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0 pointsnicky09y ago0 comments

I thought Apple specifically didn't send your data to external parties. That's one of the reason Siri is behind Google, which does send you data to their servers.

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icebraining9y ago

AFAIK that's not correct, which is why it doesn't work offline.

See e.g.: "[Nuance rep] said that Siri has both embedded and cloud technology for voice recognition, but that the feature is overall a cloud solution."

http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/05/30/nuance-confirms-it...

honkhonkpants9y ago

That's completely backwards. If you try to use Siri while your phone is offline, it reads "Siri not available / Connect to the Internet." Google's voice system works perfectly well offline. You can dictate, or you can issue commands that don't require network access.

delinka9y ago

Siri does indeed send your voice requests off to a server to be 'understood.' But, IIRC, it's all Apple-owned with no third parties involved.

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