How far off from the “Star Trek” scenario, where Scotty can start talking and the computer recognises him?
The “Star Trek” level simplicity was just a little bit on the odd side. Their computer could figure out when you were talking to it and when someone was talking to the others. That’s a little far-fetched. Right now, we have a number of key elements in place, and speech recognition engines are getting very good at well-defined tasks. A lot depends on your belief about how people want to interact with computers. For instance? If you’re a good typist, you can type faster than you can talk. And you are more precise when you type than when you speak. What you’ll probably see is speech talking a role in settings where it’s appropriate, such as in specialised situations where people are interested in using speech–such as with a tablet computer, where there is no keyboard. If someone’s a good typist, there’s no reason to use speech unless there’s something wrong with their hands. In five to seven years, this will happen. But people will use the interface that makes sense for them.
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