Voice recognition love or loathe ?

[ShadowPaladin V1.0]

Storytime

 

We are playing Xmen II this moring and now we are in the 20's we have all these powers but still only 4 face buttons on the controller.

 

Then I started thinking about Nintendogs, you can train the dog with upto 14 different tricks and they respond based on your voice alone, no having to cycle through commands to get to the one you want (which is probably on the wrong button anyway).

 

Now granted the recognition software in the DS isnt perfect but if it can handle Nintendogs, then more refined software should be able to handle anything which involves spoken voice commands. I'm actually aware of something to this effect, but not allowed to say

 

Anyways, think of areas where voice commands could replace having to cycle through multiple menu layers and or the need to only choose a small selection of commands because the controller dosnt have enough buttons. Also think of how much less clunky it will be to say "fireball" rather than have to dig through to find it.

[Judge Hades]

I think it would be to wierd. It would be too much like LARP screaming "FIREBALL! FIREBALL! FIREBALL!"

 

Also I can type multiple commands and use a mouse a lot faster than actually talking in a game.

[mkreku]

I would love it! There's a game called Singstar on the PS2, where you actually compete against each other to see who can sing the least false. It's not quite the same (not at all really), but it has made me see the fun in using your voice in games. It really enhances the gameplay.

 

Voice recognition is also used in Mario Sunshine on the Gamecube, where there's a minigame where one player uses his voice to try to topple the other players down from platforms. Each platform has a picture of a fruit on it, and every time the voice master screams a fruit, the other players have to try and find platform that do NOT have that fruit on them, because the plaforms with the shouted fruit on them disappear. It works, although it is a lot more fun to yell anything ("BALLOON!!" "STEAK!!" "MERCEDES!!") because then noone knows which platform will disappear

 

Edit: Typos. Lots and lots of typos. I even had to edit a typo in this edit text

Edited October 16, 2005 by mkreku

[Weiser_Cain]

Sure, casting all my spells is a pain in NWN.

[Guest Fishboot]

It seems like the kind of thing I'll dig a few generations from now, but I don't particularly want to beta test it.

[Calax]

I would really find it funny if people started screaming at their computer "MAGIC MISSLE! NO NOT MAGIC FLOWERS MAGIC MISSILE! D'OH!"

[ShadowPaladin V1.0]

I would really find it funny if people started screaming at their computer "MAGIC MISSLE! NO NOT MAGIC FLOWERS MAGIC MISSILE! D'OH!"

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Substitute roll over and sit for those and thats me screaming at a Nintendog.

[Petay]

Sounds like it could be quite fun, but i don't think i'd play a game which needs me to shout at it, i think it would get very confused with all the shouting i do anyway when playing games .

[><FISH'>]

Doubt it will happen anytime in the near future, but give it another decade and this could be pretty succesful.

[ShadowPaladin V1.0]

Doubt it will happen anytime in the near future, but give it another decade and this could be pretty succesful.

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I'd expect something from Nintendo this generation. The rev controller can take a mic in it's accessory socket (as well as a bunch of other stuff, you probably saw the analogue controller already).

 

Given the success of Nintendogs and the fact that the revs controller can act much like a stylus (or more accurately a laser pointer) the mechanics for Nintendogs Revolution are already there.

 

Oh and I swear this is just me speculating it has nothing to do with the thing I couldnt mention.

[Hurlshort]

It's just a very inaccurate technology right now. It's expensive to do it well, and it will never be as responsive as a keyboard and mouse...or even a gamepad.

 

FIREBALL!

[Tigranes]

Error: Command "Fireball" had no designated target. Current hostile targets within your range are:

 

hobgoblin_1

hobgoblin_2

hobgoblin_3

hobgoblin_4

hobgoblin_5

hobgoblin_6

 

Alternatively, you could yell the x/y co-ordinates of the spot you wish to target your command.

[Guest Lawman]

I would really find it funny if people started screaming at their computer "MAGIC MISSLE! NO NOT MAGIC FLOWERS MAGIC MISSILE! D'OH!"

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So true

[Calax]

Perhaps they will say back "do you want fries with that Mcmagic meal?"

[Atreides]

Sounds likely in the future. Even in single player (multi is a nobrainer - communication with others), you free you up your hands to perform other things - maybe targeting your effects.

 

I think the tech is a bit expensive and maybe not as reliable/accurate to make this feasible but it's only a matter of time I think. In Japan I think they're trying to develop a voice-activated game where you can teach a virtual kid grammar etc. From the description the program chops up your sylables and reproduces them in the character's voice while assigning meaning I'm guessing.

 

Btw Hades, nobody will have to stretch their imagination too far to picture you larping. You should really try out Sailor Moon cosplaying with the pink mace. Screaming FIREBALL FIREBALL FIREBALL. That'll be the end of errant customers.

Edited October 17, 2005 by Atreides

[Oerwinde]

Reminds me too much of Anime where everyone announces their attacks before performing them.

[kalimeeri]

Could be quite entertaining, actually. I was using one of the better VR programs with my word processor, and every time the dog barked or the clock chimed, it typed something. Let the fun begin!

[Azarkon]

Voice-recognition is likely still a bit off.

 

But ventrilo & the like are starting to become standards *now*, at least in online competitive games like FPS's, Guild Wars, and WoW. The competitive edge of being able to communicate while your hands are tied makes it necessary, though oft times it does take away from the feeling of immersion (since the human voices do not match the world/characters...)

[ShadowPaladin V1.0]

though oft times it does take away from the feeling of immersion (since the human voices do not match the world/characters...)

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Ain't that the truth Still it does stop people crossdressing.

[Calax]

Titanic Elf Priest:10 year old boys voice:"Ok I'm going to cast heal on you now!"

itty bitty gnome:James Earl Jones:"For the glory of the Gnomish race!"

[Azarkon]

The worst part comes when you pair a Cute Elf Sorceress avatar with the guttural growl of a overweight male in his thirties...

[Gabrielle]

The worst part comes when you pair a Cute Elf Sorceress avatar with the guttural growl of a overweight male in his thirties...

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Ewww

[Calax]

The worst part comes when you pair a Cute Elf Sorceress avatar with the guttural growl of a overweight male in his thirties...

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Ewww

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And yet it's so true...

[Qazplm]

Voice recognition could be intresting think abut how usefull it could be. But it whould be hard to play if there is a lot of sound in your area.

[ShadowPaladin V1.0]

That is true, although you can set the mic sensitivity Nintendogs isnt the easiest thing to play when there is background noise. Although the mic/headphone attachment will mitigate this somewhat.