Voice recognition is becoming increasingly popular in smart home with voice control

More and more people are sending text messages and Weibo via voice input methods on smartphones. You have to admire Steve Jobs's foresight. He took the lead in carrying forward the touch screen technology and brought human-computer interaction to a new height in recent years. Voice Input will truly free people from communicating with machines with their hands, and bring human-computer interaction into a new era.

The emergence of Siri has become a landmark event in the "voice Internet" era. As a matter of fact, there have also been many voice control technologies and application software outside Siri. in the industry, a boom in voice control has become unstoppable.

Rapid popularization of speech technology

Voice Technology products have been widely used in the entire mobile phone software industry. For example, rice chat through voice transmission has become a tool for many people to replace traditional text messages for communication. KEDA xunfei voice input method has become a popular input method for Apple iPhone and Android mobile phones, the mobile browser UC is also developing a voice control version.

As a matter of fact, after Apple released its iPhone 4S and Siri in December last October, a similar voice control technology based on the Android platform was immediately introduced, and it was named Iris, the alphabetic order is the opposite to Siri.

"It is hard to say that Siri has guided the trend of voice control technology. It should be said that the Internet has now entered the era of voice Internet ." Mr. Xu, a senior software developer at a local software company in Guangzhou, told reporters. Mr. Xu explained that many software companies are currently developing speech technology. Some companies provide frontend Speech Control Input recognition technology, some products provide technologies similar to server support for voice control, while other companies mainly release finished software for voice control.

It is reported that Siri technology will be used in all Apple product lines in the future. Yu Yongfu, CEO of UC Youshi technology, said that many companies are currently working on voice control command technology. "tricks are different ". Mr. Xu said: "It should be said that Siri has attracted everyone's attention, just because Apple has become too famous in recent years and has more commercial significance. However, in fact, R & D of voice control technology is already underway ."

Technical barriers still exist

In the 2G era, voice control technology was once considered to be one of the core features. The main defect was the inaccuracy of voice and incorrect command operations. Since the birth of Siri, there have been many stories on the Internet about how to tease Siri, that is, through the conversation between people and Apple's mobile phone Siri, due to a poor accent and Siri's own ability to interpret, there are many ridiculous answers.

Software developer Mr. Xu said: "If it is just a common speech recognition, it is relatively simple and accurate. As long as the speaker's voice is relatively standard, it is okay to achieve 100% ." For example, the frequently-used methods of the Tencent mobile phone are connected to the "cloud computing" in the background. As long as the speaker is accurate in Mandarin, the system matches the background data, generally, it can be correctly identified, or even accurately identified by ancient poetry and famous sentences.

However, from speech recognition to the execution of voice control commands, It is very complicated. Mr Xu revealed a detail: "In other words, it is a mobile phone. Many large computers in the laboratory are engaged in man-machine conversation tests. Moreover, man-machine interaction is pure text. The error rate is very high, and the intelligence rate is relatively low ."

This may be a reasonable excuse for Siri to be "played. It can only be said that although it has now evolved into the "voice Internet Era", voice technology still needs to be improved. The emergence of Siri has become an important landmark, but voice control technology still needs to focus on the future.

Application Scope of voice control

1 Voice Input Method

Voice Input saves the trouble of typing. People with high speech speed can record-characters per minute to achieve quick typing, on-site stenography, and on-site data sorting. Currently, the majority of input methods are supported by Tencent and have been used by many users in mainstream systems such as iOS and Android. Daily text message input and other functions can be achieved through sound control technology. Because of background database matching, the accuracy and recognition rate are relatively high.

2. Voice Control Browser

Through voice control commands, you can browse, flip pages, return, or even close your browser in the mobile browser. Currently, the Apsara stack browser UC is in Public Beta for voice control commands of Android. For example, if you play "Sina" on the port, the background will be automatically configured to directly access the relevant webpage. features such as forward and backward can also be achieved through voice control commands.

3. Various sound control software

Voice control software has become popular for a variety of features. A manufacturer has released ioShutter, a camera Express Line App software designed for Apple products, to control the SLR camera by means of a sound control shutter, this feature allows you to set preset time shooting, custom interval shooting, and even voice control shutter sensitivity. Supports canon, Pentax, Samsung, and other brand cameras, including iPhone 4, iPhone 3gs, iPhone 3, iPodtouch, iPad, and ipad2.

4. voice control appliances and home

At last year's Shenzhen high-tech Fair, China Unicom demonstrated Smart Home control technology, allowing mobile phones to perform command control over the Internet. A central control device is set up in the home to receive mobile phone commands. RFID technology enables free control and management of all household appliances at any time and place, and remote monitoring can even be performed through real-time videos. In this case, once the voice control software is added to the mobile phone control end, voice control can be used to send commands to the mobile phone to control various products in the home.

5. Apple voice and voice control TV

Apple is always looking forward to entering the color TV market. At present, it is reported that Apple is developing a self-owned brand TV that relies on wireless network technology to access TV programs, movies and other digital content. The main function is to enable users to sense their voice and movements, allowing users to search for programs or TV channels by voice control. That is to say, you just need to change the server and use the port.