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Voice Activated MP3 player

Posted by samzenpus on from the pushing-buttons-is-hard dept.

g0dsp33d writes "A US company is working on a voice controlled MP3 player for applications like cars where touch control is not as feasible. Considering technology like radar breaking and AI steering for robots, it reminds me of the possibility for a real life version of the car from Night Rider, KITT. Minus the cool jump effects, of course."

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  1. Don't break the radar by Dancin_Santa · · Score: 3, Insightful

    How much training is required to operate this thing reliably? With voice training, you can get any piece of software to ignore non-operator commands.

    But I'm loath to sit out in the cold just to program the stupid thing in my sleigh.

    How big a deal is it to take a fraction of a second to change the song anyway? We do it all the time with the radio, A/C, and speedometer already.

  2. Re:Wish the iPod had this... by Propagandhi · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I doubt the little CPU in the iPod is robust enough to provide any kind of voice recognition support. Not to mention those little mic accessories aren't exactly Hi-Fi, they're just unpowered microphones IIRC. Besides, this won't be the smallest software sweet, and I'm definitely not willing to give up a couple hundered mb's of space on my DAP just to look like a fool yelling at it belligerently...

    The way I see it one of two things needs to happen before this becomes truely feasible:

    1) Voice recognition software needs to become much more effiecient.

    -or-

    2) The low power\ultra compact CPU's in DAP's need get significantly more powerful..

  3. touch control isn't feasible? by dj42 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Are there a bunch of armless drivers I'm not aware of? If you're too incompetent to take your hand off the wheel and adjust your music track, you probably shouldn't be driving anyway. Or allowed to own a car.

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  4. But what if... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    What if the song i'm listening to happens to have a voice command? Wouldn't that ruin my listening experience?

  5. Re:My two cents... by }InFuZeD{ · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You seem to be missing the point.

    If your mp3 player has 3000 songs, and you're looking for one... you're gonna be doing quite a few clicks on that radio to get to it.

    The voice navigation will work a bit faster. Make that a lot faster.

  6. Re:One song you'll not be able to play by Marvelicious · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ...a voice controlled MP3 player for applications like cars where touch control is not as feasible

    Good God! To think all these years I've been controlling my music without voice control when it is "not feasable." I must be a pretty amazing guy to pull this off!

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