tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post2545015214651332193..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Voice-ActivationAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-34317553590585410792010-11-21T11:11:47.018-05:002010-11-21T11:11:47.018-05:00I had a voice-activated system in the early '7...I had a voice-activated system in the early '70s. We were advised to make some sound to start with--recommended was "A-rodge".Sam L.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-85570080937765293992010-11-18T20:26:57.944-05:002010-11-18T20:26:57.944-05:00Donna B - I have a psychiatrist friend who has dec...Donna B - I have a psychiatrist friend who has decided the most effective method is to skip every other generation of technology. He went from tapes to MP3's, skipping CD's, and will skip whatever's next. I'm thinking along those lines as an alternative to being a communication Luddite.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-39178816617967854332010-11-18T19:38:53.620-05:002010-11-18T19:38:53.620-05:00What I find most annoying is when my cell phone/no...What I find most annoying is when my cell phone/normal phone connection causes me to hear the echo of my own voice. I'll say something, then I'll hear it over the ear-piece a quarter-second later.<br /><br />I've also seen phone which have a 'voice-command' mode. Someone will push a button on their phone, and say 'call Jon', and the phone will dial. Pretty amazing. But I've never used it.karrdehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00205160745963596856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-29276943620060260372010-11-18T18:55:52.052-05:002010-11-18T18:55:52.052-05:00I'm not sure what you mean by "voice-acti...I'm not sure what you mean by "voice-activated phones for conversation" but then I have not even tried to keep up technologically since... oh, about 2003.<br /><br />But maybe I'm familiar with the technology and not the name you used because I know that "delay" well.<br /><br />First experience was with car phones in the 70s, then with patched military phone calls from the children overseas in the 90s. <br /><br />Most recently with VoIP, especially when the call is to someone overseas. My first attempt with that was Louisiana to the UK and I was still on dial-up! It was absolutely hilarious though no actual communication occurred.<br /><br />What I have always absolutely hated and pretty much refused to use is any kind of instant messaging. The "delay" is part of the reason for that, but the main reason is the assumption on the other end that if I'm online I'm "available" to chat.<br /><br />That "availability" factor is why I love caller ID and voicemail, but the worst part of having a cell phone.Donna B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16771075314473811594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-35852995088014942572010-11-18T07:43:01.053-05:002010-11-18T07:43:01.053-05:00Then again, if you are like me and HATE the phone,...Then again, if you are like me and HATE the phone, you could just write emails and comments on blogs...Like my kids, I somewhat prefer texts as if makes it possible to limit conversations of certain types. Of course, if I were separated from my loved ones, instead of living with them, I would value the phone. I do enjoy phone calls from the kid away from college...<br /><br />As to the technology, One thing I LOVE about the smartphones and cellphones generally is that those of us stuck in city streets around people we don't know and don't like being around, can now at least talk to or get messages from the people we actually care about. Cities can be hateful, alienating places. Subway denizens are much happier looking as they troll the net on smartphones than staring into spaceRetrieverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09036341287285545932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-79833924560089978892010-11-18T06:50:16.057-05:002010-11-18T06:50:16.057-05:00If you think that delay is bad, watch what happens...If you think that delay is bad, watch what happens when there is light speed lag of more than 5 seconds and then more than 10 minutes.<br /><br />Speak in. Go back and do something else, X minutes later, get back the response in video/audio.Ymarnoreply@blogger.com