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billybob2001 writes: "A report at the
BBC explains how voice-control of computers can be more successful using grunts and sighs, as "voice recognition programs often failed to accurately capture words". Dr Takeo Igarashi, of Brown University suggests the use of "ahhhh" for skipping tracks on a cd, or adjusting tv volume, but I wonder what the effect would be on pr0n sites? Another suggestion is "uh oh" for undo. Perfect for online banking. Is this going to confuse your system or what?"
Undo command (Score:5, Funny)
Great use in showers! (Score:2, Funny)
Well no shit. (Score:2, Funny)
I dont think so.
Self Destruct (Score:3, Funny)
Just don't say Mua'dib or the computer explodes.
-He has the weirding way.
Ooo...eee.. (Score:2, Funny)
A line from "The Witch Doctor" by David Seville or voice command to shutdown Windows? Decide for yourself by playing it for your voice recognition software.
singing ditties for commands (Score:3, Funny)
Not particularly useful... (Score:2, Funny)
Ahhhh (Score:3, Funny)
Technology Devolves Humans (Score:2, Funny)
Bill gates said "We are proud to be responsible for the conversion to a much easier language. While XML can organize our data better, we needed a common language for human interaction. Leveraging our power on the desktop, we we able to achive this." When asked about how aliens might perceive our change of language, Gates repsonded "I'm sure that they will appreciate the simplicity more. I mean, who ever liked French and all of it's eligance anyway?"
Grunt snort grr grr.
Time for Tellytubbies! (Score:2, Funny)
Eh-oh!
Uh-ehn! Uh-ehn!
Time for tubby shutdown...
Uh-oh...
Re:Dangerous, surely? (Score:3, Funny)
I can just see it now. You are recounting a traffic accident to a college:
You: "I rammed a sheriff!"
Computer: "Executing: rm -(dash)rf"
Re:Ooo...eee.. (Score:3, Funny)
The verbal equivalent of perl?
Cheers,
Jim in Tokyo
A potential timeline: (Score:5, Funny)
2040: Computers are finally small enough that they're all embedded into our environments, but neural interfaces don't work, so we still grunt and snort into our computers, but it looks like we're just grunting and snorting in general. People use computers exclusively, and never talk to one another; thus, language is lost and we just grunt and snort a lot.
2060: aliens visit hoping to find intelligent life, but instead find a bunch of snorting, grunting apes. They leave.
Won't work in New England (Score:2, Funny)
As a Boston-area resident, I'd like to suggest that this choice of sound wouldn't work for us:
"Hey paahl, gahhhttah go pahhk my caah." *CD skips 4 tracks*
You'd figure the guy works for a New England university, he might've picked up on that. How about "y'all" instead?
From the manual - step 1: Logging on. (Score:2, Funny)
Tourette's GUI (Score:2, Funny)
Fun with Windows Users (Score:2, Funny)
1)Install this and set it up so that this starts up when windows does.
2) Set a sound to shutdown Windows
3) Record that sound and set it to play whenever windows starts or whenever there is an error.
4)loop the sound output into the input.
5) sit back and enjoy watching them turn on there computer only for it to grunt and turn off on them.
*note* Don't know if all of this would be possible but I just had to share this thought
Sex (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Undo command (Score:3, Funny)
Now my 16 month old will be able to run my machine!
Great for Slashdotters (Score:2, Funny)