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3 edits | The clueless unite There are plenty of us that actually DO have Internet connected systems in our vehicles. For example, I have a carPC in my vehicle with an always-on EVDO broadband connection. Do I read my email as I am driving? NO, the artificial intelligence software I have installed in my carPC reads it to me along with reports of real time traffic conditions, weather, and news. I don’t even need to look away from the road to find Internet based information about a business or individual, I simply ask the AI for it using voice command, it finds the info on the net and reads the results to me. If I want to hear a specific song, I just "tell" the AI to play it, therefore I am a much safer driver than you are fumbling with your CD's or radio knobs.
So stop all this sky is falling, this is going to be the death of everyone paranoia, since if that is your opinion you obviously do not have the first clue about this technology, and your just making yourself look like a stupid fool. | |
Zach 58Premium
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NW Minnesota | said by id_deleted:There are plenty of us that actually DO have Internet connected systems in our vehicles. For example, I have a carPC in my vehicle with an always-on EVDO broadband connection. Do I read my email as I am driving? NO, the artificial intelligence software I have installed in my carPC reads it to me along with reports of real time traffic conditions, weather, and news. I don’t even need to look away from the road to find Internet based information about a business or individual, I simply ask the AI for it using voice command, it finds the info on the net and reads the results to me. If I want to hear a specific song, I just "tell" the AI to play it, therefore I am a much safer driver than you are fumbling with your CD's or radio knobs. So stop all this sky is falling, this is going to be the death of everyone paranoia, since if that is your opinion you obviously do not have the first clue about this technology, and your just making yourself look like a stupid fool. I suppose if you had gone through the experience of loosing a loved one who was involved in an accident caused by an on-coming driver sending a text message, you might have a slightly different viewpoint on the subject. In a perfect world, people would use the technology in the responsible manor you are. The fact of the matter is, people do not and that affects everyone sharing the highway. The moron who couldn't handle using the mobile technology in a responsible fashion got a $150.00 ticket. My wife got a funeral and a casket. On that Fall day in 2005 my sky fell. | |
4 edits | I am truly sorry for your loss.
What I am saying is that instead of criticizing something that we are not familiar with, we should try to promote technology that provides safe mobile Internet access. If we did that initially with cell phones instead of waiting for years until hands free laws finally came into being, a lot of needless loss of life could have been prevented.
It goes without saying that if the driver of the other car in your circumstance had the same system I use, they would have likely just dictated the message to the AI and it would have been sent as a text message without the driver ever having to look anywhere but the road. Voice dictation still has a ways to go before it will work flawlessly in a noisy vehicle environment, but voice command works quite well, and microphone technology is also improving every day.
We need to demand that Microsoft and other software monopolies increase their research of voice control technology, and release their results freely to the public rather than hording it for their own profits; Its rapidily becoming a matter of public safety now.
It's been over two decades since voice computer interfacing was first developed and all we really have to show for it is Vista's SAPI 5.3, which is barely any better than its junk predecessor. The voice interface technology that Microsoft sold to Ford for their SYNC system is so much better than Vista’s SAPI it would make you sick, and they all but waste it on a stupid head unit control interface. If it were not for Microsoft’s careless greed, we would all be using voice to control our computers by now. | |
Zach 58Premium
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NW Minnesota | said by id_deleted:I am sorry for your loss, but it could have just as easily have been a drunk driver that caused it. What I am saying is that instead of criticizing something that you are not familiar with, we should try to promote technology that provides safe mobile Internet access. If we did that initially with cell phones instead of waiting for years until hands free laws finally came into being, a lot of needless loss of life could have been prevented. It goes without saying that if the driver of the other car in your circumstance had the same system I use, they would have likely just dictated the message to the AI and it would have been sent as a text message without the driver ever having to look anywhere but the road. We need to demand that Microsoft and other software monopolies increase their research of voice control technology, and release their results freely to the public rather than hording it for their own profits; Its rapidily becoming a matter of public safety now. It's been over a decade since voice computer interfacing was first developed and all we really have to show for it is Vista's SAPI 5.3, which is barely any better than its junk predecessor. The voice interface technology that Microsoft sold to Ford for their SYNC system is much better than Vista’s SAPI. If it were not for Microsoft’s careless greed, we would all be using voice to control our computers by now. I don't believe I was criticizing the technology. In fact I understand it, use it and feel quite the contrary. I agree with your entire quoted post. The problem, as I see it, lies with the human inability to make the proper judgement calls as to when it's OK to multitask driving with other tasks and when it's not. Some can multitask quite nicely and others run into you at Wal-Mart while jabbering on their Bluetooth enabled phone. Of course, in the end, what's going to happen is going to happen no matter what you or I think making this entire conversation moot.  | |
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