{"id":641571,"date":"2013-02-05T19:39:12","date_gmt":"2013-02-06T00:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/?p=751670"},"modified":"2013-02-05T19:39:12","modified_gmt":"2013-02-06T00:39:12","slug":"apple-calls-for-new-siri-ui-engineer-suggests-digital-assistant-could-soon-grace-the-desktop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/641571","title":{"rendered":"Apple Calls For New Siri UI Engineer, Suggests Digital Assistant Could Soon Grace The Desktop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"70\" src=\"http:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/02\/screen-shot-2013-02-05-at-7-33-25-pm.png?w=100&amp;h=70&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-tc-carousel-river-thumb wp-post-image\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-02-05 at 7.33.25 PM\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0 10px 7px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With all the time, <a href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2010\/04\/28\/apple-buys-virtual-personal-assistant-startup-siri\/\">money<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2011\/11\/02\/siri-why-are-you-so-underwhelming\/\">embarrassment<\/a> Apple has offered up on the altar of Siri, it&#8217;s only a logical next step to see the virtual personal assistant migrate over to Mac OS X.<\/p>\n<p>The question is not if, but when?<\/p>\n<p>And we may be getting closer, as Apple has <a  href=\"https:\/\/jobs.apple.com\/us\/search?jobFunction=SFWEG#&amp;ss=siri&amp;t=1&amp;so=&amp;j=SFWEG&amp;lo=0*USA&amp;pN=0&amp;openJobId=26098977\">listed a job posting<\/a> looking for a Siri UI Engineer with a few hints at OS X integration.<\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t the first we&#8217;re hearing of a potential Siri rollout on the desktop level. In November, <a  href=\"http:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2012\/11\/19\/early-builds-of-apples-upcoming-os-x-10-9-include-siri-and-maps-integration\/\">9to5mac<\/a> reported that Siri and Apple maps would be present in the next version of OS X.<\/p>\n<p>The job listing calls for an engineer &#8220;responsible for implementing the content that appears within the conversational view.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a  href=\"http:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/02\/screen-shot-2013-02-05-at-7-38-11-pm.png\"><\/a>They call it a &#8220;broad-ranging task,&#8221; considering all the various applications Siri must interact with to be useful, and all while conserving the limited resources of mobile devices.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We take every application that Siri interacts with, distill it down to fundamentals, and implement that application&#8217;s UI in a theme fitting with Siri. Consider it an entire miniature OS within the OS, and you get a good idea of the scope!&#8221; the listing reads.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, nowhere in the job posting is there mention of iOS specifically. There is, however, mention of Mac OS X. Under key requirements, Apple asks for knowledge of all of Apple&#8217;s development APIs (both iOS and Mac OS X), as well as &#8220;familiarity with Unix, especially Mac OS X.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Obviously, the listing is still very ambiguous, but it signals that Apple is beefing up Siri for something new. And as <a  href=\"http:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/13\/02\/05\/apple-looking-to-expand-role-of-siri-as-an-os-within-an-os\">AppleInsider<\/a> astutely notes, Dictation has already found its way onto the desktop (just like it did on the iPad before Siri showed up in tablet-form).<\/p>\n<p>It all adds up, but we&#8217;ll have to wait on Apple&#8217;s word before we know for sure.<\/p>\n<p>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gocomments\/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com\/751670\/\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?a=l3hXdgS25DI:jcHuQnbzyow:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?i=l3hXdgS25DI:jcHuQnbzyow:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?a=l3hXdgS25DI:jcHuQnbzyow:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?i=l3hXdgS25DI:jcHuQnbzyow:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?a=l3hXdgS25DI:jcHuQnbzyow:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With all the time, money, and embarrassment Apple has offered up on the altar of Siri, it&#8217;s only a logical next step to see the virtual personal assistant migrate over to Mac OS X. 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