Yesterday Microsoft announced Kinect Voice and Zune Pass for Australian consumers. What’s the voice and music experience like? There’s only one way to find out. More »
9to5Mac stumbled upon a YouTube video that exposes one of Siri’s weaknesses — people who speak English with a heavy accent. These non-native speakers cause poor Siri to get all confused. More »
Apple’s Voice Control feature is decent, but aside from making calls and playing music, there’s not much else you can do. But now, this new jailbreak tweak can equip you with system-wide command over Voice Control, comparable to Android. More »
It’s worth telling you that the Australian Kinect doesn’t support voice control. As Kotaku reported back in September, Microsoft has decided that any region outside of America, the UK, and Mexico will have to wait until Autumn next year before voice controls work. Damn. More »
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If you ever want to steal something in spy movies, you need to tear out somebody’s eyeball or fake their voice. AT&T Safe will bring that same level of security to your online accounts with an iPhone app. More »
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Voice Actions work! Really well! The video above is a good demo, showing it it navigating to Giz, sending an email, finding Starbucks and and making a self-memo. I didn’t even have to hold the phone up to my face. More »
