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New Xbox To Feature Improved Siri-Like Voice Recognition

Posted on Thursday, February 7 @ 08:38:08 Eastern by

Next-Gen console news is really picking up. There is currently so much focus on the PlayStation 4 due to Sony's February 20th PlayStation Meeting 2013 in New York City where the console is expected to be unveiled. However, Microsoft isn't just standing by letting Sony steal all of the limelight.

We've heard about the new Xbox blocking used games sales, having a Windows 8-style interface and touch screen, but today a new report coming from The Verge and sources who are familiar with Microsoft's plan for the next Xbox (gotta love that anonymous source familiar with the matter cop out), says that the console will feature improved, Siri-like speech recognition technology.

Speech recognition is already found on the Xbox 360 through Kinect, but it's very basic. This improved tech will focus on interaction and context, allowing users to ask the Xbox what their friends are playing, tell it to play specific movies or games, and feature speech to text for sending messages over Xbox LIVE or Skype.

Expect Microsoft to debut the next Xbox at this year's E3, or possibly at a separate event ahead of E3 much like Sony is doing with their PlayStation Meeting in just thirteen days.

What else might be featured in the next Xbox? Here are 7 things we hope Microsoft includes.
Tags:   Xbox 720, microsoft, xbox, next-gen


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  • Jobin_Wendy
    Jobin_Wendy
    Joined: Mar 2012
    Posted: Feb 7th, 2013 at 8:59 am
    If it's based what's currently on the Windows Marketplace, it's absolute garbage, and it's not named HAL, so who gives a ****?
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  • friggest
    friggest
    Joined: Mar 2008
    Posted: Feb 7th, 2013 at 9:12 am
    "Whoa, you win." Ha. I have mistreated Siri, but mostly because of homonyms and homophones.
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  • friggest
    friggest
    Joined: Mar 2008
    Posted: Feb 7th, 2013 at 9:16 am
    Also, Siri is useful because you are driving and shouldnt remove your eyes from the road to look up directions to a titty bar for lunch. Siri would be useful for other appliances in your house while your playing video games. "Siri, nuke my chicken wings; I'm on a wicked tear, teabagging these fools!"
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  • UghRochester
    UghRochester
    Joined: Jun 2006
    Posted: Feb 7th, 2013 at 9:15 am
    This source actually sounds right. I can guarantee speech-to-text will happen.
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  • Jobin_Wendy
    Jobin_Wendy
    Joined: Mar 2012
    Posted: Feb 7th, 2013 at 9:56 am
    Kinect already has voice support, as demonstrated in that ridiculous Skyrim video that looks like it makes playing the game more difficult.
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  • UghRochester
    UghRochester
    Joined: Jun 2006
    Posted: Feb 8th, 2013 at 5:07 am
    Yeah, but it's not speech-to-text. Say you were leaving a comment on here and had no form of keyboard. Frustrating how slow it is, right? So, telling your Xbox a message, it would then be transferred into words. The Kinect only offers voice commands. What this source rumors is voice recognition. MS had it for Win 7, so I can see this being added to Xbox LIVE.
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  • Jobin_Wendy
    Jobin_Wendy
    Joined: Mar 2012
    Posted: Feb 8th, 2013 at 7:13 am
    But speech-to-text isn't very useful for gaming. And I'm sure it wouldn't take more than a small firmware update to make Kinect speech-to-text compatible, as the tech for that is becoming easier to manage, as evidenced by literally every smart phone that came out in the last year and half has it.
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  • UghRochester
    UghRochester
    Joined: Jun 2006
    Posted: Feb 8th, 2013 at 7:29 am
    Oh, you still think it's a gaming console? Microsoft doesn't. MS definitely will have speech-to-test to make it easier for people posting on the internet.
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  • tinymhg
    tinymhg
    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Feb 7th, 2013 at 11:10 am
    What I say when playing video games would be considered M for mature.
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  • Ivory_Soul
    Ivory_Soul
    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Feb 7th, 2013 at 1:43 pm
    Siri isn't that good either...honestly speech-to-text and most voice recognition hasn't been perfected yet.
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