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To: Tony Viola who wrote (58286)	6/18/1998 7:01:00 PM
From: Ali Chen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Tony, <audio soup... the input microphone doesn't pick up audio unless it's very close (the user right in front of the machine), rejecting lower level (decibel) voices from all around. 3. Maybe the microphone is very direction sensitive.> This is just great. I especially like the "direction-sensitive" part. Let's make one more step in speech recognition: A IS manager for a corporation will install special filters on every computer. The filter will recognize only those words that fit the corporate strategy and reject all other "noise"! That would be a great improvement for the corporation! Imagine: you dictate something like "Celery is not good for our computing needs" but the program promptly corrects it and deletes the word "not"! Wow! Thank you for pointing out the additional reason why the global speech recognition is an utter nonsence for PC market as a "killer" application.

To: Tony Viola who wrote (58286)	6/18/1998 7:06:00 PM
From: stak	Respond to of 186894

>>> If everyone is busily speaking into his/her computer, won't we get a cacophony of human noise? Won't it be distracting to everyone in the area (unless you close your door, if you have one, and then you look "not open for business")?<<< It could get very noisy in the office environment, but, my feeling is that it will similar to having a phone on every desk. That is, most people are able to filter out the "white noise" . Talking to the computer won't be much different from talking to someone by phone. >>>Worse, won't it be an audio soup that the computer microphones hear, something like the RF background from all the stars or the crowd noise at a ballgame? <<< Yes, I think that a great analogy of what the PCs will "hear". The PCs are very sensitive to ambient noise. Will everyone have to turn off the TV and radio when they use the voice recognition PC? I sure hope not.<g> >>>2. Maybe the input microphone doesn't pick up audio unless it's very close (the user right in front of the machine), rejecting lower level (decibel) voices from all around.<<< It seems you've made enough off of Intel to ante up for the software to try it out yourself. Why take someone elses word for it? --Available now. Note: Pentium 133 is the minimum configuration for the voice recognition. TSE SYMBOL: COS NASDAQ SYMBOL: COSFF MAY 13, 1998 Corel Ships Voice Recognition Software OTTAWA, ONTARIO--Corel(R) WordPerfect(R) Suite 8 with Dragon NaturallySpeaking(TM) Now Shipping State-of-the-art speech recognition is now available in Corel(R) WordPerfect(R) 8, part of the award-winning Corel(R) WordPerfect(R) Suite 8 set of business productivity applications. Featuring all the benefits of Corel WordPerfect Suite 8 plus the added convenience of a voice-enabled word processor, the newest release is available for a suggested retail price of US $129 for the upgrade and US $425 for the full version. Prices subject to change without notice. corel.com >>>Anyone working on this problem, I wonder? If voice recognition is a killer app to be, maybe Intel should.<<< Good question. Why isn't Intel all over this like a dirty shirt?!? They should have commercials with kids using voice recognition software instead of those cool tinfoil bunny ads. Or better yet. Use the money on giving the PC and voice recognition software to some schools to get the idea out there. Its such a monstrous waste to spend big bucks on bunny ads! Word of mouth travels fast with kids. Good luck on your quest Tony

To: Tony Viola who wrote (58286)	6/18/1998 7:26:00 PM
From: Ken Fujii	Respond to of 186894

Tony, Re: Voice Recognition in a noisy room How about a filter that would allow the PC to recognize "his master's voice?" - Ken

To: Tony Viola who wrote (58286)	6/18/1998 11:16:00 PM
From: Time Traveler	Respond to of 186894

>>Ambient Noise in Speech Recognition System<< Your concern about ambient noise is very valid. However, in the past few years, there exist a few algorithms to filter this ambient noise effectively. Time Traveler