Now, I have not asked very many crazy questions in a long time. Just curious, but what have others ask?
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> On Jul 14, 2014, at 11:05 AM, Donald Moore <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> For grins, ask Siri "what is the meaning of life?" For you Douglas Adams
> fans, you'll be surprised.
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> Well, I have used it for a year and have not been too impressed. It especiY
> is challenging in a noisy environment.
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>> On Jul 14, 2014, at 10:15 AM, Ana G <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> I agree with David H. Voice commands work fairly well, but it takes time.
> The devices need to get used to our voices, and we need to get used to
> speaking in ways that make sense to the devices. also, voice recognition is
> based on prediction to some degree, so common utterances always yield better
> results than less common ones.
>>
>> I don't use Siri. I use Google Voice on my Androids. I notice that
> recognition has a hard time with proper names. It does well on common names
> like Wendy, Frank, and Cecile, but it struggles with names that are more
> unusual. for example, I freelance for a company called Communicaid. Even
> though it's in my contacts and even though I send or receive calls about
> once a week and have multiple calendar events that include the company name,
> I can't get the recognizer to enter it correctly, so I either correct the
> name or type it, then use voice recognition on the rest of the calendar
> entry.
>>
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