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more about #voicerecognition Palmer74: Play Fuck Everybody more » Voyou_Charmant: Carputer says yes. more » strider_mt2k: Think of the security when you teach your Eee Klingon! Then you'll only have other Klingons to worry about. more » frigg: A speech computer interface is inevitable, and every year the technology advances, but I doubt that Asus is the one that's going to finally make it ha... more » eriegz: You know those nights where you're relaxing on the couch and then your mom girlfriend comes home and she's asking about your day? You know how it seem... more » Dad.E.O: Dudley: I guess I need to search alternative specs. Computer: Searching "alternative sex" Dudley: What? No! Computer: Two million websites found. Du... more » TerryinSt.Paul: I SAID DON QUIXOTE, NOT DONKEY GOATSE! more » -
#allinones
ASUS Puts Voice Recognition in 20-Inch Touchscreen EeeTop ET2002, Now Car Ready
ASUS likes to throw crap against the wall to see what sticks and in this case they put voice recognition into its newest EeeTop. The software is accurate, but I'm not seeing the need for it in a 20-inch PC. More » -
#what
Asus Eees Getting Voice Recognition This Year
Who knows if it will work, but Asus wants to put "an end to the keyboard." So a variety of Eee products will roll out with voice recognition capabilities later this year. More » -
#iphone
Google Adding Advanced Voice Search to the iPhone
Google has created an app for the iPhone that will give the handset advanced voice recognition, reports John Markoff from the NY Times. The app can answer location related questions (Finding the nearest Starbucks), give driving directions, respond to generic questions, and even search local data from the address book. More » -
#worldscolliding
Microsoft to Develop Voice-Recognition iPhone App Via Subsidiary Tellme
Voice recognition is one if the iPhone gaping-est of holes, but it will soon be plugged by none other than Microsoft. But before you look forward to putting your multitouching fingers all over those glorious nine letters on your iPhone screen, know that MS is only indirectly involved via Tellme, a company they acquired in early 2007 which has a similar app for Blackberries already. But it's a start. And the app looks like it would be pretty useful. More » -
#robottakeovers
New Yorker: Why We Won't Have Fully Conversational Robots
John Seabrook wrote a recent feature in The New Yorker about interactive-voice-response systems (I.V.R.) commonly used with customer service and tech support telephone hotlines. Seabrook spent time at B.B.N. Technologies watching these systems transcribe callers' words and analyzing the tone of voice for emotions present. While breaking down the history of automated telephone services and voice recognition innovations, he attempts to tackle the larger question of whether or not we can create a fully conversational, quasi-conscious robot, akin to 2001: A Space Odyssey's Hal 9000. Judging from the number of experts interviewed for the piece, the answer is a resounding no. More » -
#robots
Asimo Understands Multiple People Yelling At Once, Has Future on Wall Street
Honda research engineers have given Asimo the ability to understand three voices at once, thanks to an array of eight microphones that can recognize each voice individually. The recognition software, HARK, can process the commands with 70-80 percent accuracy and the microphones are placed all over Asimo's head and body for spatial recognition purposes. The current application for this technology is using Asimo as a judge for verbal Paper-Rock-Scissors, where everyone calls out their answer at once, and Asimo decides who said what, and who wins. Though a great technical feat, this feels less glamorous than the robot's stint as orchestra conductor, no? [New Scientist] -
