Questions tagged [siri]

Siri is a personal assistant that speaks to and gathers input from users to preform various tasks, compose messages, launch apps, and answer questions. Siri was announced by Apple alongside the iPhone 4S.

Siri is a personal assistant that speaks to and gathers input from users to preform various tasks, compose messages, launch apps, and answer questions. Siri was announced by Apple alongside the iPhone 4S and has since expanded to iPad and iPod Touch on some select models.

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iOS Text To Speech Api

I can't seem to find anything on this. Are there any Siri classes or API's in iOS7 that let you do text to speech? All I am trying to do is something like the following: [siriInstance say:@"This is a test"]; And then have Siri say it from my…
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How to use Speech Recognition inside the iOS SDK?

I know that there is no public API for the SIRI-Services, but is there an API for simple Speech-Recognition? So if I have a textfield and the user taps onto that textfield, a keyboard with the typically microphone button appears and if he pressed…
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Make the `say` terminal utility and NSSpeechSynthesizer work with Siri voices

The say command-line utility seems to be unaware of Siri voices as of macOS 11 (Big Sur): say -v '?' doesn't list Siri voices. Targeting a Siri voice explicitly doesn't work: say -v NoraSiri hi! doesn't find the Nora Siri voice (which is the…
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Siri programming language

Supposedly, the engine behind the iPhone's new Siri feature has been under development for several years (spawned from the CALO project). It is said that they even developed a new programming language specifically for it. I can't find information…
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iPhone: Speech Recognition is in IOS SDK available?

Does anyone knows that if "speech to text" and "text to speech" api's used in Siri are accessible in IOS 5 or IOS 6 SDK? I researched but couldn't find anything about it in documentation, so if thats not included in SDK are there any "Siri" quality…
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Can Siri be disabled within an app?

I'm working an on iOS game and recently tested on an iPhone 4S. Siri activates sometimes when my thumb covers the proximity sensor. This is a feature of the 4S. Instead of holding the home button, users can put the phone to their ear to activate…
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Does Apple provide an API for SIRI?

Is it possible that Apple does or will provide an API for Siri? It would be great if I can be sipping my coffee and say, User: Hey Siri, could you please open Angry Birds; Level 4 and throw a first bird for me. Make sure you at least hit one…
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Interacting with Siri via the command line in macOS

I use Siri on my phone and watch to create reminders on the go. When I'm in the office I don't want to disturb the quiet by using Siri, so I usually use an Alfred workflow that is integrated with the Reminders app, or use the Reminders app…
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Can Siri be invoked programmatically within my app using private APIs?

Instead of having the user to hold the home button, I would like to programmatically launch Siri within my application. Since there are no public APIs available to accomplish this, I would like to know, if anybody has been able to programmatically…
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ITMS-90626: Invalid Siri Support - Localized title for custom intent: 'Configuration' not found for locale: de_DE

I uploaded my App to AppStore connect (using Xcode 12 Beta 6) and received a Mail with this warning. The App is available in TestFlight. My App uses a Widget with an AppGroup, but I'm not using Siri (not selected from Capability). I already…
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Can we test SIRIKit extensions in IOS Simulator :

I am trying to develop an app extension using sirikit, but when i am trying to run it on simulator iphone 7plus, it is giving the following error :- SpringBoard was unable to service the request. Can anyone please tell me whether IOS Simulator…
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Determining whether iOS application was launched via Siri

I've been looking forever, but haven't found… Do you know if there's a way to determine whether my iOS app was launched by Siri or by the user tapping the app icon? I need to know because I want to automate a startup action only when my app…
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Siri Custom Intent: Variable in "Shortcuts" app

I've created a custom Siri Intent. It is visible in the "Shortcuts" app. However, it allows me to pick only from donated shortcuts, without an option to specify own parameter. Is it possible to create a Siri Intent that supports providing parameters…
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Flutter integration for Google Assistant & Siri - voice interactions

I want to build an app with Google Assistant & Siri support. How would one go about implementing this in Flutter? I'm aware of existing voice support, but there's no support for back-and-forth voice actions... Thanks!
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How do I debug my Siri (Intents) extension?

I'm building a Siri aka Intents extension. I do understand that I can attach the debugger to a running process after start, however, I never see my process. I do have the authorization for my app set to active and the extension must be running at…
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