Only then do they process the subsequent words as a request.
And won’t it make Siri less accurate?
Catchphrase
I have a friend who rarely uses Siri and has the always-listening feature switched off.
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Not only is that how we have learned to speak to our iPhones, but we’re also human.
This move towards a one-word response would tilt the entire process towards an advanced artificial intelligence system.
Viewed from this angle, one wonders why Apple would bother.
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It’s not like you have to say it before every sentence.
Once Siri is awake and listening, you’re free to just converse with it.
Within Siri’s limits of understanding anyway.
And even if Apple changes it, we will all keep saying the whole phrase.
It’s a part of the vernacular now.
Perhaps Apple wants to copy features from other voice assistants.
Humans have no problem detecting speech and separating words.
For a computer, it’s not so easy.
A wake word, then, should stand out.
And the longer and more distinctive the phrase, the lower the likelihood of false positives.
Then again, maybe Siri will finally be useful for more than just setting an egg timer.
