元器件交易網訊  4月4日消息，據外媒報道，微軟剛推出Cortana語音助手，蘋果就宣布收購了一家語音公司Novauris。蘋果希望該公司能將Siri帶進一個新的水平。

　　為了實現這個任務，蘋果已經轉向語音識別公司Novauris。

　　該公司是蘋果在2013年收購的，但從未宣布。Novauris創辦于2002年3月，幾乎全部由Dragon Systems英國研發有限公司原班人馬組建而成。

　　蘋果已經轉向Novauris以提高Siri語音識別。Novauris一直致力于大詞匯量的自動語音識別，抓取信息存儲在移動設備。Novauris科技的產品可以搜索手機聯系人列表、應用程序、音樂和導航。它還可以在應用商店搜索一個特定的應用程序。

　　Novauris與Siri早已建立聯系。在2011年iPhone 4S推出以來，就使用Nuance公司語音技術，該公司被Dragon收購。正如此前所說，Novauris員工來自Dragon英國研究公司。現在，蘋果希望Siri可以不僅具有Google Now的功能，還要有微軟個人語音助手Cortana的功能。（元器件交易網董蕾 譯）

　　外媒原文如下：

　　Microsoft's unveiling of its own virtual personal assistant apparently has Apple working on ways to bring Siri to the next level. To help them with this task, Apple has turned to speech recognition firm Novauris Technologies. The latter was formed from the U.K. research arm of Dragon Systems, and Apple purchased the firm last year, although it never was announced.

　　Apple has turned to its acquisition to improve Siri's speech recognition. Novauris has been working on large vocabulary automatic speech recognition, to help snag information stored in a mobile device. Novauris Technology's products can search a phone's contacts list, apps, music, and navigation. It can also search inside the App Store for a specific app.

　　There already is a connection between Novauris and Siri. When Siri launched with the Apple iPhone 4s in 2011, it was powered by Nuance, which purchased Dragon. And as we said earlier, Novauris' staff came from Dragon's U.K. research arm. Now, Apple is hoping that Siri can be re-energized to not only take on Google Now, but also Cortana.