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Re:25 Years In Speech Technology and I still don’t talk to m... by dheera on Monday October 26, 2020 @04:31PM (#24901019)
Except it isn't a hundred, it's sixty, and I protest that usage. >.<. I prefer eighteen o'clock.
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Re:25 Years In Speech Technology and I still don’t talk to m... by 205guy on Monday October 26, 2020 @05:45PM (#24901856)
It's standard US military terminology and part of US culture and language.

Just imagine all the idioms they have to account for in these voice algorithms. I know in German they also handle "halb neun" correctly as 8:30.

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Re:25 Years In Speech Technology and I still don’t talk to m... by toyg on Monday October 26, 2020 @05:18PM (#24901549)
That works fine in Siri.

Although it does have a problem with hours over 20 (“22 o’clock” becomes 20:02 for some reason, possibly because of my thick Italian accent).

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