Why isn't Microsoft's answer to Siri built into Windows 8?

Windows 8 is supposed to be Microsoft's majestic OS reset?a dramatic overhaul designed to usher the Windows platform into the age of mobility. And Windows 8 is also Microsoft's bid to achieve feature parity with iOS and Android, the other two OS powerhouses in the mobile universe.

But one key feature?one hot, relevant, rock-star-caliber feature?is�conspicuously absent from the Windows 8 repertoire: Intelligent, semantically aware voice control is nowhere to be found in the new OS.

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Semantic voice control would have been a natural fit for a tablet-cum-computer like Surface RT.

iPads and iPhones have a voice dictation button built right into their virtual keyboards.�And Google integrated its own set of deep voice control features into the Jelly Bean version of Android that was released earlier this year. So how come voice control isn't a forward-facing, marquee feature of Windows 8?

The short answer is that voice-control technology hasn't made it to�laptops or desktops in a meaningful way for either PCs or Macs, and Windows 8, at least for the short run, is much more of a computer OS than a tablet OS.

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Source: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2013596/why-isnt-microsofts-answer-to-siri-built-into-windows-8.html

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