Mataimakin Siri na iOS ya fara aiki a cikin 2011 bayan gabatarwar iPhone 4S. Masu sukar yabo sun yaba da wannan sabon tsarin da ba a yi amfani da shi ba har zuwa lokacin wanda zai yiwu a yi hulɗa tare da mai taimaka wajan samun bayanai da hulɗa. Kaɗan kadan kaɗan kuma sabuntawa bayan sabuntawa, ƙirƙiri da ci gaban sabbin fasahohi sunyi Siri yana kara wayo, kodayake har yanzu akwai sauran rina a kaba. Mutumin da ya ba da murya ga asalin muryar iOS na asali, Susan Bennett, an yi hira da ita kuma ya ba da ƙarin bayani game da yadda aikin ya gudana da yadda bai gano ba har sai da aka ƙaddamar da hukuma cewa muryarsa ta Siri ce.
Backgroundananan bayanai game da Siri: Nuance da ScanSoft
Duk abin da aka haife shi tare da aikin da aka fara a watan Yulin 2005 ta wani kamfani mai suna ScanSoft, mai kula da ayyukan da suka shafi juya rubutu zuwa magana. Susan Bennett tana cikin wannan aikin kuma an ba ta fahimta cewa makasudin aikin shi ne sabon tsarin aika sakonni.
Abin da ba ta sani ba, haka kuma shuwagabannin da ke kusa da ita, ba cewa wannan aikin zai zama tushen haɓaka Siri. Watanni daga baya, ScanSoft ya haɗu tare da Nuance mai gasa. Wannan haɗakarwar ce ta kasance mai kula da bayar da taimakon mataimaki na ikon gane murya da murya. Ya kasance a cikin 2013 lokacin da ya fitar da dukkan bayanan aikin da aka yi da ScanSoft. Waɗannan maganganun sun sa Big Apple cire muryar Bennett kuma ya haɗa da wata murya da aka sake tsarawa bayan ƙaddamar da iOS 7.
Susan Bennett ta gudanar da aiki mai wahala da gajiyarwa dangane da karanta jimloli marasa ma'ana ɗayan bayan ɗaya don sa ido kan kowane sautin, kalmomi da intonations; don haka ta fada a cikin wata sabuwar hira a tsakiya Typeform:
Muna yin rikodin ga kamfanin rubutu-zuwa-magana. Kuma wannan sabon abu ne a gare mu. Ba mu san abin da muke yi ba. Muna tsammanin muna yin sabbin rubutun tsarin wayar.
A wasu tattaunawa da Bennett, ta haskaka "Mai rarrafe" wanda aka ji shi a cikin muryar Siri bayan ƙaddamarwa a cikin Oktoba 2011. Ka yi tunanin halin da ake ciki: aikin da aka yi shekaru da suka wuce ya bayyana a cikin mai ba da tallafi na ɗayan manyan kamfanonin fasaha a kasuwa.