Talk To The Computer

from the i-predict-frustration dept

In what sounds like a horrible plan to me, Ask Jeeves and Nuance have teamed up to allow natural language questions to be asked over the phone. Now, I've played with both company's technologies, and found that both seem not to work more often than they actually work. Putting the two together certainly isn't going to make the technology work any better. Then, once you think of how this is going to be used, there's almost no way that this won't be a disaster. Can you imagine calling up a customer service phone number when you're pissed off that some product doesn't work? Then, the voice recognition misunderstands your question and Ask Jeeves answers a completely different question. If anything this is a tool that is being designed to increase rage in angry consumers.
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  1. identicon
    Lord Jester, 7 Nov 2000 @ 12:46pm

    Re: Talk to the computer

    I don't know, it can't be much worse than calling some of the live M$ tech agents.

    link to this | view in thread ]

  2. identicon
    sanjay, 7 Nov 2000 @ 12:58pm

    Re: Talk to the computer

    Maybe I will get my question answered. Follow the logic here. Normally I type the *right* question and get the *wrong* answer. Now I'll ask the *right* question, it will get interpreted incorrectly and who knows, maybe I'll get the right answer!

    link to this | view in thread ]

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    Anonymous Coward, 27 Nov 2007 @ 8:16am

    dick

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