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Re:Ask HN: Has anyone tried to debunk the myth that Facebook... by 2_listerine_pls on Saturday November 25, 2017 @03:54PM (#15777925)
> it sends a lot of data

They could send just a transcript once every few minutes.

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Re:Ask HN: Has anyone tried to debunk the myth that Facebook... by Techonomicon on Saturday November 25, 2017 @04:08PM (#15777990)
You probably wouldn't do that sort of processing constantly on device. Battery intensive
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Re:Ask HN: Has anyone tried to debunk the myth that Facebook... by readhn on Saturday November 25, 2017 @04:20PM (#15778050)
is it possible that there are tools available that do the job with minimum energy consumption but they are not out in the open yet?

i wonder what tech military has that we dont know is even possible today?

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Re:Ask HN: Has anyone tried to debunk the myth that Facebook... by 2_listerine_pls on Saturday November 25, 2017 @07:53PM (#15778861)
The military is not at the forefront of R&D, but they may be able to restrict whatever they deem important. For instance, this can happen with patents. Some patents are reviewed by a committee before they are published.
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Re:Ask HN: Has anyone tried to debunk the myth that Facebook... by momeunier on Saturday November 25, 2017 @05:28PM (#15778342)
What do you do about multiple languages? Hiding a speech-2-text dataset in English in the app is one thing, hiding several in multiple languages would make the app bloat.
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