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So, what, this pushes Vista's release date back another year?
So, what, this pushes Vista's release date back another year?
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Didn't Apple have a voice recognition demo like that in a Keynote for OS 8? But Apple's actually worked....
My family used to have this headset "speech recognition" program back in the days of Windows 98. You had to actually teach it to recognize your voice by going through these extreme 20 minute long stories it would generate.
The problem was that my dad, unlike the rest of us, was born in england, so his accent totally threw the "calibration" off.
quite a funny sight to see.
The problem was that my dad, unlike the rest of us, was born in england, so his accent totally threw the "calibration" off.
quite a funny sight to see.
Too bad it didn't turn out to be something sensible and funny, not to say that I didn't laugh at that.
Wow, now that was funny.
I thought the best part might have been the comment by the desk host at the end when she pointed out that, despite Microsoft's claims of "ambient noise" as being the problem (the new "user error"?), the room was quiet until everybody started laughing. "Live TV is rough--welcome to our world."
Guess once in a rare while there is a media show with some spine.
I thought the best part might have been the comment by the desk host at the end when she pointed out that, despite Microsoft's claims of "ambient noise" as being the problem (the new "user error"?), the room was quiet until everybody started laughing. "Live TV is rough--welcome to our world."
Guess once in a rare while there is a media show with some spine.
Well, in fairness, Apple's doesn't even do dictation, does it? And it doesn't work all that flawlessly at commands either. Everytime I've played with it, you can make progress with training, but it ends up being a geek toy.
Dragon is the only one I've ever really heard good things about. It's popular here at the hospital.
Dragon is the only one I've ever really heard good things about. It's popular here at the hospital.
And supposedly the latest version doesn't even need training. (there was a recent piece on NPR). It still won't work if it hears two voices at once....mkrishnan said:
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balamw said:
In that case, my dear, it is a good thing that the voices in my head do not speak out loud!
You hear them too?!?mkrishnan said:In that case, my dear, it is a good thing that the voices in my head do not speak out loud!
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Yvan256 said:Didn't Google Video used to have a "save file" (PSP/iPod) feature?
I think it's up the the uploader to decide whether it's saveable; some other videos have it.
SteveRichardson said:
I had a copy of Dragon Naturally Speaking back around the Win 98 era, and it certainly worked better than that demo!
Makosuke said:
When they announced free digital TV here a while ago, the presenter (6:00 news) said something like "so we have more channels, are we going to get more local shows or just more American rubbish?"
mkrishnan said:
God, the amount of time I've spent yelling "Who's there?" at my computer is unbelievable.
(If you don't know what I'm talking about, turn on speakable items and say "tell me a joke")
SpookTheHamster said:
Hehehehe, yes, this is pretty cute. I just turned it on and set the activation keyword to be "computer" so that I could be Jean-Luc Picard.
SpookTheHamster said:
Check your Mic volume. I had the same problem but saw that when the listening was at the red level, it couldn't hear anymore. Now it works perfectly with a normal voice.