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Speaking as a Facebook user, I'm a bit confused - where do they use speech recognition? Or is this just purely research oriented?
by faitswulff 7y ago
Speaking as a Facebook user, I'm a bit confused - where do they use speech recognition? Or is this just purely research oriented?
- valvar 7y agoSubtitles for videos is my guess.
- melling 7y agoVoice user interfaces are becoming more common. Ignoring this technology is a bad idea. FB has VR devices and their portal device: https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/18/20870866/facebook-portal-mini-new-price-release-date-whatsapp-support https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/18/20870866/facebook-portal-... Sure, the average HN reader will tell you that they don't see the point, etc. But Amazon and Google have sold hundreds of millions of those little voice devices.
- yalok 7y agobetter ads targeting based on user-generated audio/video?
- jauer 7y agoPortal: https://portal.facebook.com/ https://portal.facebook.com/
- yayitswei 7y agoThey could use microphone audio for ad targeting. There's ongoing speculation around whether they're currently doing this, but it could be an ongoing area of research. I'd imagine efficient on-device transcription would help in this regard. https://newatlas.com/computers/facebook-not-secretly-listening-conversations/ https://newatlas.com/computers/facebook-not-secretly-listeni... https://www.wired.com/story/facebooks-listening-smartphone-microphone/ https://www.wired.com/story/facebooks-listening-smartphone-m...
- CosmicShadow 7y agoDidn't they "get caught" for having their apps listening all the time and everyone was wondering how they kept getting ads for things they only ever talked about?