Apple Acquires Speech Technology Startup VocalIQ

apple has purchased vocaliq, startup located in united kingdom has developed natural language api allow computers , people have more natural dialogue, reports financial times. according vocaliq's website, company has developed self-learning dialogue api built on 10 years of natural language research, belief tracking, decision making, , message generation.

it's not clear how apple uses technology companies purchases, acquisition, it's apple use api improve voice-based personal assistant, siri. financial times believes apple use technology upcoming car project, vocaliq specialized in in-car applications among other things.

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while vocaliq's speech processing , machine learning technology incorporated devices wearables connected home, company particularly focused on in-car applications. included collaboration general motors.

in blog earlier year, vocaliq described how "conversational voice-dialog system" in car's navigation system prevent drivers becoming distracted looking @ screens. "self- learning" technology allows "real conversation between human , internet of things", vocaliq wrote.

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vocaliq has criticized siri in a past blog post, calling virtual assistant "toy" unable understand context. difference between vocaliq's system , traditional speech-recognition services siri , cortana ability learn.

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the reason state of affairs while apple, google , others have mastered how use machine learning speech-recognition, still stuck medieval approach when comes of conversational voice dialog. still using pre-programmed flow-chart based response don't learn.

consumer demand self-learning multi-domain conversational voice system consumers can freely talk movies, restaurants, music, hotel bookings , meaning of life, huge , undeniable. first 1 meet demand rule smartphone , wearables market next decade.

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apple confirmed purchase of vocaliq usual statement: "apple buys smaller technology companies time time, , not discuss our purpose or plans."

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i want siri tighten gap between cortana , google in accordance queries answered without resorting web search.

 

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