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Originally Posted by twowheels
I use it a LOT!
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That's interesting to hear. I have a few friends with iPhones, but I have never asked if they use Siri.
I have never had an iPhone, my last several have been androids and before that I had several Windows phones before most people had ever heard of smartphones. Currently, I have a Galaxy Note and I love the large 5" screen. It is great for reading books and watching videos at the gym.
Shortly after Siri came out, someone hacked together a quick android rip-off called Iris (Siri backwards). You could ask it wiki type questions, but that was about the limit of its functionality. I played with it for about 45 minutes before the novelty wore out. It sounds like Siri has a lot more utility.
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For long e-mails I find it MUCH faster to dictate the message than to type them on the on-screen keyboard (though a real keyboard is still faster). You have to learn to speak differently, but it works well once you get the hang of it.... For example: Hey Dave exclamation point newline how are you doing question mark newline will you be able to meet me at 4 questionmark the openquote boys closedquote openparens well comma not really boys closed parens are looking forward to seeing you period newline later comma newline Billy
(my name's not Billy :-) )
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This thread started out about TTS, but it is interesting you have brought up the exact opposite - voice recognition. It's been a number of years ago - at least five or six - but several times I explored the voice recognition approach to writing by using the Dragon Naturally Speaking software. I think my brain just isn't wired that way. Having to speak the punctuation drove me crazy and kept breaking my train of thought. And I spent more time going back to fix the punctuation and other typos, than it would take to simply type things. I think for anything more than a sentence or two, it is always going to be a keyboard for me.
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BTW, your TTS sample just about drove me nuts! Waaaaaayyyy too slow for me! :-)
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The software I use allows you to adjust the speaking speed. I do have it set several notches slower than the default. I have tried several different speeds and that happens to be the one I personally like the best.
Duane