Microsoft demos Siri-like semantic voice control for Xbox One

Microsoft is using over 300,000 servers to power the backend of Xbox One’s various services, and some of them will be used for the Bing-powered voice controls. While Microsoft’s Xbox 360 console uses Bing’s search engine to surface content via voice or queries, Xbox One expands on this further. In a video demo of the voice search functionality, Microsoft shows how Xbox One owners will be able to use natural voice interaction rather that the typical commands found on the Xbox 360. Apple and Google both use similar techniques in their own voice-activated search implementations, but Microsoft has traditionally lagged behind in its own natural voice support.

via Tech News Headlines - Yahoo! News http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/19/5122672/xbox-one-siri-like-speech-recognition-bing-support