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Voice Recognition for WAP Shopping

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from the cool,-but-is-it-really-needed dept

Mon, Apr 17th 2000 12:35pm — Mike Masnick
People who know me know that I really am quite obsessed with gadgets and new technologies. So, why do I feel like such a Luddite when it comes to things like the following? A company is launching voice recognition for WAP systems. This way people can buy stuff from their phones using their voice, rather than having to put in a credit card and/or pin number. I'm still confused as to how much shopping is going to be done over cell phones or handheld devices. It really doesn't seem like that big a market to me. I'll admit the idea is cool, and I'm sure will be useful in some areas, but I doubt that it's going to be common place for people to do their grocery shopping while walking down the street on their mobile phones...
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    Mr.White, 17 Apr 2000 @ 12:45pm

    Sorry.........NO

    I shop over the internet and in brick stores. Why a phone? I guess if you NEEDED a product, and could not get to a www or the store, how is this different then mail order? Sure technology is involved, but it does not help THAT much.

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    ScooterBoy, 18 Apr 2000 @ 10:41am

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    I've seen this voice stuff in action, and it's actually pretty cool.. They've got the systems good enough so that it understands basic conversational terms. I think the idea is to guide the conversation so that there are only a few possible voice answers. Anyway, at the very least, it will get rid of those annoying "press 1 for ..." menus..

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