgraded features.
Out of many blockbuster features that people would have obviously expected from the late Steve Jobs's company, one really prominent addition is an artificial-intelligence system called “Siri” that has to be tried to be believed. The PA answers questions and offers information using natural language. It understands words of context and colloquial phrasing.
Siri is an amazing category-redefining speech recognition tool and saves time and profoundly changes the definition of phone. To use Siri, users will have to hold down the home button for a few seconds and the application will launch. You can use this took to make calls, send text messages or e-mail, schedule meetings and reminders, make notes, find something on Internet, find local restaurants and get directions, and lots more.
iPhone 4S users also get answers, and even perform complex calculations using Siri. Here are some of the sample conversations with Siri.
Me: “What’s the weather look like today?”
Siri: “Getting your current location. Here’s the forecast for today.”
Me: “Where can I have dinner?”
Siri: “I found 14 restaurants close to you.”
Besides this, one can dictate emails and text messages, over Bluetooth, and that too without looking at the screen.
Moreover, Siri can read incoming messages which you can reply via voice. Like if you ask "Will the weather get worse today?" and it answered, "I don't think the weather is going to get worse" and displayed a weather chart. You can also use the PA to check addresses and stock prices.
But the system has limitations as it can’t read the contents of email and accuracy may not be like you always want. Overall, Siri works well even in beta and you need to be specific in your commands to use the device for best results.
The new iPhone 4S has brought sheer excitement among consumers. Apple has said that pre-orders of its iPhone 4S have topped one million in a single day, surpassing the iPhone 4’s single day pre-order record of 600,000.
The $199 iPhone 4S, goes on sale on October 14 with a new operating system, faster A5 processor, 8MP camera and several other incrementally upgraded features.
Out of many blockbuster features that people would have obviously expected from the late Steve Jobs's company, one really prominent addition is an artificial-intelligence system called “Siri” that has to be tried to be believed. The PA answers questions and offers information using natural language. It understands words of context and colloquial phrasing.
Siri is an amazing category-redefining speech recognition tool and saves time and profoundly changes the definition of phone. To use Siri, users will have to hold down the home button for a few seconds and the application will launch. You can use this took to make calls, send text messages or e-mail, schedule meetings and reminders, make notes, find something on Internet, find local restaurants and get directions, and lots more.
iPhone 4S users also get answers, and even perform complex calculations using Siri. Here are some of the sample conversations with Siri.
Me: “What’s the weather look like today?”
Siri: “Getting your current location. Here’s the forecast for today.”
Me: “Where can I have dinner?”
Siri: “I found 14 restaurants close to you.”
Besides this, one can dictate emails and text messages, over Bluetooth, and that too without looking at the screen.
Moreover, Siri can read incoming messages which you can reply via voice. Like if you ask "Will the weather get worse today?" and it answered, "I don't think the weather is going to get worse" and displayed a weather chart. You can also use the PA to check addresses and stock prices.
But the system has limitations as it can’t read the contents of email and accuracy may not be like you always want. Overall, Siri works well even in beta and you need to be specific in your commands to use the device for best results.
