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This is somewhat off-topic, but as someone who has worked on various speech processing and ASR projects, I'm curious to learn from people who have specific prob

This is somewhat off-topic, but as someone who has worked on various speech processing and ASR projects, I'm curious to learn from people who have specific problems and applications for this technology where it can make a difference. That is to say, what are areas where you think ASR can enable new products or make common and tedious tasks much more efficient?

crawfordcomeaux 6y ago
My partner and I are raising our child in unique ways with a focus on avoiding certain linguistic patterns. I'm interested in filming/recording our home, automating transcription, and creating a system for voice-driven video editing we can do on the fly to create highlights and capture discussions. I see this as a way to create a dataset they can use in the future to diagnose any trauma caused by our choices.
- 72deluxe 6y ago
  You're effectively experimenting on your child? Don't you think the repurcussions might be severe?
  - crawfordcomeaux 6y ago
    Every parent is, though many will deny it. The repercussions of doing so without intention and without admitting it are already severe. Every parent is likely to traumatize their child in some way, including the trauma of protecting them from trauma to the point that they don't learn to heal through it. I'm ok with intentionally experimenting and normalizing healing within our family. Also, it's already paying off tremendously. When repercussions can be severe, so can rewards. We have a 2-year old who is incredibly emotionally aware, has a huge vocabulary, enjoys eating anything, explores freely, is learning to play multiple instruments, draws with a pencil grip in both hands, can sit to actively listen to music for 20+ minutes at a time, and learns lyrics incredibly fast. If you have specific fears, I'm interested in hearing them because that gives us an opportunity to prepare.
    - 72deluxe 6y ago
      That's a good observation! I have no specific fears at all, since I was wondering what sort of "experimentation" it involved. I wonder if the drawback will be that he/she will be incredibly bored once released to the "normal" world and the slower development pace of contemporaries and may feel out of place and frustrated. It's the curse of the gifted.
      - crawfordcomeaux 6y ago
        Here's a list of some of what we're doing. We haven't been very diligent about keeping track of it all, so listing it here is kind of an exercise for me to start working on that. We're working hard to keep from using judgmental/subjective words like good/bad, like/dislike, etc. We're also starting to incorporate Nonviolent Communication patterns and concepts. We use they/them pronouns instead of gendering them. If they want to do something, we strive to help them do it as long as they wont be maimed or killed. We ask them for consent before changing their diaper, touching them, picking them up, taking things from them, and performing medical/dental procedures on them. We've named them Uni Verse All. They wear whatever clothes they choose, no matter what gender they may seem created for. I'm genderfluid and do the same. I also shower once every 1-2 weeks, stopped using shampoo about a year ago and am about to stop using soap on my body, too. We aren't teaching them about property currently and may not ever, choosing to instead describe things as "living with" someone. I'm developing a spirituality with a component I call "radical ignorance," which is essentially a sort of Zen "beginner's mind." It recognizes that ignorance isn't an excuse, but a spiritual reason for doing things, which runs counter to the US's legal reasoning of "ignorance of the law is no excuse for breaking the law." My partner and I are intentionally staying out of the workforce, instead choosing to serve people in our community alongside Uni, which allows both of us to be available so they can have their choice between us. Anytime one of us is choosing to not let them do something without there being a safety issue, the other ideally defaults to helping Uni do what they want. When they get hurt, we bring their attention to the pain and teach them to mindfully experience it while breathing through it. As for the drawbacks, we're currently designing a community anti-adultist homeschool model that focuses on collaboratively learning our needs over what schools typically teach and allowing the students (of age 0-200+) to choose the contexts for learning. So they'll probably have an interesting intergenerational peer group to blow past the world with.

crawfordcomeaux 6y ago

My partner and I are raising our child in unique ways with a focus on avoiding certain linguistic patterns. I'm interested in filming/recording our home, automating transcription, and creating a system for voice-driven video editing we can do on the fly to create highlights and capture discussions. I see this as a way to create a dataset they can use in the future to diagnose any trauma caused by our choices.

72deluxe 6y ago
You're effectively experimenting on your child? Don't you think the repurcussions might be severe?
- crawfordcomeaux 6y ago
  Every parent is, though many will deny it. The repercussions of doing so without intention and without admitting it are already severe. Every parent is likely to traumatize their child in some way, including the trauma of protecting them from trauma to the point that they don't learn to heal through it. I'm ok with intentionally experimenting and normalizing healing within our family. Also, it's already paying off tremendously. When repercussions can be severe, so can rewards. We have a 2-year old who is incredibly emotionally aware, has a huge vocabulary, enjoys eating anything, explores freely, is learning to play multiple instruments, draws with a pencil grip in both hands, can sit to actively listen to music for 20+ minutes at a time, and learns lyrics incredibly fast. If you have specific fears, I'm interested in hearing them because that gives us an opportunity to prepare.
  - 72deluxe 6y ago
    That's a good observation! I have no specific fears at all, since I was wondering what sort of "experimentation" it involved. I wonder if the drawback will be that he/she will be incredibly bored once released to the "normal" world and the slower development pace of contemporaries and may feel out of place and frustrated. It's the curse of the gifted.
    - crawfordcomeaux 6y ago
      Here's a list of some of what we're doing. We haven't been very diligent about keeping track of it all, so listing it here is kind of an exercise for me to start working on that. We're working hard to keep from using judgmental/subjective words like good/bad, like/dislike, etc. We're also starting to incorporate Nonviolent Communication patterns and concepts. We use they/them pronouns instead of gendering them. If they want to do something, we strive to help them do it as long as they wont be maimed or killed. We ask them for consent before changing their diaper, touching them, picking them up, taking things from them, and performing medical/dental procedures on them. We've named them Uni Verse All. They wear whatever clothes they choose, no matter what gender they may seem created for. I'm genderfluid and do the same. I also shower once every 1-2 weeks, stopped using shampoo about a year ago and am about to stop using soap on my body, too. We aren't teaching them about property currently and may not ever, choosing to instead describe things as "living with" someone. I'm developing a spirituality with a component I call "radical ignorance," which is essentially a sort of Zen "beginner's mind." It recognizes that ignorance isn't an excuse, but a spiritual reason for doing things, which runs counter to the US's legal reasoning of "ignorance of the law is no excuse for breaking the law." My partner and I are intentionally staying out of the workforce, instead choosing to serve people in our community alongside Uni, which allows both of us to be available so they can have their choice between us. Anytime one of us is choosing to not let them do something without there being a safety issue, the other ideally defaults to helping Uni do what they want. When they get hurt, we bring their attention to the pain and teach them to mindfully experience it while breathing through it. As for the drawbacks, we're currently designing a community anti-adultist homeschool model that focuses on collaboratively learning our needs over what schools typically teach and allowing the students (of age 0-200+) to choose the contexts for learning. So they'll probably have an interesting intergenerational peer group to blow past the world with.