25 Years In Speech Technology and I still don’t talk to my computer

Re:25 Years In Speech Technology and I still don’t talk to m... by YeGoblynQueenne on Monday October 26, 2020 @03:49PM (#24900502)

To be fair, that's just how Picard speaks (e.g. "engage"). I haven't noticed anyone else saying "Tea. Earl Grey. Hot".

In any case I think this kind of speech is formulaic for the benefit of the audience, most of all, who are made aware through the formality that the speaker is addressing a machine. Additionally, we're watching navy men and women in space, so we expect them to speak to each other and to their computers in a formulaic manner ("Deck 5! Report!" etc, I can't think of good examples, brain's too tired).

Or perhaps the idea is that Trek AI is not really as advanced as to be able to understand natural language and that makes Data such a unique specimen.

Then again, there's the example of the Doctor in Voyager. I'm confused, I admit.

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Re:25 Years In Speech Technology and I still don’t talk to m... by dragonwriter on Monday October 26, 2020 @03:58PM (#24900625)

The Doctor in Voyager is, IIRC, an early prototype, and Voyager is bother later than The Next Generation and set on a newer ship. And the Doctor, IIRC, benefited from upgrades during the show, having been more limited I scope initially.

In any case, Trek isn't super internally consistent, anyhow.

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Re:25 Years In Speech Technology and I still don’t talk to m... by 0xffff2 on Monday October 26, 2020 @06:10PM (#24902099)

Maybe I'm misremembering, but I distinctly remember that basically everyone ever shown interacting with a replicator follows the generic->specific parameter hierarchy.

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Re:25 Years In Speech Technology and I still don’t talk to m... by YeGoblynQueenne on Tuesday October 27, 2020 @04:38AM (#24905479)

You and dragonwriter are probably right. I'm going by memory, here :)

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