Siri - what is this? How to enable Siri
The role of smartphones in the life of each of us is becomingmuch more noticeable. We spend most of our time with portable mobile devices, and therefore we can say that we are constantly in touch both on the mobile network and on various social platforms, like Twitter and Facebook.
But what is remarkable: smartphones have become our helpers, who organize a working day, help establish goals and achieve them, control our behavior (to some extent). One of the tools that makes life easier for the user is Siri. How to enable this "helper" on your phone, what it is, and how it works, we'll cover in this article.
Siri Technology
So, let's start with the fact that the technology by whichthe Siri system functions, is, in fact, the experience of many years of development of a huge group of scientists. If you believe the official information, then some 40 years ago, developers worked to create a prototype of artificial intelligence, which could collect, analyze and respond to information coming from the environment. Siri, based on these technologies, in fact, absorbed these developments. And Apple, which introduced the platform on the market as an addition to its product, has become one of the pioneers of the era of artificial intelligence in smartphones. And, in fact, thanks to the work of many scientists, today the user can work with Siri. What is this - we will tell in more detail below.
Siri on iPhone
On the smartphone from Apple - iPhone (starting with the model4S and ending with the latter, iPhone 6) - Siri is presented as a simple application. It can be installed from the program directory for devices running the iOS operating system and run by simply pressing a button.
In addition to the possibility of additional loading Siri,iPhone has this program as one of the basic. Thus, even if the user does not know about the existence of Appstore, even after buying the phone, he can use this "helper".
Despite the fact that Siri operates on the principle ofdefinition of speech requests, this does not limit users from most countries in terms of language integration. This is achieved by the developer company due to the fact that the program has up to 20 versions working with different languages. Of course, there is also Siri in Russian, which is available on the territory of the Russian Federation.
Siri Functions
A user who has not yet encounteredthis application, a logical question arises: what exactly is included in the function of Siri? Actually, than this program can help the owner of the phone, and why is it needed?
The answer is simple: The application functions as a personal assistant. In his "duties" (if you correctly use such a word with respect to the application) includes recognition of user commands, their processing and, of course, proper response. This is how you can describe the main function of the application.
And as for specific tasks with whichworks Siri, then this, in fact, the same tasks that your smartphone also performs. Considering what Siri is on the iPhone, you can say that this application allows you to contact the phone with various requests and wait until it completes the task.
Features of the program
Of course, technologies that would allowYour iPhone absolutely "understand" you exclusively by voice, yet does not exist. Siri is just an attempt to create such a universal and working solution, but it is also not ideal. Therefore, you need to know how to use Siri on the iPhone 5 (as, indeed, on any other model). In particular, you should try to make the most correct inquiries (for example, "Call my mother", "Open a card" and so on). Make calls to the smartphone in an arbitrary form is not necessary (especially if it's not about the English language, which Siri recognizes best).
Another feature, of course, is the clarityspeech, and, in particular, those words that you say for Siri. What are these phrases will be, and how clearly you will pronounce them - it's up to you. But remember that depends on this degree of recognition by the program of your voice. For example, if you give a command in a noisy environment, the "helper" will most likely "not understand" you.
Available languages
You ask, what are the languages available in Siri? We answer: it's English, Danish, Dutch, Swedish, Russian, Italian, French, Spanish, Cantonese, Danish, Chinese, Korean, German, Thai, Turkish and Japanese. The presence of language in this list means that people can make a request to the program on it, and it will "understand" what the user wants.
It should be noted this feature: each of these languages is not available on all versions of iOS. About half have been added relatively recently, starting with version 8.3.
How to work with Siri?
In this part of the paper, we describe the procedure forIt is necessary to start working with Siri (how to enable the application, in fact). So, we are considering two possible options: if you have a preinstalled program (which comes with the new device right away), then you do not need to take any special actions. The program starts, as already mentioned above, by long pressing the Home button. If you do not use this function and do not want to call the "helper" in this way - you can turn it off in the settings.
Another option is when you, for someThe reason is no Siri, and you would like to install it "from scratch." This is easy: just go to Appstore and install it, like the rest of the program. Then you can go into Siri from the desktop, launching it in normal mode.
No activation or additional registrationthe program does not require. In this and the beauty of this development - for all its breadth of possibilities, Apple presented it in the most simplistic form. The interface in the end was simple and straightforward.
How to use?
And to use Siri (what is it and how is it arranged, inin general, we think, sorted out) is very simple. By running the application, you will see a new window showing the audio recording line (as in the voice recorders). In addition, the launch of Siri is also accompanied by a characteristic sound (a specific "double" signal), after which the phrase "Hello, how can i help you?" In English (or "How can I help?" In Russian) is pronounced. After that, you can pronounce the phrase indicating the command you need: "Siri, show me the nearest restaurants," for example.
After your speech is recorded, the program will give one more signal, followed immediately by the answer.
Prospects and opportunities
In fact, all information about this applicationis common. We know how Siri helps. That this is a product that in the future is able to "learn" to fulfill all our requirements without exception (and then it will become really convenient).
It is interesting, but is it possible to somehow apply this development in other areas?
Experts argue that for suchsoftware solutions, like Siri, the future of mankind. Perhaps, once artificial intelligence can solve the most difficult problems, do incredible calculations, answer those questions, we could not find answers to which to us, people.
There is also a theory that Siri is just useless "navorot" Apple, which, moreover, does not recognize speech at the right level.
Whatever it was, but in English (in the US,in particular), people actually use this application more actively than in all other countries. Here Siri is integrated into many other custom online services, released by Yahoo, Google, Yandex, Facebook and many others. The task of each of them is to make the user working with his iPhone, able to perform any action "without hands", just giving out commands verbally. Perhaps such developments will lead to something really interesting in the market.
Analogues on other platforms
It should also be noted that the Siri technology is notis original or new on the mobile device market. In order to understand this, it is enough to take some advanced Samsung and find there the voice input function. Yes, on devices of the Korean company such applications work less accurately than on smartphones with iOS; However, it is possible that at one point Apple will give up its leadership position in a technologically advanced company.
In addition, there are a number of less well-knowndevelopments that exist in the form of small start-ups and also work on voice recognition. So far, of course, some "high-profile" breakthroughs in this sphere are not observed, but it can not be said that it stands still. With the help of a voice, for example, it is already possible to control a multimedia system in a car, which helps to reduce the level of danger on the roads. Such a mechanism can be applied in a variety of areas - and it can really help improve our lives.
In the meantime, even the fact that you have your own "helper" installed on your iPhone is encouraging. After all, two words are enough to call a loved one. And maybe, Siri could even save someone's life ?!
