Vratislav Holub It's no secret that the voice assistant Siri is far behind the competition. This imaginary gap could soon be narrowed with the implementation of a new feature that would allow it to learn to whisper and shout according to the situation. Apple celebrates its 45th birthday today.
Siri could learn to whisper and shout
In recent years, Apple has had to deal with (justified) criticism aimed at the Siri voice assistant. It is significantly behind the competition. In any case, the latest news indicates that the Cupertino giant is aware of the problem and is trying to bring the best possible functional solution. Siri already knows 2019 times more facts than three years ago, in 14.5 we saw improvements that make the assistant sound more human than machine, and the new version of the iOS XNUMX operating system also brings with it two new voices in American English. In addition, a newly discovered patent now suggests that Siri could learn to whisper or shout relatively soon.
Alexa from Amazon, for example, has had exactly this ability for a long time. The whole thing should work in such a way that Siri can determine, based on the surrounding noise, whether it is appropriate to whisper or just shout in a given situation. The whole thing should work quite easily. For example, if you shouted at your HomePod (mini) in a noisy environment, Siri would respond in the same way. Conversely, if you were already lying in bed and wanted to set an alarm at the last minute, the device would not answer you in a standard voice, but would whisper the answer. In this regard, Apple is under considerable pressure from the competition, which has been offering similar options for a long time. So it can be expected that we will see this news quite soon.
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Amaya Toman Apple celebrates its 45th birthday today
Exactly 45 years ago, the history of the then start-up called Apple, which was created in the garage of one of the co-founders, began to be written. As you all know, three people stood at the birth - Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne. But the third mentioned is not so popular. Twelve days after the founding of the company, he sold his 10% stake to Jobs in order to avoid any financial risk. However, the irony remains that if he had not done so, his stock would be worth $200 billion today.
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It all started with joint work on the first Apple I computer in 1975, on which Jobs collaborated with Wozniak. Apple's father, Jobs, then managed to secure a deal with the Byte Shop, a small computer store near Mountain View, California. He subsequently took care of the sale of these products, which started in July 1976 and was available for the now iconic $666,66. Wozniak later spoke relatively simply about the award. Because he liked it when the numbers were repeated, and that's why they chose this path. Since then, the company has managed to introduce a number of iconic products, where we definitely have to mention the Macintosh in 1984, the iPod in 2001 and the iPhone in 2007.
As Apple celebrates 45 years today, I'm reminded of Steve's words from many years ago: "It's been an amazing journey so far, yet we have barely begun." Thanks to every member of our Apple family for all you've done to enrich lives. Here's to the next 45 years & beyond!
- Tim Cook (@tim_cook) April 1, 2021
