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- gerrylazlo, on 11/29/2008, -0/+26Ever sit at a computer with someone and tell them what you want them to do? After a while you grab the mouse and do it yourself since it's about 10 times faster. I'm curious how they could do this without sucking.
- mugicha, on 11/29/2008, -1/+18Not enough goat in this article if you ask me.
- inactive, on 11/29/2008, -0/+15Google search "remedies for bad itches." No, not fat bitches! BAD ITCHES!
Damn it...I'll just type....***** where's my keyboard? - perrym, on 11/29/2008, -0/+15i dont want to be asking for brazilian fart porn out loud
- depaulBaatar, on 11/29/2008, -0/+11Anybody remember when IBM included voice control is OS/2 3.0 / Warp? We heard the same stuff. Didn't happen. qwerty keyboards are inefficient, but they're here to stay. Talking might be more work than typing. Who wants your private info being broadcast to everybody? Ever work late at night at home? Talking to your computer? Maybe a certain segment of the population will try it, but I think this is not going to happen in our lifetime.
- inactive, on 11/29/2008, -0/+11So I guess this internet thing's here to stay. . .
- punkcat, on 11/29/2008, -0/+10yeah, its always ***** when you hear this stuff.
who the hell wants to talk all day? could you even imagine that while at work?
i dont think its a tech issue, people wouldn't want it. - vivvivtzz, on 11/29/2008, -0/+10computer? hellooo computer?
- IphtashuFitz, on 11/29/2008, -0/+8Why do so many so-called experts think everything will be done by voice in X years? I've spent years working in cubicles at various companies. Imagine how distracting it would be if every single worker was talking to his/her computer and listening to the computer talk back. I suppose people could wear earphones to cut down on some of it, but the constant murmur would be extremely distracting. Not to mention that if somebody is working on something confidential then they most certainly should NOT be talking since somebody walking by their office/cubicle could potentially hear something they shouldn't. (Given that Google is pushing it's on-line office products and even MS is doing similar things, it's likely more and more apps in the future will be web based, so if these stupid theories actually come to pass then it's very likely you'd see offices where voice interfaces are widely used on a regular basis.)
Heck, the simple act of typing this post is a bit more complex than simply speaking to my computer and having it recognize what I say. The punctuation, etc. would make a voice interface much more complex than it needs to be. How would a voice interface know to emphasize the word "NOT" above? I've also gone back and made changes to this text a couple times prior to submitting it to Digg. That sort of editing is a lot easier and quicker to do with a keyboard than it would be with a voice interface. If I wanted to go back to the first paragraph and change "earphones" to "headphones" how would I do that with voice commands? And if all websites, web browsers, etc. don't behave 100% identically to voice commands then does it mean I'd have to learn one set of voice commands to use Digg, another set of voice commands to use Slashdot, another to use my favorite porn site, etc? - whahaa, on 11/29/2008, -0/+8i thought it was star trek 4.
- eloestea, on 11/29/2008, -0/+8Dave? What are you doing, Dave?
- camilos007, on 11/29/2008, -0/+6That list is lame. Especially considering its from IBM. It sounds like they asked their janitor to come up with a list.
- NicoNicoNico, on 11/29/2008, -1/+6I'm sorry, but that would really suck for me. I have trouble hearing some tones, so it would be inaccessible for me. Then again, the web is now inaccessible for the blind, especially if a designer doesn't take them into consideration, so it's sort of a win-lose situation. Bah, they need something that works for everyone!
- brentinkc, on 11/29/2008, -2/+7It also has a painfully obvious lack of bacon.
- rentmitchum, on 11/29/2008, -0/+4***** that, it'll be like talking to one of those automated ***** answering service things.. "Say your 29 digit code" "2847y871729188--" "We're sorry, we didn't get that"
It can't ever replace a keyboard for me zippin around my computer.. I don't even use the mouse much.. why would a slower thing help. - zadadka, on 11/29/2008, -0/+4Scotty into mouse : "Hello, computer".
- SpykerSpeed, on 11/29/2008, -0/+3Me: "Get porn."
Computer: "Corn is an English word dating back to Anglo-Saxon times or earlier meaning cereal or grain. It commonly refers, in modern American usage, to Indian corn, that is, maize, but can also refer to wheat, barley, rye and so on." - sarcasm, on 11/29/2008, -0/+3Ah IBM, what a visionary company. Their predictions of the future are always so spot-on. To this day I don't see why anyone would want a computer in their home. I mean seriously what would they use it for?
- str3ama, on 11/29/2008, -1/+4honestly that whole talking thing came and went, I mean Via Voice wasn't exactly a great success - even with it screwing up on most words and requiring you to train it extensively, it just didn't catch on. The future will probably be more about mobility then in web accessibility (blindness, color blind, accessibility to the impaired that is).
- bob_the_alien, on 11/29/2008, -0/+3DAMNIT!!
- phpld, on 11/29/2008, -0/+3I am NOT buying Dragon Naturally Speaking again!!!
Argh!!! Will the web know how to speak like a pirate?
Cause that be how I speak matey! - rimantas, on 11/29/2008, -0/+2DO NOT WANT. What problem does it solve, exactly?
- moxley, on 11/29/2008, -0/+2You know, every ***** year it's this *****:
In 5 years we'll have the "talking ________" - and five years later we have more cool *****, but we don't have (or really necessarily want) a talking ______.
All I know is that we sure as ***** don't have the flying cars we were promised in the 50s...We don't have the automatic driving car that goes 275mph we were promised in the mid 90s. We don't have half the stuff we should have in the medical field, given where research is....If most people knew how far ahead and successful some of the medical research we have now is compared to what is available for you when you go to the hospital they'd be outraged. I want that,
Maybe we really will have the "talking web." I am sure we will eventually.....I know voice recognition has improved drastically - but have to say that so far the only "talking" app that seems to work properly is "Jott" on my iphone, and I think that that is because it's not actually transcribed by computer, rather there is a room full of people somewhere in bangalore transcribing the ***** people say.
I would rather just hear about what we're DEFINITELY going to have in the next 2 years. - LilRabbitFooFoo, on 11/29/2008, -0/+2Yeah I'm going to find talking to Digg faster than pointing and clicking...riiiiight.
"Computer, Digg UP the fourth comment, no fifth, stop scrolling. Okay. Digg up IphtashuFitz's second comment. IphtashuFitz. If tash u fits. I P H T A S H U....No undo that. You can't undo a digg? *****. No, the SECOND comment. Oh, crap, it's the third one now. ***** this. Never mind."
Point. Click. Done. - PaulCurrier, on 11/28/2008, -3/+5I would love to see IBM take on the Telecom Carrier Global Cartel and deliver these services as a global super ISP. Where is the courage and inovation?
- modelcadet, on 11/29/2008, -0/+2Have you been in a bubble?
Because you missed the bubble. The bubble 2.0!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr3qPRAAnOg - franklymister, on 11/29/2008, -1/+3Yes, IBM, please spend all your research money on a talking web. Because irrelevancy isn't coming fast enough for you?
- IphtashuFitz, on 11/29/2008, -0/+2Especially when it says something like "Please say your account number or enter it on the keypad". No way am I going to say something semi-confidential like an account number if other people nearby may be able to hear it. Granted, somebody could conceivably watch me enter it on the keypad but it'd be much more difficult for them to do it (accurately) and much more likely that I'd notice somebody attempting it.
- PatrickFlorida, on 11/29/2008, -0/+2I would like to see their past predictions to see the likelihood of this coming true.
- bob_the_alien, on 11/29/2008, -3/+5Ahhh, I digg up anyone who references IT Crowd.
- DavidinBoston, on 11/29/2008, -0/+2"....a keyboard?! How quaint!"
- celebscreen, on 11/29/2008, -0/+2IBM, yeah right, was it them who predicted decades ago that there was a world market for five computers or so?
- localzuk, on 11/29/2008, -0/+2Last I checked, I could read a damn site faster than I could listen.
Voice commands are good for that - commanding, but I prefer something to read than to be spoken at, if the text is going to be anything more than a few lines. Fine, get it to tell me the weather, stock reports, when i run out of milk but don't get it to read 'How to program in c' to me... - omnibahumut, on 11/29/2008, -0/+2Unfortunately, my comment will probably be too far down to be seen, but here it goes:
Blogspam has it wrong, it seems. The list, taken directly from IBM
( http://www.ibm.com/ibm/ideasfromibm/us/five_in_fiv ... )
--We will be able to access heathcare remotely, from just about anywhere in the world (how does that translate to crystal ball for health?)
--Real-time speech translation--once a vision only in science fiction--will become the norm (speech web? wtf did that failblogspam get that?)
--There will be 3D internet
--Technologies the size of a few atoms will address areas of environmental importance
--Our mobile phones will come close to reading our minds (forgetting will be a distant memory? umm, completely different, failblogspam)
Strangely, http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/261 ... seems to be different. Whatever. - svivian, on 11/29/2008, -0/+2The Opera browser has had the ability to use voice control for at least 5 years and it hasn't taken off. People don't want to talk to their computers. A lot of people listen to music while using their computer too.
- rac1234, on 11/30/2008, -0/+1AJAX.
- DephexTwin, on 11/29/2008, -0/+1Me: "Oh well. That'll work."
- RicktheBrick, on 11/29/2008, -0/+1We need more than voice recognition because we need noise recognition too. I can see a microphone/speaker in every room of my house. There is no problem that exist that should not be recognized by the noise it makes. For instance if I am not at home my house should be quiet except for the furnace and refrigerator turning on. The computer should be able to recognize any abnormal noise and be capable of either getting help or shutting off gas, electricity, water. The computer should be able to receive notification of every day task such as I started to boil water on the stove for tea. It should know how long it takes to boil the water and remind user of fact until the heat has been turn off. I should be able to tell the computer that I am leaving on the way out the door. I should be able to tell the computer how long I will be gone so it can turn down heat/air conditioning until soon before I arrive home. It should know that no one is expected in the house and take appropriate actions. The vocabulary needed for this should not be that great and it should be able to pay for itself in a very short period of time.
- HisNoodly, on 11/29/2008, -0/+1http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=KyLqUf4cdwc
- Averness, on 11/29/2008, -0/+1I have a prediction: Someday we will have full voice communication on our phones, and won't ever have to send or receive another stupid text message. Oh we have this already? So why all the text messaging, and why is this low-bandwidth service so expensive? Are people really that dumb?
- ShyGuy91284, on 11/29/2008, -0/+1No lie. "I forgot" is probably the biggest excuse people use when they want to avoid something without hurting someone's feelings (that bad).
- inactive, on 11/29/2008, -0/+1 Open image in new tab, open image in new tab, open image in new tab, open image in new tab, open image in new tab, open image in new tab.
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Yeah, sounds great. - linagee, on 11/29/2008, -0/+1Those of us that can emulate/speak modem tones can already do this. Dee dee dee DEEE doooooo daaaaa.... tshhhhhhhhhhhh... TSSHHHHHHHHHHH..... zzzz..... tshhhhhh....
- linagee, on 11/29/2008, -0/+1(lazy internet users)^2
- rac1234, on 12/01/2008, -0/+1Appropriately used, AJAX can change the user's experience for the better.
- spriggig, on 11/29/2008, -0/+1Here's why this "talking computer" thing keeps coming up: the people in charge of marketing and product development are the very same people who are not comfortable with computers. They are the MBA upper management dweebs who think it's more productive to "run down the hall" and "have a face-to-face". It's the tall, tanned, salt-and-pepper hair ***** in the company making these decisions. The software engineers just sigh and say "whatever".
- Ransack, on 11/30/2008, -0/+1Ajax makes doing some of the background work easier for the designers, it doesnt change the web for me as a user. So, i rest my case.
- Ransack, on 11/29/2008, -0/+12003-2008 name one single advancement on the web that people actually use.
- mudgie, on 11/30/2008, -0/+1Who the ***** wants to be hoarse at the end of a long day of banter with their computer?
- DephexTwin, on 11/29/2008, -0/+1Cocaine's a hell of a drug.
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