Ondrej Holzman I-Apple yenza ukuthenga kwayo okwesithathu e-Great Britain kulo nyaka, kulokhu ibheka ukuqaliswa kobuchwepheshe i-VocalIQ, ephathelene nesofthiwe yobuhlakani bokwenziwa esiza ekuxhumaneni okungokwemvelo phakathi kwekhompiyutha nomuntu. U-Siri, umsizi wezwi ku-iOS, angazuza kulokhu.
I-VocalIQ isebenzisa isofthiwe ehlala ifunda futhi ezama ukuqonda kangcono inkulumo yomuntu, ukuze ikwazi ukuxhumana nabantu ngokuphumelelayo futhi ilandele imiyalo. Abasizi bamanje ababonakalayo njenge-Siri, i-Google Now, i-Microsoft Cortana noma i-Alexa ye-Amazon basebenza kuphela ngokusekelwe ekusebenzelaneni okuchazwe ngokucacile futhi badinga ukutshelwa umyalo onembile.
Ngokuphambene, amadivayisi e-VocalIQ anokubonwa kwezwi nobuchwepheshe bokufunda nawo azama ukuqonda umongo lapho imiyalo inikezwa khona futhi yenze ngokufanele. Ngokuzayo, i-Siri ingathuthukiswa, kodwa ubuchwepheshe be-VocalIQ buyasetshenziswa embonini yezimoto.
Ukuqala kweBrithani kwakugxile ezimotweni, ngisho nokusebenzisana nabakwaGeneral Motors. Uhlelo lapho umshayeli eba nengxoxo nomsizi wakhe kuphela futhi kungadingeki abheke esibukweni ngeke luphazamise kangako. Ngenxa yobuchwepheshe bokufunda be-VocalIQ, izingxoxo ezinjalo ngeke kudingeke zibe "umshini".
I-Apple ikuqinisekisile ukutholwa kwayo kwakamuva kwe Izikhathi Zezezimali ngomugqa ojwayelekile othi "uthenga izinkampani ezincane zobuchwepheshe ngezikhathi ezithile, kodwa ngokuvamile azivezi izinhloso nezinhlelo zakhe". Ngokuvumelana ne FT uma ithimba leVocalIQ liqhubeka nokuhlala eCambridge, lapho lizinze khona, futhi lisebenze ukude nendlunkulu yakwa-Apple eCupertino.
Kodwa i-VocalIQ ngokuqinisekile izokujabulela ukubamba iqhaza ekuthuthukisweni kwe-Siri. Engosini yakhe ngoMashi imakwe umsizi wezwi we-apula njengethoyizi. "Zonke izinkampani ezinkulu zobuchwepheshe zithela izigidigidi ekuthuthukisweni kwezinsizakalo ezifana neSiri, Google Now, Cortana noma Alexa. Ngayinye yethulwa ngenkulu inhlonipho, ithembisa izinto ezinhle kodwa yehluleka ukuhlangabezana nokulindelwe ngamakhasimende. Amanye agcina esesetshenziswa njengamathoyizi kuphela, njengoSiri. Okunye kwakhohlakala. Ngokungamangalisi.'
