Intelligent personal assistants

[robk]

I was shocked to the core this morning when my daughter pointed her iPhone at the speakers and asked “Siri” what music was playing. In a few seconds Siri correctly identified Boccherini’s Quintet in E, orchestrated by Stokowski and conducted by Serebrier. She had another go with Spem in Alium which was also correctly identified. Does this mean that Siri knows more about the classical repertoire than any of us? Do they compare a few bars with a database of all recorded music and look for a match, or do they check radio stations to see what is streaming? A few more tests needed when she gets back from work.

[cloughie]

I was shocked to the core this morning when my daughter pointed her iPhone at the speakers and asked “Siri” what music was playing. In a few seconds Siri correctly identified Boccherini’s Quintet in E, orchestrated by Stokowski and conducted by Serebrier. She had another go with Spem in Alium which was also correctly identified. Does this mean that Siri knows more about the classical repertoire than any of us? Do they compare a few bars with a database of all recorded music and look for a match, or do they check radio stations to see what is streaming? A few more tests needed when she gets back from work.

Should we recommend Siri to certain R3 presenters!

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Should we recommend Siri to certain R3 presenters!

That facility is impressive - I wonder if the i-Phone is latching onto the digital information from the signal (the written text that appears on DAB radios) rather than "listening" to the sound coming from the speakers. Very useful nonetheless - I wonder if it would identify this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuP1CJtOsyg

,,, by saying "Oh! That's my brother!"

(Or, of course, "You cannot be ...

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

I was shocked to the core this morning when my daughter pointed her iPhone at the speakers and asked “Siri” what music was playing. In a few seconds Siri correctly identified Boccherini’s Quintet in E,

Siri is indeed impressive in this instance, but can also be rather off target.

My son and I drove into York to buy some running shoes last year. We asked Siri for directions to "Coppergate, York" and our suggested destination was in Pennsylvania.

[Stunsworth]

I was shocked to the core this morning when my daughter pointed her iPhone at the speakers and asked “Siri” what music was playing. In a few seconds Siri correctly identified Boccherini’s Quintet in E, orchestrated by Stokowski and conducted by Serebrier. She had another go with Spem in Alium which was also correctly identified. Does this mean that Siri knows more about the classical repertoire than any of us? Do they compare a few bars with a database of all recorded music and look for a match, or do they check radio stations to see what is streaming? A few more tests needed when she gets back from work.

It looks at the underlying form of the music and cross references it to a database. I've no idea how it really works 'under the hood', I think Siri may piggyback on the Shazam app's database.

I use a similar app on my iPhone called Soundhound, it get's the correct answer almost all of the time.

These apps don't just work on radio broadcasts, they will work on any music that the microphone can 'hear'. Amazing technology.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

These apps don't just work on radio broadcasts, they will work on any music that the microphone can 'hear'. Amazing technology.

Blimey! It is astonishing.

Thanks, Steve.

[pastoralguy]

I used to have great fun by putting an obscure cd on and getting my phone to identify it. Not only does it come up with the correct work but also the actual recording. It can be useful when trying to identify encores or the Radio 3 'Words and Music' where random works are not announced.

Unbelievable technology.

[Bryn]

Blimey! It is astonishing.

Thanks, Steve.

Hard to believe. I just installed the Android version of Soundhound on 'mein handy' and it swiftly identified Olga Pashchenko playing Beethoven's Op. 111, even giving the release date. It did not, however, name the 1826 Graf she was playing.

[Bryn]

Ah. Just caught it out. Played it the Uvod from the Belohlavek Prom performance of the 1927 version of the Glagolitic Mass and it identified it as the January 1st 1987 "Elisabeth Söderströmova[sic]" issue. To be fair though, it has now correctly identified the Netopil recording of the same edition as used by Belohlavek.

[Zucchini]

It did not, however, name the 1826 Graf she was playing.

... or what she had for breakfast

[MrGongGong]

Try some Portsmouth Sinfonia on it Bryn

I made a piece about a year ago that was mostly sinewaves, when I uploaded it to Soundcloud I got a message telling me that the copyright belonged to someone else (and not Alvin !). These things are made to be broken/abused (and a load of stuff about turntables and the invention of the saxophone).....

How will it cope with this ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e8QKh3LOQY

Or ALW ?

[Bryn]

Well I never, it even got Gmeeoorh.

[Bryn]

Oh dear, it had just identified Rameau's Zaïs as "Yoga Songs (Ayurvedic Institute)"

In case anyone is wondering, all these items I am checking are on the same USB stick.

[Braunschlag]

Anyone tried it on Joyce Hatto?:)