Majel Barrett

If there’s one thing tempting us to convert to the iPhone 4S , it would be Siri —the featured voice-activated personal assistant on the device. Well, almost. Before we could even wipe away the saliva from our faces (yes, we do admit it’s a really cool feature we’re jealous of), we received word that Android will be having its very own rival to Siri. This time, our own assistant has been called Majel, relating to Majel Barrett-Roddenberry who, for many die hard Star Trek fans remember as the...Read Full Story

Ethan Miller / Getty Images Actress Majel Barrett-Roddenberry, widow of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, speaks during a fifth annual central Star Trek gathering during a Las Vegas Hilton Aug. 20, 2006. It’s not accurately a final frontier, though a hum around Siri has seemed to give Android’s makers adequate of a flog to come out with their possess chronicle of a smartphone voice-activated personal assistant, codenamed after a princely Star Trek legend, Majel Barrett-Roddenberry...Read Full Story

Apple pushed the iPhone 4S to the world, that was more than an iPhone, which brought several features with new way of intracting with technology. That’s the way was first real way of talking to a piece of software using natural language. With the help of Nuance we heard voice commands before, but Siri comes out, the software was listening for every specific words and a very specific syntax. News comes out that the Android team is to build a Siri competitor which was codenamed Majal...Read Full Story

We've said it before: something as complex and integrated as an Android version of Apple's Siri will need to come from Google, not some third party. As you'd expect, whether as a direct response to Siri or something Google had been working on already, it's coming, and could be here as soon as the end of the year. Considering that the end of the year is only about two weeks away, that may not happen, but what is happening, according to Android and Me , is that the project is live, and being...Read Full Story

see photos Forbes Images Click for full print gallery: The Google Search Evolution Google skeleton to launch a voice partner for Android to opposition Apple’s Siri, integrating voice approval with a determined hunt capabilities. The Mountain View, Calif.-based association is rumored to be operative on a voice partner program during a “secret” laboratory, Google[/entity] X, according to a site Android and Me, and might launch a use within a subsequent few weeks. Codenamed “Majel...Read Full Story

The Inquirer - Google reportedly is planning to launch a similar feature to complement Siri Android devices. These features are given the name Majel. Majel name, taken from the name of the computer voice in the film Start Trek, Majel Barrett-Roddenberry (born Majel Leigh Hudec's name). According to a Google employee, on the site Android and Me, Majel will be equal to or better than Siri. Majel can be used to interact with Android devices in the language of everyday conversation. This...Read Full Story

One of the big features of the iPhone 4S that gets talked about a lot is the Siri service; you know the one, it’s basically Apple’s voice control system on the phone, that allows you to talk at it and, erm, make it do things. Like tell you what the weather’s like. Or write a text message to your missus, saying you’re working late, when in fact you’re out with your secretary. Y’know, that kind of thing. Well, anyway, the word is (according to AndroidAndMe ) is that Google are working on...Read Full Story

Siri is about to meet her competition — at least that’s what reports are saying about Google ‘s next incarnation of its Voice Actions feature for Droid phones. While the assistant doesn’t have a name yet, engineers have codenamed her Majel, after Majel Barrett-Roddenberry , the wife of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry who provided the voice of the show’s Federation Computer. Which is kind of appropriate, especially if Google is trying to attract more nerds to their phones. But while some...Read Full Story

Google is working on its voice-control response under the code-name “Majel”. Why Majel? Well, Majel Barrett-Roddenberry was the proper name of the voice of the computer in Star Trek and along with being ultra geeky, it fits into the general approach Google has to voice control. According to the rumors, Majel is apparently a full-fledged Google product with a full 24/7-support team, which even planed to deliver something by the end of this year, which pretty much just ended without it. It...Read Full Story

Variety had a little news brief that was passed along to me. It turns out the Leonard Nimoy isn’t only Trek alum that will reprising a role in the new JJ Abrams vision of Star Trek . Majel Barrett-Rodenberry will also reprise her role as the voice of the shipboard computer for The Enterprise. She has provided the regular voice of starship onboard computers for Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager .  She even voiced...Read Full Story