No. Noise cancellation would not be effective over speakers, and noise cancelling headphones have limited effectiveness in silencing voice.
Good quality noise cancelling headphones are great for reducing low-frequency sounds, such as airplane engine rumble, but they are not as effective in the 2 to 8 kHz consonant range that conveys much of the speech intelligibility.
I can see how from a distance you would never be able to pick this from a real fish. (Though perhaps people experienced with fish might?)
It would be interesting to see how the other real fish interact, or try to interact with these robots - are they considered friend/foe? or a part of the scenery just like the castle and the plastic sea diver.
I'm renting a DVD to watch a it for a specified amount of time.
I borrow a DVD, watch it when I get home, then i might want to watch it again before i return it. (Like fight club or donnie darko)
I wonder how this would work for weekly rentals?
I highly doubt any video store would be interested in this - it would only cheese off customers. Besides, alot of their revenue also comes from the fact that people forget to return their rentals on time.
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It does not use noise cancellation.
From the FAQ.
Does ChatterBlocker use noise cancellation?
No. Noise cancellation would not be effective over speakers, and noise cancelling headphones have limited effectiveness in silencing voice.
Good quality noise cancelling headphones are great for reducing low-frequency sounds, such as airplane engine rumble, but they are not as effective in the 2 to 8 kHz consonant range that conveys much of the speech intelligibility.
I can see how from a distance you would never be able to pick this from a real fish. (Though perhaps people experienced with fish might?)
It would be interesting to see how the other real fish interact, or try to interact with these robots - are they considered friend/foe? or a part of the scenery just like the castle and the plastic sea diver.
I'm renting a DVD to watch a it for a specified amount of time. I borrow a DVD, watch it when I get home, then i might want to watch it again before i return it. (Like fight club or donnie darko) I wonder how this would work for weekly rentals? I highly doubt any video store would be interested in this - it would only cheese off customers. Besides, alot of their revenue also comes from the fact that people forget to return their rentals on time.