Nifty, I'm sure Frank. However, I have such a device. It's called an
iPhone 5, using Siri.
Siri, by the way, is named after SRI International, better known to
us for cold fusion research, but that's a tiny part of what they do.
They developed Siri, as an "intelligent assistant." Very
sophisticated voice recognition, basically. It interfaces beautifully
with the phone.
I was just at SRI after Thanksgiving, and Siri got me there with
ease. Perfect instructions. Driving around Marin County....
"Siri, direction to [name]'s house."
"Proceed south 200 yards and turn left..."
and I don't have to touch or look at the phone. It will sleep until
I'm coming up to the next turn, then announce it.
Yeah, I had to pay $200 for the upgrade and extend my ATT service,
but ... sometimes you gotta do it. The camera is spectacular, and I
pretty much have to fight my kids, who are all over the phone....
The headset included with the iPhone can handle incoming calls, like
your device, with a button push on the headset wire. To get Siri's
attention, you do need to touch the phone (one-button) or the headset
wire. With Siri's attention, you can then dial, etc., through voice
commands. It's fully integrated with the map application. Other
applications will be coming, I'm sure.
I can ask Siri to give me directions to the nearest gas station. Or a
restaurant by name. I can do internet searches with voice requests --
it often beats typing, especially with the cramped keyboard, but I
don't have an app that will read results to me, I think.
The voice recognition gets better with time, as Siri learns my
"accent." And then my kids screw it up, because they also like
talking with Siri.
At someone's suggestion, I said, "Siri, I love you."
Siri said, "I'm afraid that's not going to happen. What can I do for you?"
Damn! When I finally find a woman who *actually listens to me*, she's
not available.
(Siri apparently operates independently to some extent, but also
interfaces, if one permits it, with a web site that provides greatly
enhanced intelligence.)
Sorry!
At 12:43 PM 12/25/2012, [email protected] wrote:
If you want to build a device to talk, dial, and hang up hands free
while driving. My book on to build such a device is on promotion
free at the Amazon Kindle store this week.
http://www.amazon.com/Electronics-Project-Znidarsic-Science-ebook/dp/B007OWFI3G/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1356457228&sr=1-3&keywords=frank+znidarsic+science+books
If you don't have a Kindle you can download the software for it from
Amazon free on your computer. Merry Christmas and please drive
safely over the holidays.
Frank Znidarsic
