Why Google's iPhone app will change the world...
As so many of great influence, it suffered a troubled birth. Will it - won't it, we all wondered. All of us who care any about voice recognition. Will Apple throw a tiz, or are they just milking it. (the latter of course).
Is it any good? Yes.
Is it perfect? No.
Is it world changing? Well...
- Crowd sourcing is exactly what speech reognition has been needing for sometime. If Google is doing what it normally does, and making good use of the user metrics to fine tune the service, their recognition will be as good as human in 2 years or less.
- Chat bots are not so much fun to talk to. Reason? Typeing... Not talkling.
- Detecting affirming or otherwise tones in a voice is simple. Chat bots will soon be winning the Loebner Prize
That will change the world.
