Thursday, February 09, 2012
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Siri, an AI-driven virtual assistant launched last October as an iPhone 4S exclusive, currently speaks English (United States, United Kingdom, Australia), French and German languages. The official Siri FAQ from the onset made it clear that “In 2012, Siri will support additional languages, including Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Italian, and Spanish”.
Last December, 9to5Mac pointed at job openings indicating possible Siri enhancements, including a prettier interface and a Siri API to extend her functionality to third-party iOS programs. We also discovered this LinkedIn profile belonging to Apple’s language technologies engineer Chen Zhang which proves Apple’s been at work completing Siri support for the Chinese market. According to today’s article by Tech Asia, Mandarin-only support for the Chinese language could be released as early as next month. Moreover…
That piece also states that Apple will teach Siri to speak Japanese and Russian. If the article is to be believed, support for Chinese will be limited, at least initially:
The rumor also contends that the Chinese version will only support the standard Mandarin (aka: putonghua) Chinese, which would leave out Cantonese-speaking people, as well as some Taiwan folk who effectively speak in a different dialect. Plus, it alleges that Japanese and Russian will arrive next month as well.
Though Siri retained its beta label and is well-known for occasionally taking extended coffee breaks, it’s been pretty popular with users and Apple’s marketing positions it as the differentiating feature of the iPhone 4S. According to the answer-engine Wolfram Alpha (a Siri content partner) queries originating from Siri users represent a quarter of all Wolfram Alpha queries.
(Via 9to5Mac.)
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