If CES was any indication, voice control and virtual assistants will rule in 2017. While some companies seem to be adding the tools just for the sake of doing so, others are finding some implementations that could actually be useful. Adobe falls into the latter category and the company is showing off what it calls "a first step" towards voice-controlled edits in its design apps.
The company explains that the addition of voice gives users "an easy and engaging way" to make tweaks to images on a mobile device. There's no mention of desktop apps, but voice controls are perhaps better suited for assisting with those on-the-go edits. A virtual assistant will likely do just fine with basic things, but more complex edits will probably be left to desktop users to complete manually. Based on the video clip, it could also be faster to just do it yourself in some cases.
Adobe has been keen on adding powerful features to its mobile apps for a while now, so perhaps voice will be one of the new tools it will introduce in 2017. Of course, there's no guarantee the company will bring the tool to one of its apps from the current prototype stage either. For now, you can see the early stages of the project in action via the video below.
According to last year’s data, almost 40% of US smartphone users are using voice recognition, which is a significant amount of users. So Adobe has decided
to jump on the bandwagon and implement the feature into their most popular photo editing software. It’s not out yet, and the release date is not announced, but there’s already a short demo, which shows “a first step towards a robust
multimodal voice-based interface which allows our creative customers to search and edit images in an easy and engaging,” Adobe writes.
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