| Author | Message | ||
| Visconti (Visconti)
New member Username: Visconti Post Number: 291 Registered: 2-2005 |
It's more man than machine now. | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1056 Registered: 9-2010 |
Cyborg? | ||
| Visconti (Visconti)
New member Username: Visconti Post Number: 292 Registered: 2-2005 |
Cyborg? No | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1062 Registered: 9-2010 |
LOL! Very funny, Visconti. So nothing to do with Victor Stone then? Or just not the TV show Teen Titans version? | ||
| Visconti (Visconti)
New member Username: Visconti Post Number: 293 Registered: 2-2005 |
LOL! Very funny, Visconti. So nothing to do with Victor Stone then? Or just not the TV show Teen Titans version? Correct, No to everything so far | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7554 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was it originally a machine? Did it serve a relevant purpose? | ||
| Visconti (Visconti)
New member Username: Visconti Post Number: 294 Registered: 2-2005 |
Was it originally a machine? Yes Did it serve a relevant purpose? Yes | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7556 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is this a common machine? Like a computer? Is artificial intelligence relevant? Robots? | ||
| Visconti (Visconti)
New member Username: Visconti Post Number: 296 Registered: 2-2005 |
Is this a common machine? Like a computer? yes Is artificial intelligence relevant? no Robots? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7560 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is the advent of laptops relevant? The steadily decreasing size of computers? Microchips relevant? Touch-screens? | ||
| Visconti (Visconti)
New member Username: Visconti Post Number: 297 Registered: 2-2005 |
Is the advent of laptops relevant? no The steadily decreasing size of computers? no Microchips relevant? no Touch-screens? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7569 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is the widespread use of computers relevant? And that it's spreading farther? Does this apply to all computers? Laptops? Desktops? Macs? PCs? | ||
| Visconti (Visconti)
New member Username: Visconti Post Number: 298 Registered: 2-2005 |
Is the widespread use of computers relevant? no And that it's spreading farther? no Does this apply to all computers? dont think so Laptops? yes Desktops? yes Macs? yes PCs? don't think so. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7572 Registered: 4-2010 |
Speed relevant? Memory? | ||
| Visconti (Visconti)
New member Username: Visconti Post Number: 299 Registered: 2-2005 |
Speed relevant? no Memory? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7576 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is any particular part of the computer more relevant than the rest? Or is the computer as a whole relevant? | ||
| Visconti (Visconti)
New member Username: Visconti Post Number: 301 Registered: 2-2005 |
Is any particular part of the computer more relevant than the rest? if you mean part=keyboard vs the monitor vs a video card or something, then no Or is the computer as a whole relevant? yes | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7580 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is the length of time people spend online relevant? Social networking? The Internet? This forum? | ||
| Visconti (Visconti)
New member Username: Visconti Post Number: 304 Registered: 2-2005 |
Is the length of time people spend online relevant? Social networking? The Internet? This forum? no to all | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7582 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is the size of the computer relevant? How thin it is? | ||
| Visconti (Visconti)
New member Username: Visconti Post Number: 305 Registered: 2-2005 |
Is the size of the computer relevant? no How thin it is? no Correnting a potential FA: I think my answer of 'yes' to the 'computer as a whole' question might be misleading. It's more about what the computer does than it's physical apperance. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7585 Registered: 4-2010 |
The computer...allows information to be accessed faster? | ||
| Visconti (Visconti)
New member Username: Visconti Post Number: 306 Registered: 2-2005 |
The computer...allows information to be accessed faster? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7598 Registered: 4-2010 |
Relevant what older computers could do? Newer ones? | ||
| Visconti (Visconti)
New member Username: Visconti Post Number: 307 Registered: 2-2005 |
Relevant what older computers could do? Newer ones? this | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7609 Registered: 4-2010 |
Communication relevant? E-mail? | ||
| Visconti (Visconti)
New member Username: Visconti Post Number: 308 Registered: 2-2005 |
Communication relevant? forgot what the latpuzzle shorthand is for this, but what is your definition of 'communication'? try reasking, but you're starting down the right track I believe... E-mail? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7620 Registered: 4-2010 |
Instant messaging? Skype? Chatrooms? Verbal communication? Or visual? Communication with people you know? Famous people? Twitter (blegh) relevant? I believe the acronym you are seeking is "DOYD". | ||
| Visconti (Visconti)
New member Username: Visconti Post Number: 309 Registered: 2-2005 |
Instant messaging? Skype? Chatrooms? Verbal communication? Yope Or visual? Communication with people you know? Famous people? Twitter (blegh) relevant? no to all except the Yope I believe the acronym you are seeking is "DOYD". ty | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7624 Registered: 4-2010 |
Voice editing relevant? Autotune? | ||
| Eli (Eli)
New member Username: Eli Post Number: 1509 Registered: 11-2003 |
PDAs relevant? Smart phones? | ||
| Visconti (Visconti)
New member Username: Visconti Post Number: 310 Registered: 2-2005 |
Voice editing relevant? close, but still have to say 'no' Autotune? no PDAs relevant? no Smart phones? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7629 Registered: 4-2010 |
Voice recognition software? Voice-activated computers? | ||
| Visconti (Visconti)
New member Username: Visconti Post Number: 311 Registered: 2-2005 |
Voice recognition software? on the right track, but still 'no' Voice-activated computers? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7638 Registered: 4-2010 |
Voice-controlled computers? | ||
| Visconti (Visconti)
New member Username: Visconti Post Number: 312 Registered: 2-2005 |
Voice-controlled computers? no | ||
| Visconti (Visconti)
New member Username: Visconti Post Number: 313 Registered: 2-2005 |
I think my 'on the right track's have been confusing. hint: there no microphone involved at all. it's something that i found out while using my computer the other night. kind of freaked me out, made me think 'this is more man than machine now'. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7643 Registered: 4-2010 |
Audio recordings? | ||
| Visconti (Visconti)
New member Username: Visconti Post Number: 314 Registered: 2-2005 |
Audio recordings? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7648 Registered: 4-2010 |
iTunes relevant? With the whole "recommendations" idea? | ||
| Visconti (Visconti)
New member Username: Visconti Post Number: 315 Registered: 2-2005 |
iTunes relevant? no With the whole "recommendations" idea? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7660 Registered: 4-2010 |
The audio relevant - is it spoken voices? Music? | ||
| Visconti (Visconti)
New member Username: Visconti Post Number: 317 Registered: 2-2005 |
The audio relevant - is it spoken voices? this Music? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7667 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is it a radio show? Some dramatic performance? | ||
| Visconti (Visconti)
New member Username: Visconti Post Number: 318 Registered: 2-2005 |
Is it a radio show? no Some dramatic performance? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7700 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is it more than one voice? Could you please recap? | ||
| Visconti (Visconti)
New member Username: Visconti Post Number: 319 Registered: 2-2005 |
Is it more than one voice? no Could you please recap? Sure. The other night I sat down at my computer. I did some work on it, and something that involves audio happened and made me think "whoa, this is acting more human than before". I was not recording my voice, nor was I doing any audio or video editing or anything like that. There's nothing special on the computer (no piano keyboard, etc), and I think what happend would only occur on Mac laptops and desktops. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7704 Registered: 4-2010 |
Talking dictionaries? | ||
| Visconti (Visconti)
New member Username: Visconti Post Number: 322 Registered: 2-2005 |
Talking dictionaries? Close! ...but still no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7714 Registered: 4-2010 |
Some feature of the computer which talks back to the user? | ||
| Visconti (Visconti)
New member Username: Visconti Post Number: 326 Registered: 2-2005 |
Some feature of the computer which talks back to the user? Yes. | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1137 Registered: 9-2010 |
Is it like a "screen reader" for the visually impaired? | ||
| Visconti (Visconti)
New member Username: Visconti Post Number: 328 Registered: 2-2005 |
Is it like a "screen reader" for the visually impaired? I wasn't using it like that, but yes, it reads text allowed. What made me think 'this is acting more human before'? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7725 Registered: 4-2010 |
Does the computer read the text back without a prompt? | ||
| Visconti (Visconti)
New member Username: Visconti Post Number: 329 Registered: 2-2005 |
Does the computer read the text back without a prompt? no, you highlight the words and choose for it to speak. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7727 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is it able to determine homonyms correctly? Or does it mistake them? | ||
| Visconti (Visconti)
New member Username: Visconti Post Number: 330 Registered: 2-2005 |
Is it able to determine homonyms correctly? maybe, but not what i was thinking Or does it mistake them? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7731 Registered: 4-2010 |
Does it speak in less of a robotic voice than before? | ||
| Visconti (Visconti)
New member Username: Visconti Post Number: 332 Registered: 2-2005 |
Does it speak in less of a robotic voice than before? yes, so close, but it also did something else... c'mon, Balin, put this one to bed. Look the title of the puzzle, capitalize the "P" | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7737 Registered: 4-2010 |
Does it do verbal spell-checking? Grammar-checking? Is it acting like a grammar Nazi? | ||
| Visconti (Visconti)
New member Username: Visconti Post Number: 334 Registered: 2-2005 |
Does it do verbal spell-checking? Grammar-checking? Is it acting like a grammar Nazi? none of these | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7740 Registered: 4-2010 |
Does it speak in a recognizable human voice? Like the voice of a famous person? | ||
| Visconti (Visconti)
New member Username: Visconti Post Number: 335 Registered: 2-2005 |
Does it speak in a recognizable human voice? no Like the voice of a famous person? no | ||
| Visconti (Visconti)
New member Username: Visconti Post Number: 338 Registered: 2-2005 |
to previous questions: the voice is a lot more human than it used to be… for one reason… | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7774 Registered: 4-2010 |
Does an actual human record the voices now? | ||
| Visconti (Visconti)
New member Username: Visconti Post Number: 340 Registered: 2-2005 |
Does an actual human record the voices now? No, it's still a digitized algorithm of some sort that speaks the voices, but something has changed in the programming to make it sound more human. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7787 Registered: 4-2010 |
Does the change in programming affect anything other than the voice? Does it read the text as a whole rather than each individual word? Making it sound more natural? | ||
| Visconti (Visconti)
New member Username: Visconti Post Number: 343 Registered: 2-2005 |
Does the change in programming affect anything other than the voice? yes Does it read the text as a whole rather than each individual word? no Making it sound more natural? No | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7815 Registered: 4-2010 |
Does the programming change affect the speed at which the text is read? Does it go slower? Faster? Does it sound clearer? Jumbled? | ||
| Visconti (Visconti)
New member Username: Visconti Post Number: 345 Registered: 2-2005 |
Does the programming change affect the speed at which the text is read? Does it go slower? Faster? Does it sound clearer? Jumbled? all great questions, but none of these Where's all the other help on this? It's really not a technical 'answer' to this. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7822 Registered: 4-2010 |
Does the programming change the tone of the voice? Does the voice sound more masculine? More feminine? | ||
| Visconti (Visconti)
New member Username: Visconti Post Number: 346 Registered: 2-2005 |
Does the programming change the tone of the voice? Does the voice sound more masculine? More feminine? None of these | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7832 Registered: 4-2010 |
Does the voice use inflection? For punctuation? Is the voice in a certain accent? | ||
| Visconti (Visconti)
New member Username: Visconti Post Number: 349 Registered: 2-2005 |
Does the voice use inflection? For punctuation? it uses punctuation as a trigger for something Is the voice in a certain accent? none of these, hint: it has nothing to do with the voice, per se. for example, it pronounces the word "hello" as it always has. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7840 Registered: 4-2010 |
Does it stop at punctuation? To actually make a sentence? Rather than continuing onwards? | ||
| Visconti (Visconti)
New member Username: Visconti Post Number: 350 Registered: 2-2005 |
Does it stop at punctuation? To actually make a sentence? Rather than continuing onwards? It will speak a full sentence and use punctuation (pauses, etc) like before, but there's one key thing it does now that it didn't do before. What it does makes it sound more human. Seem to be going in circles here, want a $poiler hint or do you want to press on? Where's you're help? Someone seeing this with a fresh set of eyes will likely get it, I think you're just stuck. | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1985 Registered: 7-2009 |
Does it pause for a breath now and then? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 908 Registered: 9-2009 |
Does it imitate laughter, coughing, anything like that? | ||
| Visconti (Visconti)
New member Username: Visconti Post Number: 351 Registered: 2-2005 |
Does it pause for a breath now and then? YES! Does it imitate laughter, coughing, anything like that? *********** SPOILER **************** I was working on my resume the other day and wanted to hear what it sounded like, so I read it aloud to myself. But then I realized if I highlighted the text there was a Speech option. After listening to it, I noticed it sounded a lot more realistic than I rememebered text-to-speech used to sound. I had to listen to it a few times before I realized that the 'computer' was stopping to take an audible breath. If its reading a few sentences, and one sentence is long, it will take a bigger breath. Or if it anticipates a long sentence coming up, it will take a big breath before reading the sentence. It's really quite odd, but makes it sound a lot more human. From Apple's website: Alex (the name they gave the new speech) sounds just like the rest of us Thanks to Apple's new speech technology, Alex’s voice more closely matches the nuances of human speech, so you can more easily understand the meaning of longer text passages in books, articles, and news stories. In fact, when Alex speaks a long passage, you’ll even hear him breathe. Apple built human lung capacity and human sentence parsing into its speech synthesizer, so Alex would sound more like us when he speaks. The synthesizer inserts a breath based on a variety of factors: appropriateness, the structure of the text being read, the time since the last breath, and the time until Alex finishes speaking. Thanks for playing everyone, especially Balin who drove this thing most of the way. I knew someone would swoop in at the end. Oh, and the title, "The police were on to something," was in refrence to the band The Police's song "Every Breath You Take" | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7901 Registered: 4-2010 |
...and now that song is stuck in my head. Great puzzle - that's a clever technological idea! | ||
| Visconti (Visconti)
New member Username: Visconti Post Number: 352 Registered: 2-2005 |
When I read about it online, the phrase "Apple built human lung capacity..." kind of gave me chills. |
