The Siri Story: Joining Apple

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Jefferson Graham has a running chat with Apple's personal digital assistant Siri on #Talking Tech, testing out new features touted by Apple. How successful is she? Tune in to find out. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19. ... Show More

Apple says Siri has 20x more info than 3 years ago in the upcoming version of iOS14, the new mobile operating system. Really? Jefferson Graham set out to find out. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-se ... Show More

In 2016 Apple touted having developers bring Siri to their apps, saying it would make the personal digital assistant more useful than ever. A year later, few app developers have signed on--Siri is available in just 6 of the top 50 most downloaded apps. Jefferson Graham reports on ... Show More

Google's Assistant is now on the iPhone, where it greatly outshines Apple's Siri. Listen in as Jefferson Graham demonstrates. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. 

On today’s episode of Spectacular Vernacular, Nicole and Ben talk about the new Siri voices. They also interview Gretchen McCulloch and Lauren Gawne, hosts of Lingthusiasm, a podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics. And finally, they put a listener’s anagram skills to the t ... Show More

It was another boring Sunday, I had spent the whole day lazing around and watching tv. There was nothing much else to do, I decided to pick up my phone and have some fun with Siri. I liked trying to think up silly things to ask her.“Hey Siri, do you love me?”“I don’t know how to ... Show More

In this episode, Thomas Domville shows us how to change the speaking rate for Siri on iOS and iPadOS. This feature allows you to adjust the speed at which Siri speaks, which can be helpful if you find Siri's default speaking rate too fast or too slow.To change the speaking rate f ... Show More

When Siri launched in 2011, she permanently changed the way people interacted with their technology. What was it like to be the voice behind that voice? And how did they make that voice come to life? Featuring the original voice of Siri, voice actor Susan Bennett, and Director of ... Show More

Amazon's Alexa has come to the iPhone, in the Amazon app, offering spoken word personal assistance. Does Siri have much to worry about? Jefferson Graham finds out on #TalkingTech. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/p ... Show More