Как пишется siri

Siri

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The Siri logo in iOS 15 and macOS Monterey (2021)

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Siri running on iOS

Developer(s) Apple
Initial release October 4, 2011; 11 years ago
Operating system iOS 5 onward, macOS Sierra onward, tvOS (all versions), watchOS (all versions), iPadOS
Platform
  • iPhone
  • iPad
  • iPod Touch
  • Mac
  • Apple TV
  • Apple Watch
  • HomePod
Available in
  • Arabic
  • Chinese: (Cantonese, Mandarin)
  • Danish
  • Dutch
  • English
  • Finnish
  • French
  • German
  • Hebrew
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Malay
  • Norwegian
  • Portuguese
  • Russian
  • Spanish
  • Swedish
  • Thai
  • Turkish
Type Intelligent personal assistant
Website www.apple.com/siri/

Siri ( SEE-ree, SI-ree) is a virtual assistant that is part of Apple Inc.’s iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, macOS, tvOS, and audioOS operating systems.[1][2] It uses voice queries, gesture based control, focus-tracking and a natural-language user interface to answer questions, make recommendations, and perform actions by delegating requests to a set of Internet services. With continued use, it adapts to users’ individual language usages, searches and preferences, returning individualized results.

Siri is a spin-off from a project developed by the SRI International Artificial Intelligence Center. Its speech recognition engine was provided by Nuance Communications, and it uses advanced machine learning technologies to function. Its original American, British and Australian voice actors recorded their respective voices around 2005, unaware of the recordings’ eventual usage. Siri was released as an app for iOS in February 2010. Two months later, Apple acquired it and integrated into iPhone 4S at its release on 4 October, 2011, removing the separate app from the iOS App Store. Siri has since been an integral part of Apple’s products, having been adapted into other hardware devices including newer iPhone models, iPad, iPod Touch, Mac, AirPods, Apple TV, and HomePod.

Siri supports a wide range of user commands, including performing phone actions, checking basic information, scheduling events and reminders, handling device settings, searching the Internet, navigating areas, finding information on entertainment, and is able to engage with iOS-integrated apps. With the release of iOS 10 in 2016, Apple opened up limited third-party access to Siri, including third-party messaging apps, as well as payments, ride-sharing, and Internet calling apps. With the release of iOS 11, Apple updated Siri’s voice and added support for follow-up questions, language translation, and additional third-party actions.

Siri’s original release on iPhone 4S in 2011 received mixed reviews. It received praise for its voice recognition and contextual knowledge of user information, including calendar appointments, but was criticized for requiring stiff user commands and having a lack of flexibility. It was also criticized for lacking information on certain nearby places, and for its inability to understand certain English accents. In 2016 and 2017, a number of media reports said that Siri lacked innovation, particularly against new competing voice assistants. The reports concerned Siri’s limited set of features, «bad» voice recognition, and undeveloped service integrations as causing trouble for Apple in the field of artificial intelligence and cloud-based services; the basis for the complaints reportedly due to stifled development, as caused by Apple’s prioritization of user privacy and executive power struggles within the company.[3] Its launch was also overshadowed by the death of Steve Jobs, which occurred one day after the launch.

Development[edit]

Siri is a spin-out from the SRI International Artificial Intelligence Center, and is an offshoot of the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA)-funded CALO project.[4] SRI International used the NABC Framework to define the value proposition for Siri.[5] It was co-founded by Dag Kittlaus, Tom Gruber, and UCLA alumnus Adam Cheyer.[4] Kittlaus named Siri after a co-worker in Norway; the name is a short form of the name Sigrid, from Old Norse Sigríðr, composed of the elements sigr «victory» and fríðr «beautiful».[6]

Siri’s speech recognition engine was provided by Nuance Communications, a speech technology company.[7] Neither Apple nor Nuance acknowledged this for years,[8][9] until Nuance CEO Paul Ricci confirmed it at a 2011 technology conference.[7] The speech recognition system uses sophisticated machine learning techniques, including convolutional neural networks and long short-term memory.[10]

The initial Siri prototype was implemented using the Active platform, a joint project between the Artificial Intelligence Center of SRI International and the Vrai Group at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. The Active platform was the focus of a Ph.D. thesis led by Didier Guzzoni, who joined Siri as its chief scientist.[11]

Siri was acquired by Apple Inc. in April 2010 under the direction of Steve Jobs.[12] Apple’s first notion of a digital personal assistant appeared in a 1987 concept video, Knowledge Navigator.[13][14]

Voices[edit]

The original American voice of Siri was recorded in July 2005 by Susan Bennett, who was unaware it would eventually be used for the voice assistant.[15][16] A report from The Verge in September 2013 about voice actors, their work, and machine learning developments, hinted that Allison Dufty was the voice behind Siri,[17][18] but this was disproven when Dufty wrote on her website that she was «absolutely, positively not the voice of Siri.»[16] Citing growing pressure, Bennett revealed her role as Siri in October, and her claim was confirmed by Ed Primeau, an American audio forensics expert.[16] Apple has never acknowledged it.[16]

The original British male voice was provided by Jon Briggs, a former technology journalist and for 12 years narrated for the hit BBC quiz show The Weakest Link.[15] After discovering he was Siri’s voice by watching television, he first spoke about the role in November 2011. He acknowledged that the voice work was done «five or six years ago», and that he didn’t know how the recordings would be used.[19][20]

The original Australian voice was provided by Karen Jacobsen, a voice-over artist known in Australia as the GPS girl.[15][21]

In an interview between all three voice actors and The Guardian, Briggs said that «the original system was recorded for a US company called Scansoft, who were then bought by Nuance. Apple simply licensed it.»[21]

For iOS 11, Apple auditioned hundreds of candidates to find new female voices, then recorded several hours of speech, including different personalities and expressions, to build a new text-to-speech voice based on deep learning technology.[22] In February 2022, Apple added Quinn, its first gender-neutral voice as a fifth user option, to the iOS 15.4 developer release.[23]

Integration[edit]

Siri released as a stand-alone application for the iOS operating system in February 2010, and at the time, the developers were also intending to release Siri for Android and BlackBerry devices.[24] Two months later, Apple acquired Siri.[25][26][27] On October 4, 2011, Apple introduced the iPhone 4S with a beta version of Siri.[28][29] After the announcement, Apple removed the existing standalone Siri app from App Store.[30] TechCrunch wrote that, though the Siri app supports iPhone 4, its removal from App Store might also have had a financial aspect for the company, in providing an incentive for customers to upgrade devices.[30] Third-party developer Steven Troughton-Smith, however, managed to port Siri to iPhone 4, though without being able to communicate with Apple’s servers.[31] A few days later, Troughton-Smith, working with an anonymous person nicknamed «Chpwn», managed to fully hack Siri, enabling its full functionalities on iPhone 4 and iPod Touch devices.[32] Additionally, developers were also able to successfully create and distribute legal ports of Siri to any device capable of running iOS 5, though a proxy server was required for Apple server interaction.[33]

Over the years, Apple has expanded the line of officially supported products, including newer iPhone models,[34] as well as iPad support in June 2012,[35] iPod Touch support in September 2012,[36] Apple TV support, and the stand-alone Siri Remote, in September 2015,[37] Mac and AirPods support in September 2016,[38][39] and HomePod support in February 2018.[40][41]

Features and options[edit]

Apple offers a wide range of voice commands to interact with Siri, including, but not limited to:[42]

  • Phone and text actions, such as «Call Sarah», «Read my new messages», «Set the timer for 10 minutes», and «Send email to mom»
  • Check basic information, including «What’s the weather like today?» and «How many dollars are in a euro?»
  • Find basic facts, including «How many people live in France?» and «How tall is Mount Everest?». Siri usually uses Wikipedia to answer.[43]
  • Schedule events and reminders, including «Schedule a meeting» and «Remind me to …»
  • Handle device settings, such as «Take a picture», «Turn off Wi-Fi», and «Increase the brightness»
  • Search the Internet, including «Define …», «Find pictures of …», and «Search Twitter for …»
  • Navigation, including «Take me home», «What’s traffic like on the way home?», and «Find driving directions to …»
  • Translate words and phrases from English to a few languages, such as «How do I say where is the nearest hotel in French?»
  • Entertainment, such as «What basketball games are on today?», «What are some movies playing near me?», and «What’s the synopsis of …?»
  • Engage with iOS-integrated apps, including «Pause Apple Music» and «Like this song»
  • Handle payments through Apple Pay, such as «Apple Pay 25 dollars to Mike for concert tickets» or «Send 41 dollars to Ivana.»

Siri also offers numerous pre-programmed responses to amusing questions.[44] Such questions include «What is the meaning of life?» to which Siri may reply «All evidence to date suggests it’s chocolate»; «Why am I here?», to which it may reply «I don’t know. Frankly, I’ve wondered that myself»; and «Will you marry me?», to which it may respond with «My End User Licensing Agreement does not cover marriage. My apologies.»[45][46]

Initially limited to female voices, Apple announced in June 2013 that Siri would feature a gender option, adding a male voice counterpart.[47]

In September 2014, Apple added the ability for users to speak «Hey Siri» to enable the assistant without the requirement of physically handling the device.[48]

In September 2015, the «Hey Siri» feature was updated to include individualized voice recognition, a presumed effort to prevent non-owner activation.[49][50]

With the announcement of iOS 10 in June 2016, Apple opened up limited third-party developer access to Siri through a dedicated application programming interface (API). The API restricts usage of Siri to engaging with third-party messaging apps, payment apps, ride-sharing apps, and Internet calling apps.[51][52]

In iOS 11, Siri is able to handle follow-up questions, supports language translation, and opens up to more third-party actions, including task management.[53][54] Additionally, users are able to type to Siri,[55] and a new, privacy-minded «on-device learning» technique improves Siri’s suggestions by privately analyzing personal usage of different iOS applications.[56]

Reception[edit]

Siri received mixed reviews during its beta release as an integrated part of iPhone 4S in October 2011.

MG Siegler of TechCrunch wrote that Siri was «great,» praising the potential for Siri after losing the beta tag:

The amount of times Siri hasn’t been able to understand and execute my request is astonishingly low. … Just imagine what will happen when Apple partners with other services to expand Siri further. And imagine when they have an API that any developer can use. This really could alter the mobile landscape.[57]

Writing for The New York Times, David Pogue also praised Siri’s language understanding and ability to understand context:

[Siri] thinks for a few seconds, displays a beautifully formatted response and speaks in a calm female voice. … It’s mind-blowing how inexact your utterances can be. Siri understands everything from, ‘What’s the weather going to be like in Tucson this weekend?’ to ‘Will I need an umbrella tonight?’ … Once, I tried saying, ‘Make an appointment with Patrick for Thursday at 3.’ Siri responded, ‘Note that you already have an all-day appointment about «Boston Trip» for this Thursday. Shall I schedule this anyway?’ Unbelievable.[58]

Jacqui Cheng of Ars Technica wrote that Apple’s claims of what Siri could do were bold, and the early demos «even bolder»:

Though Siri shows real potential, these kinds of high expectations are bound to be disappointed. … Apple makes clear that the product is still in beta—an appropriate label, in our opinion.[59]

While praising its ability to «decipher our casual language» and deliver «very specific and accurate result,» sometimes even providing additional information, Cheng noted and criticized its restrictions, particularly when the language moved away from «stiffer commands» into more human interactions. One example included the phrase «Send a text to Jason, Clint, Sam, and Lee saying we’re having dinner at Silver Cloud,» which Siri interpreted as sending a message to Jason only, containing the text «Clint Sam and Lee saying we’re having dinner at Silver Cloud.» She also noted a lack of proper editability, as saying «Edit message to say: We’re at Silver Cloud and you should come find us,» generated «Clint Sam and Lee saying we’re having dinner at Silver Cloud to say we’re at Silver Cloud and you should come find us.»[59]

Google’s executive chairman and former chief, Eric Schmidt, conceded that Siri could pose a competitive threat to the company’s core search business.[60]

Siri was criticized by pro-abortion rights organizations, including the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and NARAL Pro-Choice America, after users found that Siri could not provide information about the location of birth control or abortion providers nearby, sometimes directing users to crisis pregnancy centers instead.[61][62][63]

Natalie Kerris, a spokeswoman for Apple, told The New York Times:

Our customers want to use Siri to find out all types of information, and while it can find a lot, it doesn’t always find what you want. … These are not intentional omissions meant to offend anyone. It simply means that as we bring Siri from beta to a final product, we find places where we can do better, and we will in the coming weeks.[64]

In January 2016, Fast Company reported that, in then-recent months, Siri had begun to confuse the word «abortion» with «adoption», citing «health experts» who stated that the situation had «gotten worse.» However, at the time of Fast Companys report, the situation had changed slightly, with Siri offering «a more comprehensive list of Planned Parenthood facilities», although «Adoption clinics continue to pop up, but near the bottom of the list.»[65][66]

Siri has also not been well received by some English speakers with distinctive accents, including Scottish[67] and Americans from Boston or the South.[68]

In March 2012, Frank M. Fazio filed a class action lawsuit against Apple on behalf of the people who bought iPhone 4S and felt misled about the capabilities of Siri, alleging its failing to function as depicted in Apple’s Siri commercials. Fazio filed the lawsuit in California and claimed that the iPhone 4S was merely a «more expensive iPhone 4» if Siri fails to function as advertised.[69][70] On July 22, 2013, U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken in San Francisco dismissed the suit but said the plaintiffs could amend at a later time. The reason given for dismissal was that plaintiffs did not sufficiently document enough misrepresentations by Apple for the trial to proceed.[71]

Perceived lack of innovation[edit]

In June 2016, The Verges Sean O’Kane wrote about the then-upcoming major iOS 10 updates, with a headline stating «Siri’s big upgrades won’t matter if it can’t understand its users»:

What Apple didn’t talk about was solving Siri’s biggest, most basic flaws: it’s still not very good at voice recognition, and when it gets it right, the results are often clunky. And these problems look even worse when you consider that Apple now has full-fledged competitors in this space: Amazon’s Alexa, Microsoft’s Cortana, and Google’s Assistant.[72]

Also writing for The Verge, Walt Mossberg had previously questioned Apple’s efforts in cloud-based services, writing:[73]

 perhaps the biggest disappointment among Apple’s cloud-based services is the one it needs most today, right now: Siri. Before Apple bought it, Siri was on the road to being a robust digital assistant that could do many things, and integrate with many services—even though it was being built by a startup with limited funds and people. After Apple bought Siri, the giant company seemed to treat it as a backwater, restricting it to doing only a few, slowly increasing number of tasks, like telling you the weather, sports scores, movie and restaurant listings, and controlling the device’s functions. Its unhappy founders have left Apple to build a new AI service called Viv. And, on too many occasions, Siri either gets things wrong, doesn’t know the answer, or can’t verbalize it. Instead, it shows you a web search result, even when you’re not in a position to read it.

In October 2016, Bloomberg reported that Apple had plans to unify the teams behind its various cloud-based services, including a single campus and reorganized cloud computing resources aimed at improving the processing of Siri’s queries,[74] although another report from The Verge, in June 2017, once again called Siri’s voice recognition «bad.»[75]

In June 2017, The Wall Street Journal published an extensive report on the lack of innovation with Siri following competitors’ advancement in the field of voice assistants. Noting that Apple workers’ anxiety levels «went up a notch» on the announcement of Amazon’s Alexa, the Journal wrote: «Today, Apple is playing catch-up in a product category it invented, increasing worries about whether the technology giant has lost some of its innovation edge.» The report gave the primary causes being Apple’s prioritization of user privacy, including randomly-tagged six-month Siri searches, whereas Google and Amazon keep data until actively discarded by the user,[clarification needed] and executive power struggles within Apple. Apple did not comment on the report, while Eddy Cue said: «Apple often uses generic data rather than user data to train its systems and has the ability to improve Siri’s performance for individual users with information kept on their iPhones.»[3][76]

Privacy controversy[edit]

In July 2019, a then-anonymous whistleblower and former Apple contractor Thomas le Bonniec said that Siri regularly records some of its users’ conversations even when it was not activated. The recordings are sent to Apple contractors grading Siri’s responses on a variety of factors. Among other things, the contractors regularly hear private conversations between doctors and patients, business and drug deals, and couples having sex. Apple did not disclose this in its privacy documentation and did not provide a way for its users to opt in or out.[77]

In August 2019, Apple apologized, halted the Siri grading program, and said that it plans to resume «later this fall when software updates are released to [its] users».[78] iOS 13.2, released in October 2019, introduced the ability to opt out of the grading program and to delete all the voice recordings that Apple has stored on its servers.[79]

In May 2020, Thomas le Bonniec revealed himself as the whistleblower and sent a letter to European data protection regulators, calling on them to investigate Apple’s «past and present» use of Siri recordings. He argued that, even though Apple has apologized, it has never faced the consequences for its years-long grading program.[80][81]

Swearing[edit]

The iOS version of Siri ships with a vulgar content filter; however, it is disabled by default and must be enabled by the user manually.[82] Therefore, if Siri can be triggered into cursing, broadcasting discriminatory content, and so on, the actions will most likely be carried out. Over its history, multiple methods and techniques have been used to trigger Siri into swearing. The language-filter is not perfect and can still be bypassed.[citation needed]

In 2018, Ars Technica reported a new glitch that could be exploited by a user requesting the definition of «mother» be read out loud. Siri would issue a response and ask the user if they would like to hear the next definition; when the user replies with «yes,» Siri would mention «mother» as being short for «motherfucker.»[83] This resulted in multiple YouTube videos featuring the responses and/or how to trigger them. Apple fixed the issue silently, although it is unconfirmed if the videos specifically brought it to their attention. The content is picked up from third-party sources such as the Oxford English Dictionary and not a supplied message from the corporation.[84] It is unknown whether this glitch was exploited with the vulgar content filter enabled.

In popular culture[edit]

Siri provided the voice of ‘Puter in The Lego Batman Movie.[85]

See also[edit]

  • List of speech recognition software

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Further reading[edit]

  • For a detailed article on the history of the organizations and technologies preceding the development of Siri, and their influence upon that application, see Bianca Bosker, 2013, «Siri Rising: The Inside Story Of Siri’s Origins (And Why She Could Overshadow The iPhone)», in The Huffington Post (online), January 22, 2013 (updated January 24, 2013), accessed November 2, 2014.

External links[edit]

  • Official website Edit this at Wikidata
  • Siri’s supported languages
  • SiriKit, Siri for developers
  • «The Story of Siri, by its founder Adam Cheyer». wit.ai. December 18, 2014. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
Siri

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The Siri logo in iOS 15 and macOS Monterey (2021)

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Siri running on iOS

Developer(s) Apple
Initial release October 4, 2011; 11 years ago
Operating system iOS 5 onward, macOS Sierra onward, tvOS (all versions), watchOS (all versions), iPadOS
Platform
  • iPhone
  • iPad
  • iPod Touch
  • Mac
  • Apple TV
  • Apple Watch
  • HomePod
Available in
  • Arabic
  • Chinese: (Cantonese, Mandarin)
  • Danish
  • Dutch
  • English
  • Finnish
  • French
  • German
  • Hebrew
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Malay
  • Norwegian
  • Portuguese
  • Russian
  • Spanish
  • Swedish
  • Thai
  • Turkish
Type Intelligent personal assistant
Website www.apple.com/siri/

Siri ( SEE-ree, SI-ree) is a virtual assistant that is part of Apple Inc.’s iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, macOS, tvOS, and audioOS operating systems.[1][2] It uses voice queries, gesture based control, focus-tracking and a natural-language user interface to answer questions, make recommendations, and perform actions by delegating requests to a set of Internet services. With continued use, it adapts to users’ individual language usages, searches and preferences, returning individualized results.

Siri is a spin-off from a project developed by the SRI International Artificial Intelligence Center. Its speech recognition engine was provided by Nuance Communications, and it uses advanced machine learning technologies to function. Its original American, British and Australian voice actors recorded their respective voices around 2005, unaware of the recordings’ eventual usage. Siri was released as an app for iOS in February 2010. Two months later, Apple acquired it and integrated into iPhone 4S at its release on 4 October, 2011, removing the separate app from the iOS App Store. Siri has since been an integral part of Apple’s products, having been adapted into other hardware devices including newer iPhone models, iPad, iPod Touch, Mac, AirPods, Apple TV, and HomePod.

Siri supports a wide range of user commands, including performing phone actions, checking basic information, scheduling events and reminders, handling device settings, searching the Internet, navigating areas, finding information on entertainment, and is able to engage with iOS-integrated apps. With the release of iOS 10 in 2016, Apple opened up limited third-party access to Siri, including third-party messaging apps, as well as payments, ride-sharing, and Internet calling apps. With the release of iOS 11, Apple updated Siri’s voice and added support for follow-up questions, language translation, and additional third-party actions.

Siri’s original release on iPhone 4S in 2011 received mixed reviews. It received praise for its voice recognition and contextual knowledge of user information, including calendar appointments, but was criticized for requiring stiff user commands and having a lack of flexibility. It was also criticized for lacking information on certain nearby places, and for its inability to understand certain English accents. In 2016 and 2017, a number of media reports said that Siri lacked innovation, particularly against new competing voice assistants. The reports concerned Siri’s limited set of features, «bad» voice recognition, and undeveloped service integrations as causing trouble for Apple in the field of artificial intelligence and cloud-based services; the basis for the complaints reportedly due to stifled development, as caused by Apple’s prioritization of user privacy and executive power struggles within the company.[3] Its launch was also overshadowed by the death of Steve Jobs, which occurred one day after the launch.

Development[edit]

Siri is a spin-out from the SRI International Artificial Intelligence Center, and is an offshoot of the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA)-funded CALO project.[4] SRI International used the NABC Framework to define the value proposition for Siri.[5] It was co-founded by Dag Kittlaus, Tom Gruber, and UCLA alumnus Adam Cheyer.[4] Kittlaus named Siri after a co-worker in Norway; the name is a short form of the name Sigrid, from Old Norse Sigríðr, composed of the elements sigr «victory» and fríðr «beautiful».[6]

Siri’s speech recognition engine was provided by Nuance Communications, a speech technology company.[7] Neither Apple nor Nuance acknowledged this for years,[8][9] until Nuance CEO Paul Ricci confirmed it at a 2011 technology conference.[7] The speech recognition system uses sophisticated machine learning techniques, including convolutional neural networks and long short-term memory.[10]

The initial Siri prototype was implemented using the Active platform, a joint project between the Artificial Intelligence Center of SRI International and the Vrai Group at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. The Active platform was the focus of a Ph.D. thesis led by Didier Guzzoni, who joined Siri as its chief scientist.[11]

Siri was acquired by Apple Inc. in April 2010 under the direction of Steve Jobs.[12] Apple’s first notion of a digital personal assistant appeared in a 1987 concept video, Knowledge Navigator.[13][14]

Voices[edit]

The original American voice of Siri was recorded in July 2005 by Susan Bennett, who was unaware it would eventually be used for the voice assistant.[15][16] A report from The Verge in September 2013 about voice actors, their work, and machine learning developments, hinted that Allison Dufty was the voice behind Siri,[17][18] but this was disproven when Dufty wrote on her website that she was «absolutely, positively not the voice of Siri.»[16] Citing growing pressure, Bennett revealed her role as Siri in October, and her claim was confirmed by Ed Primeau, an American audio forensics expert.[16] Apple has never acknowledged it.[16]

The original British male voice was provided by Jon Briggs, a former technology journalist and for 12 years narrated for the hit BBC quiz show The Weakest Link.[15] After discovering he was Siri’s voice by watching television, he first spoke about the role in November 2011. He acknowledged that the voice work was done «five or six years ago», and that he didn’t know how the recordings would be used.[19][20]

The original Australian voice was provided by Karen Jacobsen, a voice-over artist known in Australia as the GPS girl.[15][21]

In an interview between all three voice actors and The Guardian, Briggs said that «the original system was recorded for a US company called Scansoft, who were then bought by Nuance. Apple simply licensed it.»[21]

For iOS 11, Apple auditioned hundreds of candidates to find new female voices, then recorded several hours of speech, including different personalities and expressions, to build a new text-to-speech voice based on deep learning technology.[22] In February 2022, Apple added Quinn, its first gender-neutral voice as a fifth user option, to the iOS 15.4 developer release.[23]

Integration[edit]

Siri released as a stand-alone application for the iOS operating system in February 2010, and at the time, the developers were also intending to release Siri for Android and BlackBerry devices.[24] Two months later, Apple acquired Siri.[25][26][27] On October 4, 2011, Apple introduced the iPhone 4S with a beta version of Siri.[28][29] After the announcement, Apple removed the existing standalone Siri app from App Store.[30] TechCrunch wrote that, though the Siri app supports iPhone 4, its removal from App Store might also have had a financial aspect for the company, in providing an incentive for customers to upgrade devices.[30] Third-party developer Steven Troughton-Smith, however, managed to port Siri to iPhone 4, though without being able to communicate with Apple’s servers.[31] A few days later, Troughton-Smith, working with an anonymous person nicknamed «Chpwn», managed to fully hack Siri, enabling its full functionalities on iPhone 4 and iPod Touch devices.[32] Additionally, developers were also able to successfully create and distribute legal ports of Siri to any device capable of running iOS 5, though a proxy server was required for Apple server interaction.[33]

Over the years, Apple has expanded the line of officially supported products, including newer iPhone models,[34] as well as iPad support in June 2012,[35] iPod Touch support in September 2012,[36] Apple TV support, and the stand-alone Siri Remote, in September 2015,[37] Mac and AirPods support in September 2016,[38][39] and HomePod support in February 2018.[40][41]

Features and options[edit]

Apple offers a wide range of voice commands to interact with Siri, including, but not limited to:[42]

  • Phone and text actions, such as «Call Sarah», «Read my new messages», «Set the timer for 10 minutes», and «Send email to mom»
  • Check basic information, including «What’s the weather like today?» and «How many dollars are in a euro?»
  • Find basic facts, including «How many people live in France?» and «How tall is Mount Everest?». Siri usually uses Wikipedia to answer.[43]
  • Schedule events and reminders, including «Schedule a meeting» and «Remind me to …»
  • Handle device settings, such as «Take a picture», «Turn off Wi-Fi», and «Increase the brightness»
  • Search the Internet, including «Define …», «Find pictures of …», and «Search Twitter for …»
  • Navigation, including «Take me home», «What’s traffic like on the way home?», and «Find driving directions to …»
  • Translate words and phrases from English to a few languages, such as «How do I say where is the nearest hotel in French?»
  • Entertainment, such as «What basketball games are on today?», «What are some movies playing near me?», and «What’s the synopsis of …?»
  • Engage with iOS-integrated apps, including «Pause Apple Music» and «Like this song»
  • Handle payments through Apple Pay, such as «Apple Pay 25 dollars to Mike for concert tickets» or «Send 41 dollars to Ivana.»

Siri also offers numerous pre-programmed responses to amusing questions.[44] Such questions include «What is the meaning of life?» to which Siri may reply «All evidence to date suggests it’s chocolate»; «Why am I here?», to which it may reply «I don’t know. Frankly, I’ve wondered that myself»; and «Will you marry me?», to which it may respond with «My End User Licensing Agreement does not cover marriage. My apologies.»[45][46]

Initially limited to female voices, Apple announced in June 2013 that Siri would feature a gender option, adding a male voice counterpart.[47]

In September 2014, Apple added the ability for users to speak «Hey Siri» to enable the assistant without the requirement of physically handling the device.[48]

In September 2015, the «Hey Siri» feature was updated to include individualized voice recognition, a presumed effort to prevent non-owner activation.[49][50]

With the announcement of iOS 10 in June 2016, Apple opened up limited third-party developer access to Siri through a dedicated application programming interface (API). The API restricts usage of Siri to engaging with third-party messaging apps, payment apps, ride-sharing apps, and Internet calling apps.[51][52]

In iOS 11, Siri is able to handle follow-up questions, supports language translation, and opens up to more third-party actions, including task management.[53][54] Additionally, users are able to type to Siri,[55] and a new, privacy-minded «on-device learning» technique improves Siri’s suggestions by privately analyzing personal usage of different iOS applications.[56]

Reception[edit]

Siri received mixed reviews during its beta release as an integrated part of iPhone 4S in October 2011.

MG Siegler of TechCrunch wrote that Siri was «great,» praising the potential for Siri after losing the beta tag:

The amount of times Siri hasn’t been able to understand and execute my request is astonishingly low. … Just imagine what will happen when Apple partners with other services to expand Siri further. And imagine when they have an API that any developer can use. This really could alter the mobile landscape.[57]

Writing for The New York Times, David Pogue also praised Siri’s language understanding and ability to understand context:

[Siri] thinks for a few seconds, displays a beautifully formatted response and speaks in a calm female voice. … It’s mind-blowing how inexact your utterances can be. Siri understands everything from, ‘What’s the weather going to be like in Tucson this weekend?’ to ‘Will I need an umbrella tonight?’ … Once, I tried saying, ‘Make an appointment with Patrick for Thursday at 3.’ Siri responded, ‘Note that you already have an all-day appointment about «Boston Trip» for this Thursday. Shall I schedule this anyway?’ Unbelievable.[58]

Jacqui Cheng of Ars Technica wrote that Apple’s claims of what Siri could do were bold, and the early demos «even bolder»:

Though Siri shows real potential, these kinds of high expectations are bound to be disappointed. … Apple makes clear that the product is still in beta—an appropriate label, in our opinion.[59]

While praising its ability to «decipher our casual language» and deliver «very specific and accurate result,» sometimes even providing additional information, Cheng noted and criticized its restrictions, particularly when the language moved away from «stiffer commands» into more human interactions. One example included the phrase «Send a text to Jason, Clint, Sam, and Lee saying we’re having dinner at Silver Cloud,» which Siri interpreted as sending a message to Jason only, containing the text «Clint Sam and Lee saying we’re having dinner at Silver Cloud.» She also noted a lack of proper editability, as saying «Edit message to say: We’re at Silver Cloud and you should come find us,» generated «Clint Sam and Lee saying we’re having dinner at Silver Cloud to say we’re at Silver Cloud and you should come find us.»[59]

Google’s executive chairman and former chief, Eric Schmidt, conceded that Siri could pose a competitive threat to the company’s core search business.[60]

Siri was criticized by pro-abortion rights organizations, including the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and NARAL Pro-Choice America, after users found that Siri could not provide information about the location of birth control or abortion providers nearby, sometimes directing users to crisis pregnancy centers instead.[61][62][63]

Natalie Kerris, a spokeswoman for Apple, told The New York Times:

Our customers want to use Siri to find out all types of information, and while it can find a lot, it doesn’t always find what you want. … These are not intentional omissions meant to offend anyone. It simply means that as we bring Siri from beta to a final product, we find places where we can do better, and we will in the coming weeks.[64]

In January 2016, Fast Company reported that, in then-recent months, Siri had begun to confuse the word «abortion» with «adoption», citing «health experts» who stated that the situation had «gotten worse.» However, at the time of Fast Companys report, the situation had changed slightly, with Siri offering «a more comprehensive list of Planned Parenthood facilities», although «Adoption clinics continue to pop up, but near the bottom of the list.»[65][66]

Siri has also not been well received by some English speakers with distinctive accents, including Scottish[67] and Americans from Boston or the South.[68]

In March 2012, Frank M. Fazio filed a class action lawsuit against Apple on behalf of the people who bought iPhone 4S and felt misled about the capabilities of Siri, alleging its failing to function as depicted in Apple’s Siri commercials. Fazio filed the lawsuit in California and claimed that the iPhone 4S was merely a «more expensive iPhone 4» if Siri fails to function as advertised.[69][70] On July 22, 2013, U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken in San Francisco dismissed the suit but said the plaintiffs could amend at a later time. The reason given for dismissal was that plaintiffs did not sufficiently document enough misrepresentations by Apple for the trial to proceed.[71]

Perceived lack of innovation[edit]

In June 2016, The Verges Sean O’Kane wrote about the then-upcoming major iOS 10 updates, with a headline stating «Siri’s big upgrades won’t matter if it can’t understand its users»:

What Apple didn’t talk about was solving Siri’s biggest, most basic flaws: it’s still not very good at voice recognition, and when it gets it right, the results are often clunky. And these problems look even worse when you consider that Apple now has full-fledged competitors in this space: Amazon’s Alexa, Microsoft’s Cortana, and Google’s Assistant.[72]

Also writing for The Verge, Walt Mossberg had previously questioned Apple’s efforts in cloud-based services, writing:[73]

 perhaps the biggest disappointment among Apple’s cloud-based services is the one it needs most today, right now: Siri. Before Apple bought it, Siri was on the road to being a robust digital assistant that could do many things, and integrate with many services—even though it was being built by a startup with limited funds and people. After Apple bought Siri, the giant company seemed to treat it as a backwater, restricting it to doing only a few, slowly increasing number of tasks, like telling you the weather, sports scores, movie and restaurant listings, and controlling the device’s functions. Its unhappy founders have left Apple to build a new AI service called Viv. And, on too many occasions, Siri either gets things wrong, doesn’t know the answer, or can’t verbalize it. Instead, it shows you a web search result, even when you’re not in a position to read it.

In October 2016, Bloomberg reported that Apple had plans to unify the teams behind its various cloud-based services, including a single campus and reorganized cloud computing resources aimed at improving the processing of Siri’s queries,[74] although another report from The Verge, in June 2017, once again called Siri’s voice recognition «bad.»[75]

In June 2017, The Wall Street Journal published an extensive report on the lack of innovation with Siri following competitors’ advancement in the field of voice assistants. Noting that Apple workers’ anxiety levels «went up a notch» on the announcement of Amazon’s Alexa, the Journal wrote: «Today, Apple is playing catch-up in a product category it invented, increasing worries about whether the technology giant has lost some of its innovation edge.» The report gave the primary causes being Apple’s prioritization of user privacy, including randomly-tagged six-month Siri searches, whereas Google and Amazon keep data until actively discarded by the user,[clarification needed] and executive power struggles within Apple. Apple did not comment on the report, while Eddy Cue said: «Apple often uses generic data rather than user data to train its systems and has the ability to improve Siri’s performance for individual users with information kept on their iPhones.»[3][76]

Privacy controversy[edit]

In July 2019, a then-anonymous whistleblower and former Apple contractor Thomas le Bonniec said that Siri regularly records some of its users’ conversations even when it was not activated. The recordings are sent to Apple contractors grading Siri’s responses on a variety of factors. Among other things, the contractors regularly hear private conversations between doctors and patients, business and drug deals, and couples having sex. Apple did not disclose this in its privacy documentation and did not provide a way for its users to opt in or out.[77]

In August 2019, Apple apologized, halted the Siri grading program, and said that it plans to resume «later this fall when software updates are released to [its] users».[78] iOS 13.2, released in October 2019, introduced the ability to opt out of the grading program and to delete all the voice recordings that Apple has stored on its servers.[79]

In May 2020, Thomas le Bonniec revealed himself as the whistleblower and sent a letter to European data protection regulators, calling on them to investigate Apple’s «past and present» use of Siri recordings. He argued that, even though Apple has apologized, it has never faced the consequences for its years-long grading program.[80][81]

Swearing[edit]

The iOS version of Siri ships with a vulgar content filter; however, it is disabled by default and must be enabled by the user manually.[82] Therefore, if Siri can be triggered into cursing, broadcasting discriminatory content, and so on, the actions will most likely be carried out. Over its history, multiple methods and techniques have been used to trigger Siri into swearing. The language-filter is not perfect and can still be bypassed.[citation needed]

In 2018, Ars Technica reported a new glitch that could be exploited by a user requesting the definition of «mother» be read out loud. Siri would issue a response and ask the user if they would like to hear the next definition; when the user replies with «yes,» Siri would mention «mother» as being short for «motherfucker.»[83] This resulted in multiple YouTube videos featuring the responses and/or how to trigger them. Apple fixed the issue silently, although it is unconfirmed if the videos specifically brought it to their attention. The content is picked up from third-party sources such as the Oxford English Dictionary and not a supplied message from the corporation.[84] It is unknown whether this glitch was exploited with the vulgar content filter enabled.

In popular culture[edit]

Siri provided the voice of ‘Puter in The Lego Batman Movie.[85]

See also[edit]

  • List of speech recognition software

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Further reading[edit]

  • For a detailed article on the history of the organizations and technologies preceding the development of Siri, and their influence upon that application, see Bianca Bosker, 2013, «Siri Rising: The Inside Story Of Siri’s Origins (And Why She Could Overshadow The iPhone)», in The Huffington Post (online), January 22, 2013 (updated January 24, 2013), accessed November 2, 2014.

External links[edit]

  • Official website Edit this at Wikidata
  • Siri’s supported languages
  • SiriKit, Siri for developers
  • «The Story of Siri, by its founder Adam Cheyer». wit.ai. December 18, 2014. Retrieved October 30, 2015.

Разработчики Apple традиционно уделяют высокое внимание удобству людей с ограниченными возможностями. К примеру, начиная с iOS 11 шорткаты из Универсального доступа теперь можно добавлять в Пункт управления, а сделать запрос для Siri возможно и с клавиатуры.

Как писать текстовые запросы Siri на iPhone и iPad

Функция называется «Ввод текста для Siri». Как легко догадаться по названию, она позволяет не озвучивать голосом запрос к голосовому помощнику Apple, а написать прямо на клавиатуре iPhone или iPad.

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Чтобы активировать новую функцию, зайдите в Настройки, пройдите по адресу Универсальный доступ → Siri и активируйте переключатель напротив надписи «Ввод текста для Siri». Естественно, функция Siri должна быть активирована.

Как общаться с Siri на iPhone и iPad текстом (без голосовых команд)

Как общаться с Siri на iPhone и iPad текстом (без голосовых команд)

После этого Siri всегда будет выводить на дисплей виртуальную клавиатуру, а не анимацию для улавливания вашего голоса. Результаты будут выдаваться в виде стильных карточек.

Как общаться с Siri на iPhone и iPad текстом (без голосовых команд)

Такая опция отлично подойдет не только людям, у которых физически нет возможности что-то сказать (например, немым), но и здоровым людям (например, когда требуется тишина или вам неудобно разговаривать).

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Siri icon from macOS Monterey.

Siri shown responding in iOS 9.

Siri is a voice-controlled artificial assistant developed by Apple Inc. Siri is compatible with the iPhone 4S and later, iPad (3rd generation) and later, and the iPod touch (5th generation) and later. It was also introduced in macOS Sierra. Siri allows the user to ask it questions in a normal voice and it will «not just hear, but understand the meaning of what you’re saying.»

History

Before Apple

Siri was originally created by SRI International, which spun off the development group in 2007 as Siri, Inc. to market the software.[1] Siri, Inc. released an iPhone OS app for iPhone 3GS in February 2010 to positive reviews,[2][3] with Android and Blackberry versions in development.[4] Apple acquired the company on April 27, 2010.[5]

iOS 5

Siri on iPhone 4S models running iOS 5.

Siri was introduced alongside iOS 5 on October 5th, 2011 during an Apple event in San Francisco, California. Apple executives Scott Forstall and Phil Shiller showed off many of the features in the new virtual assistant, and they released with the iPhone 4S on October 14, 2011. Siri’s voice was modeled on that of Susan Bennett.[6]

iOS 6

During the 2012 Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple introduced iOS 6, featuring several improvements to Siri’s capabilities, including the ability to open apps, display sports scores, checking movie times, and reserving restaurant spaces. These updates were released alongside the iPhone 5 on September 12, 2012.

iOS 7

Siri on iPhone 5 models running iOS 7.

At the 2013 Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple unveiled an all-new design for Siri alongside iOS 7, which featured a major user interface redesign. New voice options were added, and existing ones were improved to sound more natural.[7]

Now Siri can:

  • Search Wikipedia for articles.
  • Search Twitter for a post.
  • Search Bing.
  • Toggle Wi-Fi, Mobile Data or Bluetooth on or off.
  • Return calls.
  • Play new voicemails.
  • Control iTunes Radio.
«Siri in iOS 7 gets a new look, a new sound, and new capabilities. It features a redesigned interface that fades into view — on top of whatever’s on your screen. A clearer, more natural-sounding female or male voice makes Siri even easier to understand. It’s faster at answering questions and it checks more sources, such as Bing, Wikipedia, and Twitter. And Siri takes on extra tasks, like returning calls, playing voicemails, controlling iTunes Radio, and more.»

iOS 8

Siri itself experienced a few new features in iOS 8, with the exception of the ability to be called upon using the keyword «Hey Siri» when the device was plugged in. However, Siri was expanded to the car with CarPlay.

iOS 9

Siri’s user interface was redesigned in iOS 9.

Siri featured a major redesign in iOS 9, introducing a multitude of new features and taking over Spotlight as «Proactive Assistant.»

This redesign includes new «Siri Suggestions» that predict events based on the user’s habits, as well as displaying recent contacts, apps, and the latest news.

During its September 2015 event, Apple announced that Siri will respond to «Hey Siri» voice activation on an iPhone 6S, and an iPhone 6 when the device is plugged into power.

iOS 11

Starting with iOS 11, a new synthetic voice was constructed for Siri through machine learning, according to Apple senior VP Craig Federighi.[8]

iOS 14

Siri had another major redesign in iOS 14, this time, not taking the whole entire screen, but appearing at the bottom. It also had a new interface, featuring an animated sphere.[9]

According to Apple

Icon of the SiriKit API

Talk to Siri as you would to a normal person. Say something like “Tell my wife I’m running late.”, “Remind me to call the vet.” or “Any good burger joints around here?” Siri responds to your request, finds the information you need, then answers you. It’s like you’re having a conversation with your iPhone.

Siri doesn’t only understand what you say, it’s smart enough to know what you mean. So when you ask “Any good burger joints around here?” Siri will reply “I found a number of burger restaurants near you.” Then you can say “Hmm. How about tacos?” Siri remembers that you just asked about restaurants, so it will look for Mexican restaurants in the neighborhood. And Siri is proactive, so it will question you until it finds what you’re looking for.

Ask Siri to text your dad, remind you to call the dentist, or find directions, and it figures out which apps to use and who you’re talking about. It finds answers for you from the web through sources like Yelp and WolframAlpha. Using Location Services, it looks up where you live, where you work, and where you are. Then it gives you information and the best options based on your current location. From the details in your contacts, it knows your friends, family, boss, and coworkers. So you can tell Siri things like “Text Ryan I’m on my way” or “Remind me to make a dentist appointment when I get to work” or “Call a taxi” and it knows exactly what you mean and what to do.

When there’s something you need to do, just ask Siri to help you do it. Siri uses almost all the built-in apps on iPhone 4S. It writes and sends email messages and texts. It searches the web for anything you need to know. It plays the songs you want to hear. It gives you directions and shows you around. It places calls, schedules meetings, helps you remember, and wakes you up. In fact, ask Siri what it can do — it even speaks for itself.

  • Set reminders. Tell Siri what you need to do. Even say when and where you need reminding.
  • Send a text. Say who it’s for and what the message should say, and Siri writes and sends your text.
  • Check the weather. Siri gives you the forecast for where you are or anywhere you’re curious about.
  • Find information. Ask Siri almost anything and it finds the answer using sources like Yelp and WolframAlpha.
  • Schedule meetings. Just say who, what, where, and when. Siri puts it on your calendar and sends an invitation.
  • Send an email. Ask Siri to write and send an email. It can even send an email to more than one person.
  • Find a contact. Say a name, and Siri finds the address, phone number, and other details from your contacts.
  • Set an alarm. Tell Siri to set an alarm for a particular time. You can ask it to set as many as you need.
  • Get directions. Ask something like “Where’s Apple?” and Siri tells you the address and how to get there.
  • Track your stocks. Just say the company name, and Siri keeps you up to date with stock details.
  • Set the timer. Tell Siri how much time you need, and it alerts you when time’s up.
  • Ask Siri about Siri. Ask “What can you do?” and Siri tells you everything you need to know.

Compatible devices

Languages

Siri speaks in numerous languages:

  • Chinese (Cantonese — Hong Kong)
  • Chinese (Mandarin — China)
  • Chinese (Mandarin — Taiwan)
  • English (Australia)
  • English (Canada)
  • English (United Kingdom)
  • English (United States)
  • French (Canada)
  • French (France)
  • French (Switzerland)
  • German (Germany)
  • German (Switzerland)
  • Italian (Italy)
  • Italian (Switzerland)
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Portuguese (Brazil)
  • Spanish (Mexico)
  • Spanish (Spain)
  • Spanish (United States)

Snarky responses

Siri is known to make clever or snarky responses when asked rude or silly questions. For example, certain requests can induce Siri to swear (as permitted by user settings) or tell ghost stories. In some cases, Siri can appear to feign jealousy if accidentally addressed as «Cortana», a similar virtual assistant developed by Microsoft.[10]

11 Sassiest Siri Commands & Responses

11 Sassiest Siri Commands & Responses

60 Funny Things To Ask Siri With iOS 12 and iPhone XS

60 Funny Things To Ask Siri With iOS 12 and iPhone XS

Top 10 Funniest Siri Responses

Top 10 Funniest Siri Responses

References

  1. Siri, SRI International. Accessed 2021-02-18.
  2. Siri Assistant 1.0 (for iPhone) by More, PC Magazine UK. 2010-02-05.
  3. Why if you miss Siri you’ll miss the future of the Web by Robert Scoble, Scobleizer. 2010-02-08.
  4. Siri’s IPhone App Puts A Personal Assistant In Your Pocket by Erick Schonfeld, TechCrunch. 2010-02-04.
  5. 20100588: Apple Inc.; Siri, Inc., Federal Trade Commission. 2010-04-27.
  6. ‘I’m the original voice of Siri’ by Jessica Ravitz, CNN. 2013-10-15.
  7. Get to know iOS 7: Siri by Serenity Caldwell, Macworld. 2013-09-18.
  8. Who is the voice of Siri based on iOS 11? by Chris Bearne, Quora. August 22, 2017-08-22.
  9. Apple Event — September 15 by Apple, YouTube. 2020-09-15.
  10. 54 Hilariously Honest Answers From Siri To Uncomfortable Questions You Can Ask, Too by Dainus, Bored Panda. 2015-07-17.

See also

  • Siri (System Preferences), for macOS

External links

  • Siri at Apple
    • Siri for Developers at Apple Developer
  • Apple Siri at Logopedia
  • Siri at Wikipedia

Articles

  • Hey Siri, what happened? by James Vincent at The Verge (2021-10-04)</ref>

Siri icon from macOS Monterey.

Siri shown responding in iOS 9.

Siri is a voice-controlled artificial assistant developed by Apple Inc. Siri is compatible with the iPhone 4S and later, iPad (3rd generation) and later, and the iPod touch (5th generation) and later. It was also introduced in macOS Sierra. Siri allows the user to ask it questions in a normal voice and it will «not just hear, but understand the meaning of what you’re saying.»

History

Before Apple

Siri was originally created by SRI International, which spun off the development group in 2007 as Siri, Inc. to market the software.[1] Siri, Inc. released an iPhone OS app for iPhone 3GS in February 2010 to positive reviews,[2][3] with Android and Blackberry versions in development.[4] Apple acquired the company on April 27, 2010.[5]

iOS 5

Siri on iPhone 4S models running iOS 5.

Siri was introduced alongside iOS 5 on October 5th, 2011 during an Apple event in San Francisco, California. Apple executives Scott Forstall and Phil Shiller showed off many of the features in the new virtual assistant, and they released with the iPhone 4S on October 14, 2011. Siri’s voice was modeled on that of Susan Bennett.[6]

iOS 6

During the 2012 Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple introduced iOS 6, featuring several improvements to Siri’s capabilities, including the ability to open apps, display sports scores, checking movie times, and reserving restaurant spaces. These updates were released alongside the iPhone 5 on September 12, 2012.

iOS 7

Siri on iPhone 5 models running iOS 7.

At the 2013 Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple unveiled an all-new design for Siri alongside iOS 7, which featured a major user interface redesign. New voice options were added, and existing ones were improved to sound more natural.[7]

Now Siri can:

  • Search Wikipedia for articles.
  • Search Twitter for a post.
  • Search Bing.
  • Toggle Wi-Fi, Mobile Data or Bluetooth on or off.
  • Return calls.
  • Play new voicemails.
  • Control iTunes Radio.
«Siri in iOS 7 gets a new look, a new sound, and new capabilities. It features a redesigned interface that fades into view — on top of whatever’s on your screen. A clearer, more natural-sounding female or male voice makes Siri even easier to understand. It’s faster at answering questions and it checks more sources, such as Bing, Wikipedia, and Twitter. And Siri takes on extra tasks, like returning calls, playing voicemails, controlling iTunes Radio, and more.»

iOS 8

Siri itself experienced a few new features in iOS 8, with the exception of the ability to be called upon using the keyword «Hey Siri» when the device was plugged in. However, Siri was expanded to the car with CarPlay.

iOS 9

Siri’s user interface was redesigned in iOS 9.

Siri featured a major redesign in iOS 9, introducing a multitude of new features and taking over Spotlight as «Proactive Assistant.»

This redesign includes new «Siri Suggestions» that predict events based on the user’s habits, as well as displaying recent contacts, apps, and the latest news.

During its September 2015 event, Apple announced that Siri will respond to «Hey Siri» voice activation on an iPhone 6S, and an iPhone 6 when the device is plugged into power.

iOS 11

Starting with iOS 11, a new synthetic voice was constructed for Siri through machine learning, according to Apple senior VP Craig Federighi.[8]

iOS 14

Siri had another major redesign in iOS 14, this time, not taking the whole entire screen, but appearing at the bottom. It also had a new interface, featuring an animated sphere.[9]

According to Apple

Icon of the SiriKit API

Talk to Siri as you would to a normal person. Say something like “Tell my wife I’m running late.”, “Remind me to call the vet.” or “Any good burger joints around here?” Siri responds to your request, finds the information you need, then answers you. It’s like you’re having a conversation with your iPhone.

Siri doesn’t only understand what you say, it’s smart enough to know what you mean. So when you ask “Any good burger joints around here?” Siri will reply “I found a number of burger restaurants near you.” Then you can say “Hmm. How about tacos?” Siri remembers that you just asked about restaurants, so it will look for Mexican restaurants in the neighborhood. And Siri is proactive, so it will question you until it finds what you’re looking for.

Ask Siri to text your dad, remind you to call the dentist, or find directions, and it figures out which apps to use and who you’re talking about. It finds answers for you from the web through sources like Yelp and WolframAlpha. Using Location Services, it looks up where you live, where you work, and where you are. Then it gives you information and the best options based on your current location. From the details in your contacts, it knows your friends, family, boss, and coworkers. So you can tell Siri things like “Text Ryan I’m on my way” or “Remind me to make a dentist appointment when I get to work” or “Call a taxi” and it knows exactly what you mean and what to do.

When there’s something you need to do, just ask Siri to help you do it. Siri uses almost all the built-in apps on iPhone 4S. It writes and sends email messages and texts. It searches the web for anything you need to know. It plays the songs you want to hear. It gives you directions and shows you around. It places calls, schedules meetings, helps you remember, and wakes you up. In fact, ask Siri what it can do — it even speaks for itself.

  • Set reminders. Tell Siri what you need to do. Even say when and where you need reminding.
  • Send a text. Say who it’s for and what the message should say, and Siri writes and sends your text.
  • Check the weather. Siri gives you the forecast for where you are or anywhere you’re curious about.
  • Find information. Ask Siri almost anything and it finds the answer using sources like Yelp and WolframAlpha.
  • Schedule meetings. Just say who, what, where, and when. Siri puts it on your calendar and sends an invitation.
  • Send an email. Ask Siri to write and send an email. It can even send an email to more than one person.
  • Find a contact. Say a name, and Siri finds the address, phone number, and other details from your contacts.
  • Set an alarm. Tell Siri to set an alarm for a particular time. You can ask it to set as many as you need.
  • Get directions. Ask something like “Where’s Apple?” and Siri tells you the address and how to get there.
  • Track your stocks. Just say the company name, and Siri keeps you up to date with stock details.
  • Set the timer. Tell Siri how much time you need, and it alerts you when time’s up.
  • Ask Siri about Siri. Ask “What can you do?” and Siri tells you everything you need to know.

Compatible devices

Languages

Siri speaks in numerous languages:

  • Chinese (Cantonese — Hong Kong)
  • Chinese (Mandarin — China)
  • Chinese (Mandarin — Taiwan)
  • English (Australia)
  • English (Canada)
  • English (United Kingdom)
  • English (United States)
  • French (Canada)
  • French (France)
  • French (Switzerland)
  • German (Germany)
  • German (Switzerland)
  • Italian (Italy)
  • Italian (Switzerland)
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Portuguese (Brazil)
  • Spanish (Mexico)
  • Spanish (Spain)
  • Spanish (United States)

Snarky responses

Siri is known to make clever or snarky responses when asked rude or silly questions. For example, certain requests can induce Siri to swear (as permitted by user settings) or tell ghost stories. In some cases, Siri can appear to feign jealousy if accidentally addressed as «Cortana», a similar virtual assistant developed by Microsoft.[10]

11 Sassiest Siri Commands & Responses

11 Sassiest Siri Commands & Responses

60 Funny Things To Ask Siri With iOS 12 and iPhone XS

60 Funny Things To Ask Siri With iOS 12 and iPhone XS

Top 10 Funniest Siri Responses

Top 10 Funniest Siri Responses

References

  1. Siri, SRI International. Accessed 2021-02-18.
  2. Siri Assistant 1.0 (for iPhone) by More, PC Magazine UK. 2010-02-05.
  3. Why if you miss Siri you’ll miss the future of the Web by Robert Scoble, Scobleizer. 2010-02-08.
  4. Siri’s IPhone App Puts A Personal Assistant In Your Pocket by Erick Schonfeld, TechCrunch. 2010-02-04.
  5. 20100588: Apple Inc.; Siri, Inc., Federal Trade Commission. 2010-04-27.
  6. ‘I’m the original voice of Siri’ by Jessica Ravitz, CNN. 2013-10-15.
  7. Get to know iOS 7: Siri by Serenity Caldwell, Macworld. 2013-09-18.
  8. Who is the voice of Siri based on iOS 11? by Chris Bearne, Quora. August 22, 2017-08-22.
  9. Apple Event — September 15 by Apple, YouTube. 2020-09-15.
  10. 54 Hilariously Honest Answers From Siri To Uncomfortable Questions You Can Ask, Too by Dainus, Bored Panda. 2015-07-17.

See also

  • Siri (System Preferences), for macOS

External links

  • Siri at Apple
    • Siri for Developers at Apple Developer
  • Apple Siri at Logopedia
  • Siri at Wikipedia

Articles

  • Hey Siri, what happened? by James Vincent at The Verge (2021-10-04)</ref>
Siri

Siri icon.png
Siri запущенный на iPhone 4S
Siri запущенный на iPhone 4S
Тип

Умный помощник программного обеспечения

Автор

Siri Inc.

Разработчик

Apple Inc.

Операционная система

iOS 6

Языки интерфейса

английский, французский, немецкий, японский.[1] корейский, китайский, итальянский, испанский

Первый выпуск

9 августа 2011

Аппаратная платформа

iPhone 5
IPad 3[2]

Лицензия

Проприетарное

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http://www.apple.com/iphone/features/siri.html

Siri (ˈsɪəri,  (рус.) Сири) (англ. Speech Interpretation and Recognition Interface) — персональный помощник и вопросно-ответная система, адаптированная для iOS. Данное приложение использует обработку естественной речи, чтобы отвечать на вопросы и давать рекомендации. Siri приспосабливается к каждому пользователю индивидуально, изучая его предпочтения в течение долгого времени.[3]

Первоначально Siri стало доступно в App Store как приложение для iOS от Siri Inc. Вскоре, 28 апреля 2010 года, Siri Inc. была приобретена Apple Inc..[4] Но ещё до того, как Apple купила Siri, было объявлено, что их программное обеспечение будет доступно для телефонов BlackBerry и телефонов под управлением Android, затем эти планы были отменены из-за покупки.[5]

Сейчас Siri — неотъемлемая часть iOS 5, iOS 6 и доступна для iPhone 4S[6] и iPhone 5. Также, Siri появилась в iPad третьего и четвертого поколений. Несмотря на это, хакеры смогли приспособить Siri для старых моделей iPhone.[7] 8 ноября 2011 Apple публично заявила, что у неё нет планов на интеграцию Siri в старые модели iPhone, в связи с отсутствием на них чипа фильтрации фонового шума.[8]

Содержание

  • 1 Финансирование
  • 2 Участие DARPA
  • 3 iPhone приложение
  • 4 Интеграция в iOS
    • 4.1 IPhone 4S
    • 4.2 IPhone 5
  • 5 Научные исследования
  • 6 Поддерживаемые языки
  • 7 Географические ограничения
  • 8 Примечания

Финансирование

Siri начал разрабатываться в декабре 2007 года Дагом Китлауссом (CEO), Адамом Чейером и Томом Грюбером, совместно с Норманом Винарским из SRI International. 13 октября 2008 Siri получило финансирование в размере $8,5 миллионов от Menlo Ventures и Morgenthaler Ventures.[9] В ноябре 2009 года группа разработчиков получила дополнительное финансирование в размере $15,5 миллионов от тех же инвесторов, но в этот раз во главе с гонконгским миллионером Ли Цзячэном (Лэй Гасингом).[10] Даг Китлаусс покинул пост CEO после того, как Apple запустила iPhone 4S.[11]

Участие DARPA

Для Siri Apple использовала результат 40-летних исследований «Центра Искусственного Интеллекта» (отдела SRI International) финансируемого DARPA. Можно сказать что Siri это усовершенствованное CALO — Cognitive Agent that Learns and Organizes Program ( (рус.) программа — Познавательный Агент, который учится и организует).

Siri — это исследование, которое включает комбинированную работу исследовательских групп из Университета Карнеги — Меллон, Массачусетского Университета, Рочестерского Университета, Флоридского Института Познания Человека и Машины, Университета штата Орегон, Университета Южной Калифорнии и Стэнфордского Университета. Эта технология проделала огромный путь начиная с диалога и понимания естественного языка, машинного обучения, очевидного и вероятного рассуждения, онтологии и представления знаний, планирования.[12]

iPhone приложение

Siri впервые было запущено как приложение, доступное в App Store, в США. Приложение взаимодействовало с такими сервисами как OpenTable,[13] Google Maps,[14] MovieTickets и TaxiMagic.[15] Используя технологию голосовой идентификации от Nuance Communications и их партнёров, пользователи могли зарезервировать столики в ресторанах, купить билеты в кино или вызвать такси, используя естественный язык для обращения к Siri. Siri была приобретена Apple 28 апреля 2010 года[4] и данное приложение было изъято из App Store и прекратило своё существование 15 октября 2011 года.[16]

Интеграция в iOS

IPhone 4S

Siri был включен в программное обеспечение iPhone 4S 4 октября 2011 года. [17] Siri предполагает диалоговое взаимодействие со многими приложениями, включая напоминания, погоду, акции, передачу сообщений, электронную почту, календарь, контакты, примечания, музыку, часы, веб-браузер и карты.[3] Поддерживается английский (США, Великобритания и Австралия), немецкий, японский и французский языки.[18] В дальнейшем были добавлены китайский, итальянский, корейский и испанские языки.

IPhone 5

С запуском новой версии iOS 6. [19] Список нововведений:

  • Сможет рекомендовать рестораны, фильмы, а также бронировать билеты и столики.
  • Предоставлять информации о спортивных играх (счёт, биография, состав, матчи и т. д. )
  • Открывать приложения.
  • Писать в Twitter, Facebook.
  • Давать маршруты по картам.
  • Использовать приложение Apple Store (например, команда «Buy iPhone 5»)

Научные исследования

Siri — это разработка Международного Центра Искусственного Интеллекта SRI, является ответвлением финансируемого Управлением Перспективных Исследовательских Программ, описанного как, возможно, самый большой проект искусственного интеллекта на сегодняшний момент.[20]

Основные технические области Siri сосредотачиваются на диалоговом интерфейсе, распознавании контекста и сервисной делегации.[21]

Распознавание речи Siri основано на разработках голосовых технологий компании Nuance Communications.[22]

Действия и ответы Siri основаны на взаимодействии таких партнёров[23] как:

  • OpenTable, André Gayot, Citysearch, BooRah, [Yelp Inc, Yahoo Loca, ReserveTravel и Localeze для ресторанов, деловых вопросов и действий;
  • Eventful, StubHub и LiveKick для разных событий и концертной информации;
  • MovieTickets.com, Rotten Tomatoes и The New York Times для информации о фильмах и рецензиях на них;
  • True Knowledge[24], Bing и WolframAlpha для фактического ответа на вопрос;[25]
  • Bing и Google для веб-поиска.

Поддерживаемые языки

Язык[26] Регион Версия iOS
Английский Соединённые Штаты Америки США 5.0
Великобритания Великобритания 5.0
Австралия Австралия 5.0
Канада Канада 6.0
Испанский Испания Испания 6.0
Мексика Мексика 6.0
Соединённые Штаты Америки США 6.0
Итальянский Италия Италия 6.0
Швейцария Швейцария 6.0
Кантонский Гонконг Гонконг 6.0
Китайский Китайская Республика Тайвань 6.0
Китайская Народная Республика Китай 6.0
Корейский Республика Корея Южная Корея 6.0
Немецкий Германия Германия 5.0
Швейцария Швейцария 6.0
Французский Франция Франция 5.0
Канада Канада 6.0
Швейцария Швейцария 6.0
Японский Япония Япония 5.1

Географические ограничения

По состоянию на январь 2012 года, функциональность Siri в большинстве стран ограничена, карты и поисковая система Yelp доступны только в пределах США. Например, в Великобритании на запрос перечислить местные фирмы, проложить маршрут или дать информацию о движении Siri ответит: «Я могу искать фирмы, карты и обозревать движение только в США и при использовании американского английского. Сожалею об этом.»[27]

Примечания

  1. Apple — Siri — Frequently Asked Questions. Apple Inc. (4 октября 2011). Архивировано из первоисточника 31 августа 2012. Проверено 23 декабря 2011.
  2. Ferra.ru — iOS 6 принесет Siri на iPad, официально
  3. 1 2 iPhone 4S — Ask Siri to help you get things done. Apple. Архивировано из первоисточника 31 августа 2012. Проверено 5 октября 2011.
  4. 1 2 April 28, 2010 BREAKING NEWS: Siri bought by Apple. Scobleizer.com (28 апреля 2010). Проверено 5 октября 2011.
  5. Timothy Hay Siri Inc. Launches ‘Do Engine’ Application For iPhone. Dow Jones Newswire (5 февраля 2010). Архивировано из первоисточника 31 августа 2012. Проверено 9 октября 2011.
  6. Darren Murph «iPhone 4S hands-on!. Engadget (4 октября 2011). Архивировано из первоисточника 31 августа 2012. Проверено 9 октября 2011.
  7. http://www.iphonestuffs4u.com/how-to-install-siri-on-iphone-4-ipod-touch-4g-without-proxy/
  8. Jake Smith Apple confirms Siri isn’t coming to any other devices as of now | 9to5Mac | Apple Intelligence. 9to5Mac (8 ноября 2011). Архивировано из первоисточника 31 августа 2012. Проверено 23 ноября 2011.
  9. Lardinois, Frederic Semantic Stealth Startup Siri Raises $8.5 Million. Readwriteweb.com (13 октября 2008). Архивировано из первоисточника 31 августа 2012. Проверено 5 октября 2011.
  10. A Personal Assistant on Your iPhone.
  11. Siri co-founder leaves Apple following iPhone 4S launch. AppleInsider (24 октября 2011). Архивировано из первоисточника 31 августа 2012. Проверено 31 октября 2011.
  12. Why is Siri important. Brian Roemmele (10 октября 2011). Архивировано из первоисточника 31 августа 2012. Проверено 29 октября 2011.
  13. Siri Personal Assistant: A Voice App That Lets You Speak to OpenTable. OpenTable date=2010-02-19. Архивировано из первоисточника 31 августа 2012. Проверено 23 декабря 2011.
  14. Siri for iPhone is like the proverbial Genie in a bottle. TUAW (5 февраля 2010). Архивировано из первоисточника 31 августа 2012. Проверено 23 декабря 2011.
  15. Siri iPhone App Uses Speech-Recognition Technology To Organize Your Social Life. Gizmodo (5 февраля 2010). Архивировано из первоисточника 31 августа 2012. Проверено 23 декабря 2011.
  16. The Original Siri App Gets Pulled From The App Store, Servers To Be Killed. TechCrunch (4 октября 2011). Архивировано из первоисточника 31 августа 2012. Проверено 23 декабря 2011.
  17. Apple Apple iPhone 4S event: as it happened. Telegraph (31 мая 2011). Архивировано из первоисточника 31 августа 2012. Проверено 5 октября 2011.
  18. Viticci, Federico Apple Officially Unveils Siri Voice Assistant – Supports English, French and German. Macstories.net (27 сентября 2011). Архивировано из первоисточника 31 августа 2012. Проверено 5 октября 2011.
  19. http://blogs.computerra.ru/39330
  20. 02-05 link rot.(недоступная ссылка — история) Проверено 5 февраля 2010. (недоступная ссылка)
  21. Siri Technology page(недоступная ссылка)
  22. posted on October 5th, 2011 Siri, Do You Use Nuance Technology? Siri: I’m Sorry, I Can’t Answer That.. TechCrunch (5 октября 2011). Архивировано из первоисточника 31 августа 2012. Проверено 14 октября 2011.
  23. Siri Partners page(недоступная ссылка)
  24. True Knowledge partners with Siri. Blog.trueknowledge.com (10 августа 2009). Архивировано из первоисточника 31 августа 2012. Проверено 5 октября 2011.
  25. Apple Siri. Apple.com. Архивировано из первоисточника 31 августа 2012. Проверено 5 октября 2011.
  26. Language Support,  (англ.)
  27. http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/10/14/siri_functionality_limited_outside_us_but_apple_promises_updates_in_2012.html

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Siri (произносится ) виртуальный помощник, который является частью Apple Inc. iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, macOS и tvOS операционные системы. Помощник использует голосовые запросы, управление на основе жестов, отслеживание фокуса и пользовательский интерфейс на естественном языке, чтобы отвечать на вопросы, давать рекомендации и выполнять действия, делегируя запросы набору Интернет Сервисы. Программное обеспечение адаптируется к индивидуальному использованию языка, поиску и предпочтениям пользователей при постоянном использовании. Возвращаемые результаты индивидуализированы.

Siri является побочным продуктом проекта, первоначально разработанного SRI International Центром искусственного интеллекта. Механизм распознавания речи был предоставлен Nuance Communications, и Siri использует передовые технологии машинного обучения для работы. Его оригинальные американские, британские и австралийские озвучивающие актеры записали свои голоса примерно в 2005 году, не подозревая о возможном использовании этих записей в Siri. Голосовой помощник был выпущен как приложение для iOS в феврале 2010 года, а через два месяца его приобрела Apple. Затем Siri была интегрирована в iPhone 4S при его выпуске в октябре 2011 года. В то время отдельное приложение было также удалено из iOS App Store. С тех пор Siri стала неотъемлемой частью продуктов Apple, с годами адаптировавшись к другим аппаратным устройствам, включая новые модели iPhone, а также iPad, iPod Touch, Mac, AirPods, Apple TV и HomePod.

Siri поддерживает широкий спектр пользовательских команд, включая выполнение действий на телефоне, проверка основной информации, планирование событий и напоминаний, обработка настроек устройства, поиск в Интернете, навигация по областям, поиск информации о развлечениях, а также возможность взаимодействия с приложениями, интегрированными в iOS. С выпуском iOS 10 в 2016 году Apple открыла ограниченный сторонний доступ к Siri, включая сторонние приложения для обмена сообщениями, а также платежи, совместное использование поездок и Интернет-звонки приложений. С выпуском iOS 11 Apple обновила голоса Siri, сделав их более четкими, человеческими, начала поддерживать дополнительные вопросы и языковой перевод, а также дополнительные сторонние действия.

Первый выпуск Siri на iPhone 4S в 2011 году получил неоднозначные отзывы. Он получил похвалу за его распознавание голоса и контекстное знание пользовательской информации, включая календарные встречи, но критиковали за то, что требовали жестких пользовательских команд и отсутствовали гибкость. Его также критиковали за отсутствие информации о некоторых близлежащих местах и ​​за неспособность понимать некоторые английские акценты. В 2016 и 2017 годах в ряде сообщений СМИ говорилось, что Siri не хватало инноваций, особенно в отношении новых конкурирующих голосовых помощников. Отчеты касались ограниченного набора функций Siri, «плохого» распознавания голоса и неразвитой интеграции сервисов, вызывающих проблемы для Apple в области искусственного интеллекта и облачных сервисов; основание для жалоб, как сообщается, связано с задержкой разработки, что вызвано приоритетом Apple конфиденциальности пользователей и борьбой исполнительной власти внутри компании.

Содержание

  • 1 Разработка
    • 1.1 Голоса
  • 2 Интеграция
  • 3 Характеристики и опции
  • 4 Прием
    • 4.1 Воспринимаемое отсутствие инноваций
  • 5 Нецензурная лексика
  • 6 В поп-культуре
  • 7 См. Также
  • 8 Ссылки
  • 9 Далее чтение
  • 10 Внешние ссылки

Разработка

Siri — это ответвление от SRI International Центр искусственного интеллекта, ответвление США Проект CALO, финансируемый Агентством перспективных оборонных исследовательских проектов (DARPA). Он был соучредителем Дага Киттлауса, Тома Грубера и выпускника Калифорнийского университета Адама Чейера. Киттлаус назвал Siri в честь своего коллеги из Норвегии, что на норвежском языке означает «красивая женщина, которая ведет вас к победе».

Механизм распознавания речи Siri был предоставлен Nuance Communications, компания по производству речевых технологий. Это не признавали ни Apple, ни Nuance в течение многих лет, пока генеральный директор Nuance Пол Риччи не подтвердил эту информацию на технологической конференции 2011 года. Система распознавания речи использует сложные методы машинного обучения, включая сверточные нейронные сети и долгую краткосрочную память.

Первоначальный прототип Siri был реализован с использованием платформы Active., совместный проект Центра искусственного интеллекта SRI International и группы Vrai в Федеральной политехнической школе Лозанны. Платформа Active была в центре внимания доктора философии. Защитил диссертацию Дидье Гуццони, который присоединился к Siri в качестве главного научного сотрудника.

Siri была приобретена Apple Inc. в апреле 2010 года под руководством Стива Джобса. Первым представлением Apple о цифровом персональном помощнике в 1987 году было концептуальное видео под названием Навигатор знаний.

Голоса

Оригинальный американский голос Siri был представлен в июле 2005 года Сьюзен Беннетт., не подозревая, что он в конечном итоге будет использован для голосового помощника. В отчете The Verge от сентября 2013 года об актерах озвучивания, их работе и разработках в области машинного обучения намекалось, что Эллисон Дафти была голосом Siri, хотя это было опровергнуто, когда Дафти написал на своем веб-сайте, что она была «Абсолютно, определенно не голос Siri». Ссылаясь на растущее давление, Беннетт раскрыла свою роль Сири в октябре, и ее заявление было подтверждено Эдом Примо, американским экспертом по судебной экспертизе в области звука. Apple никогда не подтверждала эту информацию.

Оригинальный британский мужской голос предоставил Джон Бриггс, бывший технологический журналист. Обнаружив, что он был голосом Siri, посмотрев телевизор, он впервые рассказал только о своей роли в ноябре 2011 года, также признав, что его озвучка была сделана «пять или шесть лет назад», не зная окончательной формы использования записей.

Оригинальный австралийский голос был предоставлен Карен Якобсен, озвучкой, известной в Австралии по своей работе как GPS девушка.

В рамках интервью между всеми тремя актерами озвучивания и The Guardian Бриггс заявил, что «оригинальная система была записана для американской компании Scansoft, которую затем купила Nuance. Apple просто лицензировала ее.. «

В iOS 11 Apple провела прослушивание сотен кандидатов, чтобы найти новые женские голоса, а затем записала несколько часов выступления, в том числе различных личностей и выражений, чтобы создать новый текст -to-speech голос на основе технологии глубокого обучения.

Интеграция

Siri изначально была выпущена как самостоятельная ne приложение для операционной системы iOS в феврале 2010 года, и в то время разработчики также намеревались выпустить Siri для устройств Android и BlackBerry.. Два месяца спустя Apple приобрела Siri. 4 октября 2011 года Apple представила iPhone 4S с бета-версией Siri. После объявления Apple удалила существующее автономное приложение Siri из App Store. TechCrunch написала, что, несмотря на поддержку приложением Siri iPhone 4, его удаление из приложения Магазин мог также иметь финансовый аспект для компании, поскольку он стимулировал клиентов обновлять устройства. Сторонний разработчик Стивен Тротон-Смит вместе с 13-летним Заком Шафи (@zshafi), однако, сумел перенести Siri на iPhone 4, хотя и не смог связаться с серверами Apple. Несколькими днями позже Шафи и Тротон-Смит, работая с анонимным человеком по прозвищу «Chpwn», сумели полностью взломать Siri, включив его полную функциональность на устройствах iPhone 4 и iPod Touch. Шафи отделился от группы, основав SimplySiri вместе с другими разработчиками, чтобы предоставить публичный доступ к новому эксплойту. Кроме того, разработчики также смогли успешно создавать и распространять легальные порты Siri на любое устройство, поддерживающее iOS 5, хотя для взаимодействия с сервером Apple требовался прокси-сервер.

Siri Remote для Apple TV

С годами Apple расширила линейку официально поддерживаемых продуктов, включая новые модели iPhone, а также iPad поддержка в июне 2012 г., поддержка iPod Touch в сентябре 2012 г., поддержка Apple TV и автономного Siri Remote в сентябре 2015 г., Mac и Поддержка AirPods в сентябре 2016 года и поддержка HomePod в феврале 2018 года.

Венчурная компания Mangrove Capital Partners предсказала, что Apple запустит SiriOS на своей конференции разработчиков в 2020 году для дальнейшего развивать экосистему Siri. SiriOS может конкурировать с чем-то вроде платформы Amazon Alexa Skills, которая упрощает разработчикам реализацию функций Alexa. В настоящее время Apple предлагает разработчикам SiriKit, но одна из возможностей заключается в том, что SiriOS может легко работать с iOS, iPadOS и macOS.

Функции и параметры

Apple предлагает широкий спектр голосовых команд для взаимодействовать с Siri, включая, помимо прочего:

  • Телефонные и текстовые действия, такие как «Позвонить Саре», «Прочитать мои новые сообщения», «Установить таймер на 10 минут» и «Отправить электронное письмо маме»
  • Проверьте основную информацию, включая «Какая сегодня погода?» и «Сколько долларов в евро?»
  • Планирование событий и напоминаний, в том числе «Назначить встречу» и «Напомнить мне…»
  • Управление настройками устройства, такими как « Сделайте снимок »,« Выключите Wi-Fi »и« Увеличьте яркость »
  • Выполните поиск в Интернете, включая« Определить… »,« Найдите изображения… «и» Поиск Twitter для… «
  • Навигация, включая» ​​Отвезти меня домой «,» Какая загруженность дороги по дороге домой? «и» Найти дорогу до… «
  • Перевести слова и фразы с английского на несколько языков, например« Как сказать, где ближайший отель по-французски? »
  • Развлечения, например« Какие баскетбольные матчи идут сегодня? »,« Какие фильмы смотрят рядом со мной? »и« Какой краткий обзор…? »
  • Работайте с приложениями, интегрированными в iOS, включая« Пауза Apple Music »и« Like this song »
  • Обработка платежей через Apple Pay, например« Apple Pay 25 долларов Майку за билеты на концерт »или« Отправить 41 доллар Иване.. «

Siri также предлагает множество заранее запрограммированных ответов на забавные вопросы. К таким вопросам относятся: «В чем смысл жизни?» на что Siri может ответить: «Все данные на сегодняшний день говорят о том, что это шоколад»; «Почему я здесь?», На что он может ответить: «Не знаю. Честно говоря, я сам задавался этим вопросом»; и «Ты выйдешь за меня замуж?», на который он может ответить «Мое лицензионное соглашение с конечным пользователем не распространяется на брак. Приношу свои извинения».

Первоначально ограничивалось женскими голосами, заявила Apple в июне 2013 года Siri будет иметь возможность выбора пола, добавив аналог мужского голоса.

В сентябре 2014 года Apple добавила возможность для пользователей говорить «Привет, Siri», чтобы помощник не требовал физического обращения с

В сентябре 2015 года функция «Привет, Siri» была обновлена, чтобы включить индивидуальное распознавание голоса, предполагаемую попытку предотвратить активацию, не принадлежащую владельцу.

С анонсом iOS 10 в июне 2016 года Apple открыла ограниченный доступ сторонних разработчиков к Siri через специальный интерфейс прикладного программирования (API). API ограничивает использование Siri взаимодействием со сторонними приложениями для обмена сообщениями, платежными приложениями, приложениями для обмена сообщениями и приложениями для интернет-вызовов.

В iOS 11 Siri может обрабатывать следующие поднимает вопросы, поддерживает языковой перевод и открывает дополнительные возможности для сторонних действий, включая управление задачами. Кроме того, пользователи могут набирать текст на Siri, а новая, ориентированная на конфиденциальность технология «обучения на устройстве» улучшает предложения Siri за счет частного анализа личного использования различных приложений iOS.

Прием

В октябре 2011 года Siri получила неоднозначные отзывы во время ее бета-выпуска как неотъемлемой части iPhone 4S.

MG Siegler из TechCrunch написал, что Siri «великолепна», высоко оценив потенциал Siri после проигрыша. тег бета-версии:

«Количество раз, когда Siri не могла понять и выполнить мой запрос, удивительно мало…. Только представьте, что произойдет, когда Apple станет партнером других сервисов для дальнейшего расширения Siri. А представьте, когда у них есть API, который может использовать любой разработчик. Это действительно может изменить мобильный ландшафт «.

Написав для The New York Times, Дэвид Пог также высоко оценил язык Siri понимание и способность понимать контекст:

«[Siri] думает несколько секунд, отображает красиво отформатированную отвечает и говорит спокойным женским голосом…. Просто поразительно, насколько неточными могут быть ваши высказывания. Siri все понимает из вопроса: «Какая погода будет в Тусоне в эти выходные?» на «Мне понадобится зонт сегодня вечером?»… Однажды я попытался сказать: «Назначь встречу с Патриком на четверг в 3 часа». Сири ответила: «Обратите внимание, что у вас уже назначена встреча на весь день по поводу« Поездки в Бостон »на этот четверг. Все равно запланировать это? Невероятно ».

Джеки Ченг из Ars Technica написал, что заявления Apple о том, что может делать Siri, были смелыми, а ранние демонстрации« еще смелее »:

« Хотя Siri демонстрирует реальный потенциал, такого рода завышенных ожиданий обязательно будут разочарованы…. Apple ясно дает понять, что продукт все еще находится в стадии бета-тестирования — по нашему мнению, соответствующий ярлык ».

Одобряя его способность« расшифровать наш обычный язык »и обеспечить« очень конкретный и точный результат », иногда даже предоставляя Ченг отметил и раскритиковал его ограничения, особенно когда язык перешел от «жестких команд» к более человеческому взаимодействию. Одним из примеров является фраза «Отправить текст Джейсону, Клинту, Сэму и Ли, говоря, что мы ужинаем». в Серебряном Облаке », что Сири интерпретировала как отправку сообщения только Джейсону, содержащего текст« Клинт Сэм и Ли говорят, что мы обедаем в Серебряном Облаке ». Она также отметила отсутствие надлежащей возможности редактирования, сказав« Отредактируйте сообщение для Скажите: «Мы в Серебряном Облаке, и вы должны прийти и найти нас», — «сгенерировали» Клинт Сэм и Ли, говоря, что мы ужинаем в Серебряном Облаке, чтобы сказать, что мы в Серебряном Облаке, и вы должны прийти и найти нас ».

Исполнительный председатель и бывший глава Google, Эрик Шмидт, признал, что Siri может представлять собой конкурентную угрозу для основного поискового бизнеса компании.

Siri подверглась критике со стороны организаций, выступающих за права абортов, включая Американский союз гражданских свобод ( ACLU) и NARAL Pro-Choice America после того, как пользователи обнаружили, что Siri не может предоставить информацию о местонахождении поблизости поставщиков средств контроля рождаемости или абортов, иногда вместо этого направляя пользователей в центры кризисной беременности.

Натали Керрис, пресс-секретарь Apple, сказала The New York Times:

«Наши клиенты хотят использовать Siri для поиска всех типов информации, и хотя она может найти много, она не всегда находи то, что хочешь…. Это не намеренные упущения, призванные кого-то обидеть. Это просто означает, что, переводя Siri из бета-версии в конечный продукт, мы находим места, где мы можем добиться большего, и сделаем это в ближайшие недели ».

В январе 2016 года Fast Company сообщила, что, в последние месяцы Siri начала путать слово «аборт» с «усыновлением », ссылаясь на «экспертов в области здравоохранения», которые заявили, что ситуация «ухудшилась». Однако во время Согласно отчету Fast Company, ситуация немного изменилась: Siri предложила «более полный список объектов планирования семьи », хотя «клиники по усыновлению продолжают появляться, но ближе к концу списка».

Siri также не была хорошо принята некоторыми англоговорящими людьми с характерным акцентом, в том числе шотландским и американцами из Бостона или юга.

. Фрэнк М. Фацио подал коллективный иск против Apple от имени людей, которые купили iPhone 4S и были введены в заблуждение относительно возможностей Siri, утверждая, что он не работает. n, как показано в рекламе Apple Siri. Фацио подал иск в Калифорнии и заявил, что iPhone 4S будет просто «более дорогим iPhone 4», если Siri не сможет работать так, как рекламируется. 22 июля 2013 года окружной судья США Клаудия Уилкен в Сан-Франциско отклонила иск, но сказала, что истцы могут внести поправки в более позднее время. Причина увольнения заключалась в том, что истцы недостаточно задокументировали достаточно искажений со стороны Apple для продолжения судебного разбирательства.

Предполагаемое отсутствие инноваций

В июне 2016 года The Verge Шон О’Кейн написал о грядущих крупных обновлениях iOS 10 под заголовком «Большие обновления Siri не будут иметь значения, если она не сможет понять своих пользователей»:

«О чем Apple не говорила решал самые большие, самые основные недостатки Siri: он по-прежнему не очень хорошо распознает голос, а когда он все делает правильно, результаты часто неуклюжие.И эти проблемы выглядят еще хуже, если учесть, что у Apple теперь есть полноценные конкуренты в этом пробел: Amazon Alexa, Microsoft Cortana и Assistant.»

Google и также пишет для The Verge, Уолт Моссберг ранее подвергал сомнению усилия Apple в области облачных сервисов, написав:

«… возможно, самое большое разочарование среди облачных сервисов Apple — это то, что ему больше всего нужно сегодня, прямо сейчас: Siri. До того, как Apple купила его, Siri была на пути к тому, чтобы стать надежным цифровым помощником, который мог бы делать много вещей и интегрироваться со многими сервисами, даже если он создавался стартапом с ограниченными средствами и людьми. После того, как Apple купила Siri, гигантская компания, казалось, рассматривала ее как захолустье, ограничивая ее выполнением лишь нескольких задач, постепенно увеличивая количество задач, например, сообщать вам погоду, спортивные результаты, списки фильмов и ресторанов и управлять функциями устройства.. Несчастные основатели покинули Apple, чтобы создать новую службу ИИ под названием Viv. И слишком часто Siri либо ошибается, либо не знает ответа, либо не может его выразить словами. Вместо этого он показывает вам результат веб-поиска, даже если вы не в состоянии его прочитать ».

В октябре 2016 года Bloomberg сообщил, что Apple планирует объединить команды, стоящие за различными облачные сервисы, включая единый кампус и реорганизованные ресурсы облачных вычислений, нацеленные на улучшение обработки запросов Siri, хотя в другом отчете The Verge, опубликованном в июне 2017 года, распознавание голоса Siri снова названо «плохим».

В июне 2017 года The Wall Street Journal опубликовал обширный отчет об отсутствии инноваций в Siri после продвижения конкурентов в области голосовых помощников. Отмечая, что уровень беспокойства сотрудников Apple «поднялся на ступеньку выше». После объявления Amazon Alexa, журнал писал: «Сегодня Apple пытается наверстать упущенное в категории продуктов, которые она изобрела, что усиливает беспокойство по поводу того, потерял ли технологический гигант часть своего инновационного преимущества». приоритезация конфиденциальности пользователей, в т.ч. Использование произвольно помеченных шестимесячных поисковых запросов Siri, в то время как Google и Amazon хранят данные до тех пор, пока пользователь не будет их активно отвергать, а исполнительная власть в Apple борется за это. Apple не комментировала отчет, в то время как Эдди Кью сказал: «Apple часто использует общие данные, а не пользовательские данные для обучения своих систем и имеет возможность улучшить производительность Siri для отдельных пользователей с помощью информации, хранящейся на их iPhone.. «

Нецензурная лексика

Версия Siri для iOS поставляется с фильтром вульгарного содержания; однако по умолчанию он отключен и должен быть включен пользователем вручную. Следовательно, если Siri может быть спровоцирована на ругательство, трансляцию дискриминационного контента и т. Д., Действия, скорее всего, будут выполнены. На протяжении всей своей истории использовалось множество методов и приемов, чтобы заставить Siri ругаться. Языковой фильтр не идеален, и его все еще можно обойти.

В 2018 году Ars Technica сообщила о новом сбое, которым мог воспользоваться пользователь, запросивший определение «мать », чтобы прочитать вслух. Siri выдает ответ и спрашивает пользователя, хотят ли они услышать следующее определение; когда пользователь отвечает «да», Siri упоминает «мать» как сокращение от «ублюдок». Это привело к появлению нескольких видео YouTube с описанием ответов и / или способов их запуска. Apple устранила проблему молча, хотя это не подтверждено, если видео специально привлекли ее внимание. Контент взят из сторонних источников, таких как Oxford English Dictionary, а не из предоставленного сообщения от корпорации. Неизвестно, использовался ли этот сбой при включенном фильтре вульгарного контента.

В поп-культуре

Siri озвучила Пьютер в Lego Batman Movie.

в Теории большого взрыва В эпизоде ​​«Начало бета-теста » персонаж Радж Кутраппали влюбляется в Сири.

См. Также

  • Amazon Alexa
  • BlackBerry Assistant
  • Microsoft Cortana
  • Clova (виртуальный помощник)
  • Cyc
  • Bixby (виртуальный помощник)
  • Evi
  • Google Assistant
  • Сеть знаний
  • Навигатор знаний
  • Memex
  • Microsoft Voice Command
  • Mycroft
  • One Voice Technologies
  • Prolog
  • Samsung S Voice
  • Виртуальный помощник
  • Samsung Viv
  • Распознавание речи Windows
  • Wolfram Alpha
  • Watson
  • Яндекс Алиса

Ссылки

Дополнительная литература

  • Для получения подробной статьи об истории организаций и предшествующих технологий о разработке Siri и их влиянии на это приложение см. Bianca Bosker, 2013, «Siri Rising: The Inside Story Of Siri’s Origins (And Why She Could Overshadow the iPhone) », в The Huffington Post ( онлайн), 22 января 2013 г. (обновлено 24 января 2013 г.), по состоянию на 2 ноября 2014 г.

Внешние ссылки

  • Официальный веб-сайт Отредактируйте это в Викиданных
  • Языки, поддерживаемые Siri
  • SiriKit, Siri для разработчиков
  • « История Siri от ее основателя Адама Чейера «. wit.ai. 18 декабря 2014 г. Получено 30 октября 2015 г.

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