http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/2007/09/pudding-is-delicious-eavesdropping-is-not/ SEO and Internet Marketing Blog Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:23:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/2007/09/pudding-is-delicious-eavesdropping-is-not/#comment-16841 Carolyn Grantham Tue, 25 Sep 2007 20:29:23 +0000 http://www.bruceclay.com/blog-test/2007/09/pudding-is-delicious-eavesdropping-is-not/#comment-16841 <p>All discussions of the civil-liberties squick-factor aside (vital as they are), for this to work well, the voice recognition software has to be <i>excellent</i>. I'm just thinking about the way I lapse into my natural high-speed northern English accent when I call my parents; How many people speak in slow, measured tones when they're chatting? How would it cope with foreign and regional accents? What are the chances the majority of ads will be completely irrelevant to the conversation? </p> All discussions of the civil-liberties squick-factor aside (vital as they are), for this to work well, the voice recognition software has to be excellent. I’m just thinking about the way I lapse into my natural high-speed northern English accent when I call my parents; How many people speak in slow, measured tones when they’re chatting? How would it cope with foreign and regional accents? What are the chances the majority of ads will be completely irrelevant to the conversation?

]]> http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/2007/09/pudding-is-delicious-eavesdropping-is-not/#comment-16840 geeurbie Tue, 25 Sep 2007 06:37:08 +0000 http://www.bruceclay.com/blog-test/2007/09/pudding-is-delicious-eavesdropping-is-not/#comment-16840 This should be in the strange but true category! This should be in the strange but true category!

]]> http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/2007/09/pudding-is-delicious-eavesdropping-is-not/#comment-16839 Jon Kelly Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:43:37 +0000 http://www.bruceclay.com/blog-test/2007/09/pudding-is-delicious-eavesdropping-is-not/#comment-16839 <p>It's hard to imagine what they were even thinking when they were building this. There are other free services minus the creepy. So who in their right mind would sign up? </p> It’s hard to imagine what they were even thinking when they were building this. There are other free services minus the creepy. So who in their right mind would sign up?

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