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Windows Vista speech recognition redeemed?

Remember that Windows Vista speech-recognition demo that CNBC and other media had so much fun with? Maybe the feature got a bum rap. Jupiter Research's Michael Gartenberg shares his real-world experiences: "I'm pleased to say it works well, and greatly improves the usability of my computer for entering text. It's so darn good, it feels a little bit out of science fiction."

Meanwhile, "Windows Vista Inside Out" co-author Ed Bott encounters a lingering bug after testing the new operating system's Windows Easy Transfer feature.

Posted by at December 6, 2006 7:55 a.m.
Category: Windows

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Posted by unregistered user at 12/13/06 8:29 p.m.

Problem with speech recognition is presently, that computers do not "learn" much from the user's language, although they do learn how to open websites faster. Cookies are nice, but we all hate the pop-ups. So what do computers need to learn? Communication with users - and that includes more than a voice.

What happened during that VISTA presentation (besides background noise)? Well, the system did not recognize, what part of the user's spoken commands related to the system and what part was intended to be written. Being "sarcastic" or "jokes" are clearly not recognized by computers yet, unless we press a "sarcasmus" or "joke" button to advise our digital friend, since he cannot interprete our facial expressions.

But wouldn't it be great to talk to your O.S. instead of clicking and typing? At least there is someone working on it - maybe soft bot not Microsoft. So let's wait and see - five years from now everybody might have an affordable and operational solution installed.

As of today, we can't simply tell our computer to block pop-ups or cookies - we don't even know how many are on our harddrives. Imagine the economic consequences of simple voice commands to remove advertising columns on websites! As long as we do not understand each other, how can we expect that from our O.S.?

Curt, FL

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Posted by unregistered user at 2/12/07 4:30 a.m.

"I'm pleased to say it works well, and greatly improves the usability of my computer for entering text. It's so darn good, it feels a little bit out of science fiction."

Hehehehe. Michael Gartenberg's claims sound a little bit like out of science fiction, too...

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Posted by unregistered user at 6/11/08 3:12 p.m.

At least there is someone working on it - maybe soft bot not Microsoft. So let's wait and see - five years from now everybody might have an affordable and operational solution installed.
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