Siri’s creator is defending the voice recognition assistant, claiming that she “works just fine”.
Dag Kittlaus said: "I completely disagree with people who say it doesn't work very well. You don't launch a product that isn't into the 90th percentile of working if you're using it properly."
Kittlaus admitted: "You run into some connectivity issues occasionally. And of course, there are definitely moments where it takes a little bit too long, but it's a very complex problem that they're working very hard at fixing and making it perfect, and I think you'll see it get better and better over time."
Regarding Apple’s plans to build in a new Eyes Free feature, Kittlaus said: "I wasn't expecting to see car manufacturers putting Siri buttons in the car. I think that's really exciting. And it's safe."
He added: "[Apple] is in a position to have this be one of the biggest things in the world in terms of a paradigm. They're going after it, and I'm really excited to see where it goes."
Kittlaus, who is half Norwegian, explained that Siri means "beautiful woman who leads you to victory" in his Nordic tongue, notes the Fortune report.
Kittlaus no longer works for Apple; he quit a year and a half after Apple bought his Siri startup for an estimated $200 million.
One former Apple employee recently claimed Jobs 'would have lost his mind over Siri' and said company employees "are embarrassed by Siri".
Siri is Apple’s voice-recognition 'PA' feature on iPhones, which has come under fire recently in a series of lawsuits that claim Siri doesn't work as advertised. According to one developer, Apple's big mistake was marketing Siri as "Magical".
Siri was tagged as beta when Apple launched the iPhone 4S, and yet the company still picked it as the lead feature in its advertisements for the new phone. Apple's Tim Cook claimed at D10 that Siri is some people's 'best friend' but it can do much more. It has also been revealed that iOS 6's launch will see Siri come to iPad.
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SwissMac said on Wed, 13 Jun 2012
I haven't used Siri but understand one of the major complaints is there is a time delay, sometimes a significant time delay, between asking a question and getting an answer. It isn't so much the time delay itself that has annoyed people, it's the fact that Apple's TV ads edit out the time delay and make it look like an instantaneous service, which it clearly isn't. That's misleading.
IanRid said on Wed, 13 Jun 2012
Well, if he thinks there is an apostrophe in "works" then no wonder there are bugs in the software...
Macdemon said on Wed, 13 Jun 2012
In the TV ads it DOES say 'sequences shortened' so you cannot blame Apple for that!!
treadmill said on Wed, 13 Jun 2012
Hang on, in one point he disagrees with people that it doesn't work well, but then explains why it doesn't work well... eh!!?
I don't use it for the very fact that 99% it doesn't even understand what I'm saying to it and it's not just me - I've had 6 different people try it and the same result.
I just don't bother with it, as I can do things faster myself.
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