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So how good is that speech recognition system in, let's say, to listen in on a phone conversation and use that information in, let's say, the Facebook news feed
by ToFab123 8y ago
So how good is that speech recognition system in, let's say, to listen in on a phone conversation and use that information in, let's say, the Facebook news feed. You know the precise thing many, me including, suspect Facebook is actively doing. And if you say they don't do any things like that, why do they need a speech recognition system in the first given that Facebook is a text based system.
- varenc 8y agoThey need speech recognition for their Alexa/Google Home like hardware product: https://portal.facebook.com https://portal.facebook.com (Notice how much they emphasize privacy and security in their marketing...)
- ToFab123 8y agoOh my... Some people are actually going to let Facebook listen in on everything. Wow. Not in a million years in my house.
- akhilcacharya 8y agoFor the record, I do think it's telling that they currently use Amazons's Alexa Voice Service for this (or at least most of it after the hotword recognition) instead of building on Project M.
- varenc 8y agoAlexa is optional and Facebook has their own voice recognition for Portal features, You can use the wake word “Hey Portal” for a limited set of portal commands mostly around calling and messaging, or “Alexa” for all the Alexa capabilities. When using Alexa functionality Facebook isn’t suppose to “listen” at all. (Though not sure if these queries still flow through their servers or not?) https://portal.facebook.com/help/2149102838698668/ https://portal.facebook.com/help/2149102838698668/
- modwilliam 8y agoSeems that they have an automatic captioning feature for videos/audio on the site
- ToFab123 8y agoOk. I guess that is a valid reason.