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Intelligent search via iDevices
Work dedicated to "Informational Search" course
Maksym Hontar
What is Siri?
Intelligent personal assistant and knowledge navigator which works as an application for Apple's iOS
In “Busy Day,” Mr. Scorsese asks Siri to check his schedule, move appointments, tell him where a friend is, and check city traffic
How they started?
● Siri was founded in 2007 by Dag Kittlaus● Introduced in 2008. Raised a lot of money● Designed prototypes for separate OSs in
2010● Launched on AppStore in early 2011
(OpenTable & Google Maps & MovieTickets & TaxiMagic)
● Acquired by Apple in April 2011● Built-in into iPhone 4S in October 2011
Devices supportiPhone 4S & iPhone 5
iPod Touch 5
iPad 3 & iPad 4
iPad mini
What siri can do?PhoneFaceTimeMusicMailMessagesCalendarRemindersNotesContactsAlarmsWorld ClockTimerWeather
StocksWeb searchWikipedia searchWolfram|Alpha Find My FriendsPost on
FacebookSend a TweetMoviesSportsApp launchMapsLocal search
Phatic dialog sometimes
It can be funny
And obviously useful...
How this all works? (high-level)
Siri’s interpreter can examine a spoken query for syntax && keywords in order to trigger what it thinks is the most relevant web service
Request:'What is root of 5'Parse: matches mathematical requestAction: redirect to WA
Request:'What is weather in Kyiv'Parse: matches weather requestAction: redirect to Yahoo weather
Based on sematic search, Siri uses:● Wolfram|Alpha for general knowledge
questions; ● Yelp/Apple Maps for local search;● Yahoo for sports scores, weather, and
stocks;● Safari for web search;● the iPhone’s apps: Clock, Reminders,
Calendar, and Calculator;● Own database to answer similar stupid
questions
Siri is usually described as a voice recognition engine tied to a set of web services and linked apps.
How this all works? (low-level)