Re: Child of the 22nd century

["Nick Broughton" <nick.broughton@xxxxxxx>]

I've been playing with the voice recognition in HomeSeer.  My daughter
(also
3) watched me telling 'the man in the computer' to turn the garage lights
on.  Every time I go near my PC now, she reminds me of this,  'Mr Man in
the
computer, turn the garage lights on, please' she says.

She hasn't caused any public problems, yet!

Talking of VR and bearing in mind the recent thread on using radio mikes,
am
I alone in thinking that the same principle used with a Bluetooth device is
about to bring the Star Trek comm. badge very close, and what if it were
combined with 'Digital Angel'.  Very scary!!!!

----- Original Message -----
From: <I.Bird@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 1:27 PM
Subject: [ukha_d] Child of the 22nd century


> My daughter (3) had everyone at her nursery in fits of laughter the
other
> day. Our kitchen lights are controlled by a motion sensor and my
daughter
> stands in the middle of the kitchen, jumps up and down and yells
"lights
> on"!
>
> Well, the other day she was asked to put on the nursery room lights.
Much
to
> the amazement of the staff and kids she stood up, jumped up and down
and
> yelled "lights on" at the top of her voice. We had a little
explaining to
do
> when we picked her up.
>
> She has also started doing this at home with other rooms as well as
things
> like the TV. Some of these are automated, others aren't. This is
probably
a
> good reason NOT to have voice recognition.
>
> I am sure we have plenty of embarassing moments and a few laughs ahead
of
> us.
>
> Ian
>
>
>
>
>


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