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25 Years In Speech Technology and I still don’t talk to my computer

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Re: 25 Years In Speech Technology and I still don’t talk to my computer

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The only two questions I ever ask Siri are "how cold is it outside?" and "wake me up {at HHam, in X minutes}"

I'm curious that you want to know the temperature specifically, rather than the weather. I'm guessing that's for reasons other than clothing choice?

I just feel like I get a more actionable answer than the "It's a bit chilly and overcast" I get when I ask about the weather – how do I know if Siri and I agree on what's chilly or not?

Re: 25 Years In Speech Technology and I still don’t talk to my computer

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Once they start hooking them up to conversational language models that can also submit queries, I think it is going to get a lot better. The conversational model results are starting to look very good.

Where can i learn more about the leading edge of those conversational language models ?

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2004.13637.pdf

Re: 25 Years In Speech Technology and I still don’t talk to my computer

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> 1. Voice based operations in factories, construction workers who want to have both the hands free but want to navigate via a device They can't understand speech properly in a quiet environment, and you want them to get your commands on a factory floor or construction site? :)

Google/YouTube - voice picking in warehouses.. there are products built for this.

A warehouse a factory is not. Try that in the same hall with 50 lathes.

Re: 25 Years In Speech Technology and I still don’t talk to my computer

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I'm curious that you want to know the temperature specifically, rather than the weather. I'm guessing that's for reasons other than clothing choice?

I just feel like I get a more actionable answer than the "It's a bit chilly and overcast" I get when I ask about the weather – how do I know if Siri and I agree on what's chilly or not?

Cool, pretty sure for weather Alexa says something like "in $place today it's 10 degree with a light breeze and 40% chance of rain; with a high of 13 and a low of 8; have a good $day".

Re: 25 Years In Speech Technology and I still don’t talk to my computer

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post #284

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Google/YouTube - voice picking in warehouses.. there are products built for this.

A warehouse a factory is not. Try that in the same hall with 50 lathes.

They wear a powerful noise cancellation headset to cancel noise.
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