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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. One song you'll not be able to play by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Stop, what's that sound." It'll shut off right after it starts.

  2. Not for me, thanks by drivinghighway61 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'll actually be avoiding this, as I don't want anyone else to hear that I'm listening to Britney Spears.

    Wait.

    Damn it!

  3. Scenario by k4_pacific · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm sitting in a crowded place, listening to the White Album on my new voice activated MP3 player.

    Me (quietly): Play Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey.

    MP3 player: Please speak louder.

    Me: Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey.

    MP3 player: Please speak louder.

    Me (shouting): Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey!!!

    Everyone turns and looks at me. I make a mad dash for the exit.

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  4. W00t by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny
    This will now allow me to fulfill my David hasslehoff fantasy!

    -Kitt, find me some women!

    -I'm sorry, I can't do that Dave.

  5. 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..

  6. Re:You fail it! by djupedal · · Score: 4, Funny

    I don't want my car to talk to me. I want it to run on water

    Hell, I'd be happy if mine could walk on water...

  7. asshole by anagama · · Score: 5, Funny
    Reminds me of the joke that goes something like this:

    • A lady goes to a car dealer to get a fancy car. The salesman shows her a model with a voice activated radio. He says "classical", and a classical station comes on. He says "rock" and a rock station comes on. Impressed, the lady decides to take it for a test drive. As she is pulling out of the lot, a car cuts her off and she yells "asshole" .... and Rush Limbaugh comes on.
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  8. 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.