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I have used it a lot, and I love it, but it's very limited with regards to which situations it's useful in. It's way too sensitive to sound, so it stops way to
by jtrn 2y ago
I have used it a lot, and I love it, but it's very limited with regards to which situations it's useful in. It's way too sensitive to sound, so it stops way to often when answering; if there is noise in the room (as there often is in a shop).
It's also often not useful because it's more work to spell out every other thing that dictation is not good for.
For instance, If i want to ask
"What does the ICD-10 code for F320 stand for?", it might transcribe it as
"What does IceDen code for F3. 120. stand for?"
When I have to start messing around with the keyboard anyways, it's double slow compared to just typing on a physical keyboard.
Many times when I need input, the thing in question is a technical term. This is as true in psychology as in coding. So it must have a way to correctly understand the uncommon terms, for instance, a predictable way to spell out or ask for clarification. Same with regards to coding terms. What is the chance that it correctly understands?"Explain #include <stdio.h> syntax"?
That said, it's awesome as long as the question uses common and predictable words. It's just surprising how often it uses uncommon terms. Thus, it's awesome, but limited. The best use case is when I think of a topic while walking the dog that I want more information on. Then I can have a cool conversation with it while walking.
On another note: It went completely off the rails for me a month ago and stopped giving useful information after it created a memory that I "want short, concise, factual, and to-the-point responses," which is true, but it went from informative to almost giving me the silent treatment and answering show short that it was useless. I feel it never got completely back to normal after removing that memory.