Couple of patents filed by Apple at US Patent Office had revealed that their research team is working on how to further improve iPhone's user interface based on "User Movements".
In addition to user movements to improve iPhone's user interface, it looks like Apple is also working on voice control features as beta version of iPhone OS 3.0 has provided more evidence of the feature coming in Apple's next generation OS.
Ars Technica is reporting that developers who have access to the beta version of iPhone OS 3.0 have discovered evidence of new voice control features.
They have found references to a framework called "Jibbler" which could bring voice control features to the iPhone.
We could see voice-enabled navigation where a user could dictate a command to perform an action such as the much needed voice-controlled dialing feature, iPod functions such as selecting an audio track etc. The voice control features could greatly help users in hands-free operation that is needed in certain situations such as driving.
But the fact that Apple didn't mention it when they gave a preview of iPhone OS 3.0 last month could either mean that it will be available only in Apple's next generation iPhone or might not make it in the initial version of iPhone firmware 3.0.
iPhone OS 3.0 had revealed a "Voice control" option in the Settings app and a configuration file which had suggested that voice-enabled features could be coming in iPhone OS 3.0.
So are you excited to hear about the possibility of voice control features in iPhone OS 3.0? We would love to hear your thoughts in the comments section below.
[via Ars Technica]
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New car owners don't need to shell out extra money for equipment which they can have in a smaller package.
I would love to see which does a better job, my BMW's GPS or my iPhone.
I am excited now… thanks a lot. now i have to check this site every day.
It seems Apple now wants to compete with Microsoft's Sync. How else will you be able to run a turn-by-turn GPS app while your music is playing in the background, and still manage to answer phone calls? I predict women will still find a way to put on make-up on top of all this.
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This is the news i been looking for as i have recently gotten an accident which took my eyesight and been fumbling with the unlock button for quite a while. There is the app called ispeak which works well enough but i'm shunned for whatever else is in the thing. Hopefully it will have a smooth transiting feel to it as there are some really cool voice recognition and voice to text apps out there which could get into the iphone's tech spec.
what software that i can use to typing without using a keyboard but voice control?