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<blockquote data-quote="Kobold Avenger" data-source="post: 5712787" data-attributes="member: 779">Android phones have had Voice Commands for a while which are useful as a tool, and with voice commands being out there it hasn't been much of a game changer, and neither will Siri be.It's useful to getting stuff in when you don't want to use the keyboard, there's less ability for it to understand natural language as you often have to begin sentences with &quot;Navigate&quot;, &quot;Call&quot;, &quot;Watch&quot; and it's most definitely linked to various Google Services, which some people are fine with and others not so much when you use those functions.&nbsp; Though for many things you still have to use your hands often to select things from a dropdown after speaking to it.&nbsp; I've also read that Google's engineers have certainly been putting some effort into getting voice commands to understand certain accents and languages better, as I imagine anyone from Glasgow might have more problems with the phone even if they sort of speak English.That last point though is probably going to be something that anyone who makes voice input devices is going to have to work on.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kobold Avenger, post: 5712787, member: 779"] Android phones have had Voice Commands for a while which are useful as a tool, and with voice commands being out there it hasn't been much of a game changer, and neither will Siri be. It's useful to getting stuff in when you don't want to use the keyboard, there's less ability for it to understand natural language as you often have to begin sentences with "Navigate", "Call", "Watch" and it's most definitely linked to various Google Services, which some people are fine with and others not so much when you use those functions. Though for many things you still have to use your hands often to select things from a dropdown after speaking to it. I've also read that Google's engineers have certainly been putting some effort into getting voice commands to understand certain accents and languages better, as I imagine anyone from Glasgow might have more problems with the phone even if they sort of speak English. That last point though is probably going to be something that anyone who makes voice input devices is going to have to work on. [/QUOTE]

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