04-30-2009, 03:55 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2003
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My understanding is that it will use the TellMe network to process the voice commands, so that ought to enable it to understand a lot more than the current Microsoft Voice Command (although, of course, that means that you'll have to have a signal to use it). That seems like a good step in the right direction to me. Smartphones have limited processing power, but are almost always connected, so why not use that connection to let them "borrow" processing power from servers? Good move.
I wonder, though, at how the information will be presented back to the user. If it is only in the form of voice coming back, I think the usefulness will be extremely limited. Hopefully, information being returned will be in rich text, or HTML, or some format visible on the screen that can then be saved or worked with. If it's just voice and suppose I get directions or a phone number to a nearby restaurant. Well, then I'm still going to have to write them down, aren't I? In perfect world, directions would be loaded right into Live Maps for me and the phone number would be displayed and able to be dialed with the push of a button (or a click on an icon, but you get my meaning).
In general, I wish phones were better at organizing and presenting my information in ways that are meaningful and useful to me, but I'm veering onto another topic, I think.
To sum up, I think that having a solid new way to interface with my phone is a good thing. Talking to it certainly seems like a natural way to request information or tell my phone to do things for me.
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