Re:25 Years In Speech Technology and I still don’t talk to m...
by pbhjpbhj on Tuesday October 27, 2020 @09:47AM
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This highlights part of the problem. Google sell/advertise products for companies but people want to use tools.
People want "[wake word], [action] [modifiers]".
Companies want "[trademark product] [trademark product] [modifiers]" (eg the parents example "Hey Google (RTM), Live Transcribe (RTM) 'words to transcribe'").
I've only used Alexa (and only for fun) but the replacement of verbs with companies/products, and of nouns with proper nouns, is really annoying to me and gets in the way IMO.
People want "[wake word], [action] [modifiers]".
Companies want "[trademark product] [trademark product] [modifiers]" (eg the parents example "Hey Google (RTM), Live Transcribe (RTM) 'words to transcribe'").
I've only used Alexa (and only for fun) but the replacement of verbs with companies/products, and of nouns with proper nouns, is really annoying to me and gets in the way IMO.