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Voice activation in cars has existed for ten years, and it's been a running gag for ten years how poorly it works; see e.g. Top Gear: "Call Richard Hammond" - "
by semi-extrinsic 11y ago
Voice activation in cars has existed for ten years, and it's been a running gag for ten years how poorly it works; see e.g. Top Gear: "Call Richard Hammond" - "Deleting contact info".
- ams6110 11y agoTo be fair, what you see on Top Gear is all scripted and staged for entertainment value.
- lostcolony 11y agoTo be pedantic, he did say 'gag'
- Animats 11y agoIn "Car Guys vs. Bean Counters", Bob Lutz describes the day he killed voice input for GM cars in the 1990s. He tried the demo, and decided that working through the voice menus was just too clunky. So he killed the project.
- IkmoIkmo 11y agoYeah but something siri like or ok google like?