Apple intends to move the functionality of the voice assistant Siri, which is currently used on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, to your Mac. Ability to work a personal assistant surrounded OS X desktop platform provided under the new patent application published Thursday by the Bureau of registration of patents and trademarks USA.
Apple, as it is known, believes the convergence of desktop and mobile operating system the most promising option for the development OS X. The company intend to make the experience of interaction when working with any of the devices were similar. Within this framework, the iPhone and iPad maker plans to move functionality Siri technology with smart phones and tablets to computers running OS X.
Siri will replace the standard speech recognition module on a Mac, and will interact with the search for Spotlight. Assistant displays "speech recognition" on the desktop platform to a whole new level: users will opportunities for typing, voice control software and operating system functions. Dining Mac user interaction with Siri are described in detail in the patent Apple.
The service will be provided as a separate application in the dock bar of the operating system. Icon allows you to run voice assistant and use a number of specialized functions. For example, you can transfer files or folders on the Siri icon and say a command "Sort by date".
Siri has become a key feature of the smartphone iPhone 4S, announced in October 2011.Subsequently, the technology has been applied in tablets iPad and the iPod touch.