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Re:Facebook open-sources a speech-recognition system and a m... by sfilargi on Friday December 21, 2018 @04:11PM (#18736679)
No need to be aggressive, as I am not being cynical. I am genuinely asking, because I couldn't see any immediate need for it in their main product.
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Re:Facebook open-sources a speech-recognition system and a m... by dnautics on Friday December 21, 2018 @04:21PM (#18736752)
But also remember that accessibility for visually impaired folk is often. A regulatory imperative in those product lines.
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Re:Facebook open-sources a speech-recognition system and a m... by danso on Friday December 21, 2018 @04:45PM (#18736959)
Facebook has its own Alexa/Echo like offering. Not sure if Messenger also has voice functionality.
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Re:Facebook open-sources a speech-recognition system and a m... by moneil971 on Friday December 21, 2018 @05:08PM (#18737131)
It does, you can do video and voice calling from the Messenger app
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