Apple in 2011, offers for their devices voice recognition system Siri, but the decision to the manufacturer relies heavily on technology from Nuance. According to MacRumors, the eve of the release of iPhone 6 and iWatch Cupertino-based company has expanded significantly with the development team Siri personal assistant to modernize its own forces.
Apple increased team of experts responsible for the development of voice assistant Siri. The plans for the Californian company - Update and empower the voice technology, on which will work best experts in this field.
Back in July 2013 it was reported that Apple has opened an office in Boston for research in the field of speech recognition and artificial intelligence. To develop a personal assistant were hired strongest engineers VoiceSignal Technologies. Most of them - the specialists in the field of speech recognition. Among employees who switched to Apple lately - an expert in the field of speech systems Alex Acero, who has worked at Microsoft 20 years, Gunnar Everman, develops Nuance speech technology and Arnab Ghoshal - scientist at Edinburgh University.
"Before the next big Apple announcement of expanded state-secret office in Kendall Square. As told by several realtors on condition of anonymity, Cupertino-based company has leased half of the building One Broadway, under the authority of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The company's offices on the upper floors occupy about 1200 square feet. m. Prior to this, Apple had only a small staff on the fifth floor. "
Initially, Siri was a mobile app for iOS from the name of the developer. Apple bought the startup in April 2010. "Now we are the main supplier for Apple", - said not so long ago a representative of Nuance. Apple has never liked to depend on third-party service providers, especially since, according to the latest rumors, Nuance interested company Samsung . With the expansion of the company in Boston is going to give a new impetus to the development of technology voice assistant.
In April it was reported that in Cupertino are planning to organize the work in Siri offaynovom mode. To do this, Apple expects to use the company's technology Novauris Technologies, known for its voice recognition Dragon. IPhone maker declined to comment, but according to some reports, some time ago he bought Novauris Technologies .
At the end of June this year, Apple opened position specialist who will test the voice technology for interaction with the Russian-speaking users. Observers suggest that the list of languages supported by the voice technology Apple, will be extended in one of the updates of the operating system, most likely in iOS 8.1.