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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. 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..

  2. 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.