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<blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 5712795" data-attributes="member: 1">Yes, we all know Android does voice commands. The iPhone's had it for a while, too.&nbsp; Siri isn't the same as voice commands; the voice recognition tech isn't the clever bit.&nbsp; It's the way the user interacts with it plus the natural speech syntax interpretation and interaction that's the clever bit, not the fact that it can take voice commands.&nbsp; Voice commands (either the old iPhone version or the current Android version) isn't the same as Siri.&nbsp; It shares an element - voice recognition - but we're talking different things; it's a step up from voice commands. Android devs will be following suit, of course.&nbsp; Apple just has a bit of a head start.A crap analogy is comparing Windows to DOS and saying &quot;Yeah, DOS has a computer-monitor based interface which lets you move files, too - computers have been doing that for ages&quot;.&nbsp; OK, yeah, that's a terrible analogy and the jump isn't anywhere near that of Windows, but it's the one that sprang to mind.&nbsp; It's all about the slickness and integration.But anyway, it's not like I'm trying to sell you an iPhone!&nbsp; Apple's approach will appeal to some people (like me) and not to others.&nbsp; That's cool.I have a friend in Glasgow who bought a 4S.&nbsp; He says it's just fine.&nbsp; He has a fairly strong Glaswegian accent.It apparently has big problems with Indian, Chinese, and Japanese accents.&nbsp; But it only supports US English, UK English, Australian English, French, and German so far, with more rolling out in 2012.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Morrus, post: 5712795, member: 1"] Yes, we all know Android does voice commands. The iPhone's had it for a while, too. Siri isn't the same as voice commands; the voice recognition tech isn't the clever bit. It's the way the user interacts with it plus the natural speech syntax interpretation and interaction that's the clever bit, not the fact that it can take voice commands. Voice commands (either the old iPhone version or the current Android version) isn't the same as Siri. It shares an element - voice recognition - but we're talking different things; it's a step up from voice commands. Android devs will be following suit, of course. Apple just has a bit of a head start. A crap analogy is comparing Windows to DOS and saying "Yeah, DOS has a computer-monitor based interface which lets you move files, too - computers have been doing that for ages". OK, yeah, that's a terrible analogy and the jump isn't anywhere near that of Windows, but it's the one that sprang to mind. It's all about the slickness and integration. But anyway, it's not like I'm trying to sell you an iPhone! Apple's approach will appeal to some people (like me) and not to others. That's cool. I have a friend in Glasgow who bought a 4S. He says it's just fine. He has a fairly strong Glaswegian accent. It apparently has big problems with Indian, Chinese, and Japanese accents. But it only supports US English, UK English, Australian English, French, and German so far, with more rolling out in 2012. [/QUOTE]

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