Intel: Voice Recognition Will Phase Out Touch

[flyflinger]

Nope, this person that said it is out of touch.

 

[Guest]

What about playing Angry Birds? I'll have to yell at the black bird when to explode. 😛

 

[JOSHSKORN]

I'll take Speech recognition over Windows 8 (formerly known as) Metro UI any day of the year. The first thing I'll say to Windows is "Start Me Up!"

 

[super d spamalot]

Anyone who has had to suffer through navigating voice prompts when calling certain businesses will tell you this is pure bunk. Especially when you're in a public place.

It'll be a nice to have for some things, but it won't "replace" anything.

 

[enewmen]

dimamu15
"I don't know about that. I have pretty heavy accent and most voice recognition software I tried to use didn't work so well. People speak differently, but we all 'touch' the same way. So why would voice recognition phase over touch. "

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpgihkIJuD4
I also won't do well with my heavy American accent.

 

[IndignantSkeptic]

[citation][nom]dimamu15[/nom]Seems like a step forward into lazier future. Wall-e anyone?![/citation]

Getting the same work done with less effort, also means, getting more work done with the same effort.

 

[killerclick]

I just wouldn't be comfortable using a voice interface in public, even for innocent stuff like walking down the street and asking it where's the nearest McDonald's. See, now I have to deal with people's opinion of McDonalds and their silent judging stares. Go to hell, I like McDonald's.

But whoever is trying to engineer useful voice recognition, I hope they succeed, because it's utter crap now. Google Now on Jelly Bean is comically useless (except for a few hundred hardcoded queries), and from what I've heard, Siri is even worse. What they need is some context awareness and learning abilities to improve recognition. If you start a query with "What is the capital of-", it should know it relates to a country or a state. Amazingly, Google Now doesn't. Also, when the user finally gives up and runs the same search in the device's browser, the voice interface should draw some conclusions from it and incorporate them in subsequent searches.

 

[twelch82]

Nope, I can't agree with this either. Let's say you have the best voice recognition software in the world. Do you really want everyone around you to hear exactly what you're doing with your device?

 

[rawoysters]

This guy is ludicrous. How much privacy will anybody have if you have to speak everything into your phone? Some people, such as myself don't really like talking and I prefer a touch interface. I think his whole idea is ridiculous.

 

[kyuuketsuki]

These statements *have* to have been taken out of context. How in the world can voice commands replace touch or some other means of physical interaction? Just trying to think about it boggles the brain.

 

[nolarrow]

lol no. touch has been amazing for web browsing, I wouldn't want to browse on a mobile device without it.

Picard Voice: Computer, plot a course to xvideos dot com, search 'big boobies', engage!

 

[digiex]

I can't talk, but I can see, and I have a pair of functional hands do you phase me out too?

 

[srirambond007]

What Intel claims might be correct in terms of technology, but considering day to day practical usage , their claim is wrong. Lets assume, Intel got the accent recognition perfect (Google voice is near to perfect) and already we have enough processing power, still the PERSONAL touch is missing. I want to type something in private to my wife / family member, and i am in a public place.. voice narration is not practical.. Or as many folks have previously mentioned a busy bus with voices and clatters around, it would be a comical tragedy if we try voice commands or narration . How will this problem be resolved ? Voice will always be a supplement and can never replace a touch/hardware keyboard IMHO!!

 

[devBunny]

Intel Senior Vice President Mooly Eden believes voice recognition technology will eventually make touch obsolete.

Hah! He obviously hasn't paid attention to Star Trek. How many ensigns do we see silently and discreetly tapping away at their tablets and how many do we see annoying or distracting Captain Hero with their chatting to the machine?

"Voice is the best means of communication between humans," Eden said. "We finally have enough compute power to do what we want from science fiction."

Yes, we now have the tappable tablets that they still use in the 24th century. ;o)

 

[devBunny]

Gene Roddenberry should have patented the tablet and stolen a march on Apple and the gang.

 

[randomizer]

Can you imagine the noise on a peak hour train? People would be screaming so that their phone could hear them over everyone else.

 

[phatboe]

Computer: "Please enter your banking account password now"
Person in Public on laptop/tablet "G-O-A-T-S-E-C-X"

 

[Draven35]

"Enhance 224 to 176. Enhance, stop. Move in, stop. Pull out, track right, stop. Center in, pull back. Stop. Track 45 right. Stop. Center and stop. Enhance 34 to 36. Pan right and pull back. Stop. Enhance 34 to 46. Pull back. Wait a minute, go right, stop. Enhance 57 to 19. Track 45 left. Stop. Enhance 15 to 23. Give me a hard copy right there. "

Is that the future of image processing? I don't think so....

 

[Guest]

If it is the future, then its gonna be a while yet, i have a pretty standard accent, and it still can't pick up a lot of words I say, and doesnt understand many names or places

 

[Mr_Man]

Try playing Angry Birds with your voice.

 

[back_by_demand]

Star Trek again, "computer, play me some music" you just need to have all OS commands be voice programmable and it will learn your voice and accent over time. Keyboard & mouse & microphone will still be around as legacy input forever I would think but I think Windows 9 will probably leverage voice activation in conjunction with gesture and touch with Kinect 2 as an input option.

 

[back_by_demand]

[citation][nom]devBunny[/nom]Gene Roddenberry should have patented the tablet and stolen a march on Apple and the gang.[/citation]
Doesn't seem to matter if you patent something first, they alter it 0.000000000001% then re-patent it, call it magical and sue the original patent holder for having something too similar

 

[wemakeourfuture]

Been hearing the past 20 years how voice is going to change computing.

Intel, first come out with a product that everyone wants to use then start making your claims. No one cares to use voice. It's inefficient and odd in a lot of work and social settings .

 

[Guest]

Idiot. Most places I text for example I don't want what I'm saying overheard by bosses, coworkers, strangers. I actually find the voice recognition I use now pretty good. How ofter do I use it? Only when giving addresses to my phones GPS while driving. Does anyone want coworkers to hear what they (s)texting to their wives or girlfriends. Won't ever replace. And by the way, physical keyboard work way better than touch keyboards. The only problem is the lack of options phonewise and the additional size/weight. I changed from a Droid 2 (physical) to a Samsung Galaxy III (touch) months ago and the difference in ease/speed/accuracy of typing is amazingly bad. I only switched because the best physical alternative was a Droid 4 with a year plus old technology.

That guy should be slapped then fired for such blatantly horrible promotion.

 

[K2N hater]

The guy is a visionary. Give it some time, say 10 years, and we're to see teenagers talking to their gadgets rather than texting.