Apple Talks Up Enhancements to Its Translation and Mapping Tools
Photo Credit: Siri on Apple's new operating system, iOS 11, will speak to users in other languages. Apple WWDC 2017
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Apple's annual gathering of mobile app makers revealed that the company is enhancing its voice-activated translation tools. That perked up our ears. But Siri's still not as fast as many travelers would like.
For years, Apple's main way of interacting with consumers has been through touchscreens. But voice-based interfaces were front-and-center at the company's Worldwide Developers Conference Monday.
In the lead up to this autumn's release of its new operating system, iOS 11, the company will make its voice assistant Siri much more broadly available to mobile app developers to build software on, expanding the range of travel and other tasks it can accomplish.
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