26-10-2007, 13:25 | #1 |
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Most Annoying Invention
...for me is the voice recognition techonology companies are using on their helplines (ahem phone compnay/revenue I'm looking at you). Does anyone else feel like a total fool shouting 'Sale' 'No' and your PPS number?
And the phone company man finds me hard to understand. Who's idea was this - it's no easier than pushing the buttons and seems much more prone to fault? Had to rant - I've spent the last few weeks being tortured by a well-spoken machine.
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26-10-2007, 13:38 | #2 |
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Word is IE have a fancy voice recognitiion system for timetable information, never tried it
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26-10-2007, 15:20 | #3 |
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Yes, I can't stand these things. They don't seem to offer any more options than the push button variety, so I don't see the point.
When the technology evolves to the point that I can make ad hoc queries in plain English, we'll be getting somewhere. I don,t think we're all that far away. |
26-10-2007, 16:03 | #4 |
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Ah i remember testing it when it came out and nearly lost my voice it came to a stage I was screaming down the phone without ever getting any success they never understood me!
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27-10-2007, 15:48 | #5 |
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I've tried it once, it works fine unless you decide to speak Irish for fun.
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