Consonants Not Required

billybob2001 writes: "A report at the BBC explains how voice-control of computers can be more successful using grunts and sighs, as "voice recognition programs often failed to accurately capture words". Dr Takeo Igarashi, of Brown University suggests the use of "ahhhh" for skipping tracks on a cd, or adjusting tv volume, but I wonder what the effect would be on pr0n sites? Another suggestion is "uh oh" for undo. Perfect for online banking. Is this going to confuse your system or what?"

Comments

Undo command

[Shafalus]

Surely "Ah, shit!" is the obvious choice for an undo command?

Re:Undo command

[VivianC]

It sounds like they are trying to give control of my computer to the Teletubbies!

Now my 16 month old will be able to run my machine!

Self Destruct

[stinkydog]

Just don't say Mua'dib or the computer explodes.

-He has the weirding way.

singing ditties for commands

[peter303]

Its easier to recognize tonal changes than constanants. Its easier for humns to use full words than isolated vowels.

Ahhhh

[garoush]

Now there is a whole new meaning to "Yada, yada, yada, ..."

Re:Dangerous, surely?

[hoggoth]

Be careful with this!
I can just see it now. You are recounting a traffic accident to a college:

You: "I rammed a sheriff!"
Computer: "Executing: rm -(dash)rf"

Re:Ooo...eee..

[wirefarm]

"Ooo eee ooo ah ah, ting tang walla walla, bing bang"

The verbal equivalent of perl?

Cheers,
Jim in Tokyo

A potential timeline:

[Noer]

2020: Computers everywhere are controlled by grunts, moans, sighs, and snorts.

2040: Computers are finally small enough that they're all embedded into our environments, but neural interfaces don't work, so we still grunt and snort into our computers, but it looks like we're just grunting and snorting in general. People use computers exclusively, and never talk to one another; thus, language is lost and we just grunt and snort a lot.

2060: aliens visit hoping to find intelligent life, but instead find a bunch of snorting, grunting apes. They leave.