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NPR's All Things Considered has a short interview with the CTO of CereProc: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124087291 http://www.npr.org/te
by AngryParsley 17y ago
NPR's All Things Considered has a short interview with the CTO of CereProc: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124087291 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1240872... The voices aren't perfect but they're definitely better than anything else I've heard. Ebert's voice isn't demoed in the interview. I'm guessing Oprah wants to be the first to show it.
This combined with improved subvocal stuff like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyN4ViZ21N0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyN4ViZ21N0 would make silent, covert voice communication possible. No more annoying one-sided conversations from cell phones.
- whughes 17y agoIsn't this mainly an aesthetic thing, though? Consumer text-to-speech is certainly adequate for vocalizing almost any conversation. One could just use that to carry out "covert voice communication."
- bricestacey 17y agoAt the end of the YouTube video, he mentions being able to think "nearest bus" and having it query the internet and speak the results to you. This would allow you to augment reality without pulling out your phone, unlocking it, launching Google Maps, selecting your location, etc, etc. Sure, it sounds like the flying car dreams of the last century, but given they can recognize 150 words now, it hasa lot of future potential.