Siri

So many people in today's world have iPhones. A lot of these users love to use the "Siri" feature.  Siri is a feature that allows you to give certain commands and ask questions. Many knows how this feature works, as you just open the feature and talk into the microphone. Installed in the phone is a recognizer that decides whether or not your command or question can be decided within your phone or by your phone. If it may not be done within the phone, it will then connect to a network to try and finish the command.

The fact that Siri can understand what yo are saying is amazing in itself. The interpretation is done within the phone as it first estimates the vowels and consonants for each letter spoken.  It will then use those estimates create a pool of words with these consonants. From these words there are a series of sentence estimates. The phone will then decide which sentence makes the most sense and use that sentence as the command. Siri isn't perfect though, and also comes up with some very interesting answers as you can see from the pictures below.

Older functions of Siri, which are still available today, were simple things such as answering basic questions, sending a text message, setting an alarm, or calling a contact on your phone. You can also ask Siri what the name of a song is while recording it for a few seconds. Newer things that Siri can do come from the new iOS 9 update that is available on iPhones.  For example, let's say you took photos a few months ago back in July.  All you have to do is simply ask Siri to show you the photos you took in July and they will pop up on your screen. You can also have her remind you of something at a certain time of day or specific time.  She will even open up a map for you once you get in your car hours from now if your phone is somehow connected with your car. With your phone being able to connect to many things today, you can also command Siri to turn of lights in your house or turn on things such as the TV! Also, the maps feature is huge for today's world, as it has almost completely gotten ridden of paper maps to use while trying to find something.  The new iOS 9 now has transit information in the maps application and all you have to do is ask Siri for transit directions and she will show you a map of public transit information. Siri is also available on Apple tablets. It is truly amazing how Siri can do the things she does, and it has made life a lot easier for a lot of people with phones who struggle to find certain things in the settings or other parts of their phones.  Other technology companies that make phones have started implementing things very similar to Siri into their phones. It is a feature that many use daily and don't even think twice about how the whole process works.



Published by Austin Eller