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Re:25 Years In Speech Technology and I still don’t talk to m... by Dig1t on Monday October 26, 2020 @03:18PM (#24900097)
Rather, I think he's looking for the shipboard computer in Star Trek. Which is actually an excellent example of the untapped potential that voice-based computing holds.
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Re:25 Years In Speech Technology and I still don’t talk to m... by matthewdgreen on Monday October 26, 2020 @03:47PM (#24900475)
The ship computer in Star Trek was always hilariously underpowered. They had to put an android on the bridge to operate manual controls during battle, for god’s sake.
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Re:25 Years In Speech Technology and I still don’t talk to m... by nitrogen on Monday October 26, 2020 @04:28PM (#24900998)
It's also an excellent example of designing a user interface to look and sound cool on screen, rather than for usability, which is how I feel about most voice controls.
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