元器件交易网讯  4月4日消息，据外媒报道，微软刚推出Cortana语音助手，苹果就宣布收购了一家语音公司Novauris。苹果希望该公司能将Siri带进一个新的水平。

　　为了实现这个任务，苹果已经转向语音识别公司Novauris。

　　该公司是苹果在2013年收购的，但从未宣布。Novauris创办于2002年3月，几乎全部由Dragon Systems英国研发有限公司原班人马组建而成。

　　苹果已经转向Novauris以提高Siri语音识别。Novauris一直致力于大词汇量的自动语音识别，抓取信息存储在移动设备。Novauris科技的产品可以搜索手机联系人列表、应用程序、音乐和导航。它还可以在应用商店搜索一个特定的应用程序。

　　Novauris与Siri早已建立联系。在2011年iPhone 4S推出以来，就使用Nuance公司语音技术，该公司被Dragon收购。正如此前所说，Novauris员工来自Dragon英国研究公司。现在，苹果希望Siri可以不仅具有Google Now的功能，还要有微软个人语音助手Cortana的功能。（元器件交易网董蕾 译）

　　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.