Re:50 Years Later, We’re Still Living in the Xerox Alto’s World
by AlbertCory on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @07:40PM
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Just last night, I was faced with painfully "typing" Mythbusters into my TV, it offered to let me speak, and I groaned and tried it for the first time. It worked, to my amazement. But VR does seem to work pretty well with my voice.
As for the "um" and "ah": people adopt a stilted, formal method of speaking with VR systems. It's no more natural than typing an email.
Re:50 Years Later, We’re Still Living in the Xerox Alto’s World
by EFreethought on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @09:37PM
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Frankly I wish more people spoke more formally all the time, myself included.
I like the current interface of mouse, monitor and keyboard.
I hate using phone apps. The keyboard is too small, and I hate typing with my thumbs, and the screen is too small. When the iPad came out, Apple fanboys says everyone would only use phones and tablets within 5 years. It has been about 12, and a lot of people are still using laptops and desktops.
And voice interface will probably be a disaster. Everyone thinks it will be like "Star Trek", where they have actors who know how to deliver lines. Most people do not speak that well.
To give an extreme example: I know one guy (with a CS degree from UT, no less) who honestly says more filler words than actual words. "Um" and "ah" are his favorites. Then when he does get a sentence going, he stops halfway through, gives you another ten seconds of filler words, and starts a different one. I think if this guy tried a computer with a voice interface, it would achieve the singularity just to smack him.
Amazingly enough: His wife is from Taiwan, he met her when he spent a few years in Taiwan, and I have seen icons w/Chinese characters on his screen. I wonder if he speaks Chinese the same way he speaks English.
Robert Smith of the Cure said one day he and his wife noticed they had left a camera on after recording a message, so they watched the rest. He said they quickly devolved and were shocked at how dumb they sounded.