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07/31/2006

Windows Vista Voice Recognition Gone Wrong

Windows Vista product manager Shanen Boettcher recently showcased the OS's "Voice Recognition" technology at Microsoft’s annual Financial Analyst Meeting and it didn't quite work as planned. Video after the jump.
Several tries at making the computer understand the simple salutation “Dear Mom” was read by Microsoft software as “Dear Aunt, let’s set so double the killer delete select all.” Attempts to correct or undo or delete the error only deepened the mess
[via MobileWhack - Reuters]

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Posted at 07/31/2006 01:02am by Julius
lol, here we go again
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Posted at 07/31/2006 01:38am by UnitZero
that just what u expect from windows.... thers a better computer out there called a mac :)
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Posted at 07/31/2006 03:18am by chain
hehe, at least they tried... i don't think voice recognition has come far enough yet to let you throw out the good old keyboard :) UnitZero: And a mac can't do this eigther :P Maybe some 3rd party software will get it right at some point, but that won't have anything to do with the operating system... ;)
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Posted at 07/31/2006 06:13am by Nerowski
hah, I agree with Julius.
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Posted at 07/31/2006 07:28am by » Blog Archive » I hate to kick Microsoft when they’re down, but…
[...] Check out this article and the accompanying video of a Windows Vista voice recognition demo gone wrong. Ambient noise? I don’t think so. [...]
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Posted at 07/31/2006 08:39am by Johnnyg0
You're right UnitZero, Apple voice recognition will probably be as good as their handwriting recognition was on the Newton... *sarcasm*
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Posted at 07/31/2006 10:54am by Stefan
methinks UnitZero needs to undergo some de-brainwashing.
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Posted at 07/31/2006 3:42pm by Matt
Doctor's have been using much better software for some time now. Microsoft is unreliable, period.
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Posted at 07/31/2006 4:00pm by Brandon
Ya know, if mac didnt change their marketing skills to target the "HIP" twenty somthings, there would be still a huge PC market. Still i will not touch a mac, unless paid to do so and ipod is that of crap, also because our teenagers are all wanting the trend. And that mac and PC commercial, just gay. my pc will always out perform the best mac. end of story. yay
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Posted at 07/31/2006 6:48pm by Matt G
Hey! I have an idea! Learn to type fast enough, and just do it that way... it's more accurate, less strenuous, and less time consuming because you don't have to go back and erase errors from the dumb speech recognition software. Personally, I wouldn't want to sit at my computer and talk for about two hours straight to get a report or something done, my mouth would be very tired. Anybody who wants to use a computer should be required to use some typing tutor software to get them up to speed.
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Posted at 07/31/2006 10:34pm by Bob Borries
Microsoft should be focusing on getting a modern operating system out to the public, why waste time on something someone else did better.
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Posted at 08/02/2006 02:16am by pedant
That's amazing... ly bad. I tried out voice reconition in the early 90s and it was EXACTLY the same as that demo.
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Posted at 08/09/2006 12:26pm by infoBucket » Vista Speech Recognition Works Well?
[...] A little while ago, MSNBC posted a review of Windows Vista Speech Recognition program saying it was a disaster (see: http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/windows-vista-voice-recognition-gone-wrong ). It noted it was a “wreck” and didn’t work out as well as Microsoft said it would. Contrary to this, Long Zheng of istartedsomething states that it actually works “quite well.”           “I got my hands on the July CTP build (5427) of Windows Vista and gave it a try, and I recorded what I found. I used the internal microphone array in my laptop, so the sound quality is not optimal but Vista handled it well.”Find out for yourself after the jump (video).  [...]
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