DocAndersen
I saw a great article from the New York Times on the changes coming in technology over the near term. One of the things that were noted was the rising reality of embedded. Embedded can mean a couple of different things. The first is it represents the operating system that is “small” and embedded into either the actual chips or a small device. The other part of embedded is taking functionality from one technology and embedding it in another. Many years ago, Ford and Microsoft created a voice-enabled system for Ford Cars. Now, I won’t say that was a game changer, rather that was more of a new paradigm. Now you can get Siri in your car (Carplay) and Alexa in your car.
The expansion of technologies in your car brings up a very interesting situation. First, voice control doesn’t work that well. It is reasonable, but not her effective. My wife has a Toyota Rav4, and honestly, the voice control in her car is horrible. By horrible I mean we tried to enter an address using the voice control system six times. It failed all 6. We ended up using y wife’s phone to arrive. The difference between the car GPS and my wife’s GPS is about 40 seconds. As in the GPS starts reminding you to turn about 30 seconds before you get to the intersection. (right turn ahead in 200 feet). <y wife, normally says either “turn now” as we are halfway through the intersection or, you should have turned two blocks back.
Cars are not ideal environments for voice control. I also use speakers in my office, where the noise is controlled, and the voice control system works well. The evolution of embedded voice systems in other solutions is interesting. Part over time of the value of a voice-activated the system, in theory, is the reality of Artificial Intelligence. Where the voice-activated device can learn your preferences. Now, if you think about that, the risk there is you lose privacy. It has been noted that Amazon may have people listening to Alexa conversations to learn use patterns. That is sad and invasion of privacy. I suspect the same is true for Siri and Alexa, Bixby, Cortana and Google Home as well. Listening to better help you also take a little bit of your privacy with it.
Embedded voice systems can be a risk.
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have you ever tried voice control in a car to enter an address?
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This is sophisticated technology beyond my knowledge but very interesting
it is interesting, they are embedding voice control in more and more things.
Q: have you ever tried voice control in a car to enter an address?
Yes (5 votes) – 45%
No (6 votes) – 55%
a lot of things have to happen before the device can even begin to attempt to translate voice to phonetics, let alone parse the command…
yes, but not as long as you think. The rise of translation hardware begins the process of breaking language into the phonemes. then it is a short step to full natural language search.
before it does any of that, it has to filter out background noise…
Let me start by saying, I can’t reply to this.
Let me just say, wait.
I am sorry if I’ve preempted a future topic…
no, just that I have knowledge about this that cannot be publically shared at this time.
you’re under NDA? then I most certainly hope you will make it a future topic when the agreement expires…
I will PM you when I am able to publish it, you have my word.
looking forward to it. voice recognition is an important technology that we need for the cool future…
I’ve tried it, but if I say right, I’m not happy. She has already rolled me on the wrong path.
It is a frustrating situation. I know there are many times I would rather get the paper map!
The few times I tried voice control GPS, I found myself arguing with the voice! 🙂
My wife used to make fun of me for doing just that (arguing with the GPS)
I prefer a phone or a stand-alone GPS. These devices prefer me. No sound. Doc I know this technology.?????
It is a brave new world – thanks!!!
I practice that I have a voice sound in the navigation excluded because it is actually misleading …. 300m before the crossroads I absorb it to turn left so it just confuses you
I know my wife and I were frustrated.
The car is still going … you know how you feel when you get on the wrong way by bus full of people and, if possible, you do not have yet to turn around
I traveled for many years. That feeling is one I felt any times. When you land and have no idea where you are. I traveled a lot before and after GPS systems. At least with the GPS system, I got near where I was going.
I still use classic car cards … they are the most reliable … when I get to the vicinity of the place, I turn on the GPS … in the cities it works well
There is a rule in Boating. Electronics work until you need them! So we have paper and physical maps in both the boat and cars!!!!
Every AI enhanced gadget we use learns from our behavior, like our phones, tablets, computing devices, personal assistants etc. We have sacrificed privacy long ago at the altar of convenience.
That is a very valid point…
No i did not , I only used google voice technology
Google’s voice is pretty cool…
My cousin drives a CRV (model next to top of the line). It is a cool car but the GPS does not work as well as the cellphone’s. So, I get your observation.
And as to listening, don’t they all do that? ??
I hope they do not all listen.
Cars drive me nuts when it comes to GPS.
I use a lot of voice technology, in one of my “jobs” I train people who are blind how to access to use computer programs for their workplace. It can be challenged to talk to the computer listen to the computer in one ear and a customer in the other, and mute to talk to the computer.
I am often scatter brain at the end of the day.
I suspect I would lose my mind, but then again I don’t do well listening to two things at once.
My mind has been gone for ages.
according to the twins that live with me, I lost mine before they were born.