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USiri usehlale nathi cishe iminyaka emithathu manje. Ngokokuqala ngqa, i-Apple yethula umsizi wezwi kanye ne-iPhone 4S, lapho imele omunye wemisebenzi eyinhloko eyingqayizivele yocingo olusha. I-Apple igxekwe kakhulu nge-Siri, ikakhulukazi ngenxa yokungalungi kanye nokuqashelwa kabi. Kusukela yethulwa, insizakalo ithole eminye imisebenzi eminingi kanye nemithombo yolwazi uSiri angasebenza nayo, noma kunjalo, isekude nobuchwepheshe obufanele, obusekela izilimi ezimbalwa kuphela, ongeke usithole isiCzech.

I-backend ye-Siri, okuyingxenye enakekela ukuqashelwa kwenkulumo nokuguqulwa kombhalo, inikezwe i-Nuance Communications, umholi wemakethe emkhakheni wayo. Ngaphandle kokubambisana okunesikhathi eside, i-Apple kungenzeka ihlela ukudala ithimba layo lokuthuthukisa ubuchwepheshe obufanayo obuzoshesha futhi bunembe kakhulu kunokuqaliswa kukaNuance kwamanje.

Amahemuhemu okushintsha i-Nuance ngesixazululo sayo abelokhu ekhona kusukela ngo-2011, lapho u-Apple eqasha inani lezisebenzi ezibalulekile ezingakha ithimba elisha lokuqaphela inkulumo. Kakade ngo-2012, waqasha umsunguli we-Amazon V9 search engine, ophethe yonke iphrojekthi ye-Siri. Nokho, igagasi elikhulu lokuqasha lafika ngemva konyaka. Phakathi kwabo kwakukhona, isibonelo, u-Alex Acero, isisebenzi sangaphambili se-Microsoft esisebenza kuphrojekthi yokuqaphela inkulumo okungenzeka ukuthi ibe ngumanduleli we-Cortana, umsizi wezwi omusha ku-Windows Phone. Omunye ubuntu uLary Gillick, owayeyi-VP yocwaningo eNuance, okwamanje ophethe isihloko soMcwaningi Wenkulumo Eholayo kaSiri.

Phakathi kuka-2012 no-2013, i-Apple bekufanele iqashe abasebenzi abengeziwe, abanye babo ababengabasebenzi baseNuance. I-Apple izogxilisa lezi zisebenzi emahhovisi ayo esifundazweni saseMelika iMassachusetts, ikakhulukazi emadolobheni aseBoston naseCambridge, lapho kuzokwakhiwa khona injini entsha yokuzwa izwi. Iqembu laseBoston kubikwa ukuthi liholwa nguGunnar Evermann, owayengumphathi wephrojekthi ye-Siri.

Ngeke silindele ukubona injini ye-Apple uma i-iOS 8 ikhishwa i-Apple cishe izongena esikhundleni sobuchwepheshe be-Nunace buthule ezibuyekezweni ezizayo zesistimu yokusebenza. Kodwa-ke, ku-iOS 8 sizobona isici esisha esijabulisayo ekuqapheliseni inkulumo - ukusekelwa kwezilimi eziningi zokubizela, okuhlanganisa isi-Czech. Uma ngempela i-Apple ingena esikhundleni sikaNaunce ngesixazululo sayo, asethembe ukuthi uguquko luhamba kangcono kunalapho wethula amamephu awo. Kodwa-ke, umsunguli u-Sir Norman Winarsky ubona noma yiluphi ushintsho kahle, ngokusho kwengcaphuno evela kwinhlolokhono ka-2011: "Ngokwembono, uma ukuqashelwa kwezwi okungcono kuvela (noma i-Apple ithenga), cishe bazokwazi ukufaka esikhundleni sika-Nuance ngaphandle kwenkinga enkulu."

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