Apple's new voice powered feature for iOS 5 will reportedly be called 'Assistant', according to 9to5Mac. The feature is said to be similar to the personal assistant app developed by Siri but use Nuance voice recognition technology and be implemented on a system wide level. Apple bought Siri in April 2010 and has reportedly signed a deal with Nuance to license its technology.
9to5Mac believes this speech data will be crowd-sourced using an anonymous process similar to Apple's Genius functions. They also suggest that the Assistant will be able to interpret voice input and speak back intelligently.
The thinking is that Apple might make this feature an iPhone 5 exclusive to make the new device more enticing.
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