Voice recognition... is utter nonsense in computing

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Voice recognition... is utter nonsense in computing

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stak, To: stak (66726 )
From: Ali Chen
Thursday, Oct 15 1998 1:05PM ET
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stak, <Voice recognition...> is utter nonsense in
computing. People have invented paper and pencil
to enhance their abilities to communicate ideas,
commands, and information with higher precision
than the voice can. It has lead to major progress in
sciences and general knowledge. Computers are
just more powerful extensions of piles of papers
with carved precise information. The speech is
inherently fuzzy and imprecise. Voice interface
capability has no advantage in most area of
computing, excluding few very special and rare
applications. Only disadvantages.
As someone on this thread already
realized (Tony? Fred?) that it is a nonsense when
everybody will start talking in their cubicles...

Make no mistake, there will be no "killer"
applications in this area. FYI, Microsoft was
selling for two years their "voice commander"
or whatever. It even works, and works correctly.
However every user eventually stop using it
after a few days of playing with it.

-Ali

P.S. Please also do not confuse "voice" recognition
with "speech" recognition...

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112	You can enter your own bar codes also. try cnbc.com and then enter LHSP there a	Savant	-	12/17/1999
111	Savant, Hi, I haven't kept up with the latest in voice but thanks for the	stak	-	12/17/1999
110	stak, here is a company that enables the blind..program that creates bar code l	Savant	-	12/16/1999
109	Savant, Cable is just fine for most browsing. The security issue isn't that	stak	-	9/13/1999
108	Savant, Yes home security would be great for interactive TV with a connection t	stak	-	9/13/1999
107	There will be a battle between cable and xDSL...no privacy on cable, and probab	Savant	-	9/13/1999
106	For one, watch Nokia..some great phones coming out. Another usage I forgot to m	Savant	-	9/13/1999
105	More convergence, Sega's Dreamcast console has been touted as one of the f	stak	-	9/13/1999
104	Savant, >>Interactive tv relies upon a separate back channel right now,	stak	-	9/12/1999
103	Convergence.. AOL teams with TiVo for TV By Erich Luening Staff Writer, CNET	Savant	-	9/11/1999
102	Interactive tv relies upon a separate back channel right now, unless you have a	Savant	-	9/10/1999
101	Savant, so this really wouldn't be TV then? It would be like a monitor with	stak	-	9/10/1999
100	Any form of communication. Business meetings would probably be the first large	Savant	-	9/9/1999
99	Savant, The Comdex is looking more and more like the Consumer Electronic show t	stak	-	9/9/1999
98	Haven't heard about any killer news..but speech should be featured, as well	Savant	-	9/8/1999
97	Savant, Do you expect any big announcements at the Comdex? I noticed alot more	stak	-	9/3/1999
96	With MSFT and INTC invested in LHSP, and all the announcements, it is strange i	Savant	-	8/31/1999
95	Savant, Sorry for the long response time. How have you been? I have to say I	stak	-	8/31/1999
94	I've been watching LHSP..they have been gobbling up a lot of the other comp	Savant	-	8/12/1999
93	Firms target speech recognition in cars, handhelds By Jim Davis	stak	-	8/12/1999
92	February 26, 1999 Nikkei English News : TOKYO (Nikkei)-IBM Japan Ltd. st	stak	-	2/28/1999
91	Savant, you've sure got a way of putting it in perspective. I couldn't	stak	-	2/9/1999
90	You would think this would be front page news...people are more interested in s	Savant	-	2/8/1999
89	Savant, This stuff sounds very promising for the fellow who had the stroke. I	stak	-	2/8/1999
88	Brain chipping... #reply-7695906	Savant	-	2/6/1999

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