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October 6, 2011 03:18 am GMT

Siri, Do You Use Nuance Technology? Siri: Im Sorry, I Cant Answer That.

Screen Shot 2011-10-06 at 12.19.36 AMThe most talked about element of yesterday's Apple event had to be Siri. The new feature of the iPhone 4S, born out of Apple's purchase of the company by the same name in 2010, looks amazing. But one thing never mentioned during the keynote was a key piece of technology behind Siri: Nuance.We first reported that Siri would be a key part of iOS 5 back in March. As we dug deeper, we learned that Apple and Nuance were involved in negotiations to make sure this could be a reality. You see, Siri does not work without Nuance. Though theyinitially tried Vlingo, Nuance was found to be the better technology. In fact, Siri was still using Nuance right up until Apple pulled the old standalone app from the App Store yesterday.

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