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Why couldn't Siri work on Android?

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flarn2006

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I read somewhere that Siri does most of its work on an external server. So wouldn't it be possible to write an Android app that communicates with the same server (claiming it's an iPhone) that works exactly like Siri? It wouldn't even have to use any copyrighted code, so it would be legal too. (Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer.)

As for figuring out how exactly it communicates with the server, just use a program like Wireshark to analyze your iPhone's traffic. (You don't even need to jailbreak to do that; it just examines the iPhone's Wi-Fi traffic as it's sent to the router.)
 
It's probably possible and I have no doubt in my mind that someone is working on making something similar and probably alot better.
 
Why would you want to when there are half a dozen apps on the market that offer similar functionality? It'd be a lot of work and your end product would get lost in the shuffle.
 
flarn2006 said:
I read somewhere that Siri does most of its work on an external server. So wouldn't it be possible to write an Android app that communicates with the same server (claiming it's an iPhone) that works exactly like Siri? It wouldn't even have to use any copyrighted code, so it would be legal too. (Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer.)

As for figuring out how exactly it communicates with the server, just use a program like Wireshark to analyze your iPhone's traffic. (You don't even need to jailbreak to do that; it just examines the iPhone's Wi-Fi traffic as it's sent to the router.)
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There is an APP called "iris" just been put on the market
 
ironass said:
Also, "Voice Actions", "SpeakToIt" and more.

Voice Actions is very good. The closest I've found to Siri.
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I agree on "Voice Actions". I'm VERY happy with it!

And change the android voice to "Ivona" - Free on the Market too.
 
I just spent a half hour with Voice Actions and could not get one successful email, text, or phone call to work. Uninstalled it.

Did a very quick test with Vlingo, and it seems to work.
 
Carl6 said:
I just spent a half hour with Voice Actions and could not get one successful email, text, or phone call to work. Uninstalled it.

Did a very quick test with Vlingo, and it seems to work.
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Really? I have had no problems with it. I composed several emails with it. Have not yet tried it for phone calls and I don't do text messaging so I can't speak for that. It composed emails easily enough.
 
rsk11584 said:
IRIS released in market tried today works cool and recognizes my accent indian english even called a phone number ;)

tech news link here

Iris - Siri for Android proves Apple doesn't have an edge
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Works pretty well. Makes a few mistakes though.

For example, I said "Don't you mean Moyet?" and it thought I said "thank you mean more day".

Love it's responses though. I asked it to open the pod bay doors and it responded with "Uh, sure, *opens them*.
 
Iris is useless though, at this point in time it literally serves no purpose. Unless you want to talk with your phone i guess, but that was initially what turned me away from Siri, looking like a tool talking to a cellphone.
 
i think the voice interaction is a great idea for additional input. I also think that it is a very old idea and that it has never been polished well enough for me to be willing to use it.
 
meme405 said:
Iris is useless though, at this point in time it literally serves no purpose. Unless you want to talk with your phone i guess, but that was initially what turned me away from Siri, looking like a tool talking to a cellphone.
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You don't talk on your phone?
Weird?
Telepathy?
 
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I like the way it thinks.
 
Initially had trouble as for some reason the devs have blocked download on Honeycomb, but once I tried it it's somewhat amusing... Vlingo is better, but that's comparing something written in 8 hours vs something with a years development behind it..
 
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