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- Microsoft Recite: pointless, tiresome, plain awful
- Microsoft Recite: pointless, tiresome, plain awfulYou sound troubled> Maybe it doesn?t understand my British accent,Most of the reviews I've read of Recite have been mildy postive. My guess is it does have trouble with your accent but following that with "regardless of such, it doesn?t work." Doesn't make sense. More...
- Discussion threads 2009-03-06
- Microsoft Recite: pointless, tiresome, plain awful
- It's about time I wrote a ranting Friday post. I've been taking a look at the Microsoft Recite beta program, which is meant to help you record, search, and retrieve mental notes and reminders using speech. The problem there is the key word: "meant". After using this...
- Blog posts 2009-03-06
- Cleverhead Learn Numbers 3.0 (Windows)
- If you study a foreign language and want to use it in everyday situations, you need to learn numbers. Learn Numbers is a software tool which helps you learn and practice foreign numbers in a quick and efficient way. You will greatly improve your listening ability, pronunciation and fluency by...
- Software downloads 2009-02-26
- 'Fish' = 'Sex'? iPhone can't understand British accent
- 'Fish' = 'Sex'? iPhone can't understand British accentMakes sense I approximateSince Apple has a business agreement on the iPhone with AT&T for now.Who's having sex with Einstein in the kitchen sink?Blimey.........! :DRE: 'Fish' = 'Sex'? iPhone can't understand British accentI dread to think what it'd do with my accent. I'm...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-19
- 'Fish' = 'Sex'? iPhone can't understand British accent
- The new voice-recognition search tool for the iPhone has problems understanding British accents, leading to some bizarre answers to spoken queries, according to a report by Agence France Presse. The free application, which allows iPhone owners to use the Google search engine with their voice, mistook the...
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- Collection of tongue-twisters for Palm OS 6.0 (Mobile)
- Has a friend ever challenged you to try a tongue twister? You know what tongue twisters are: those crazy phrases that tie your tongue in knots when you say them ten-times-fast and make whoever's listening collapse with laughter. Next time someone suggests you say one, be prepared with one to...
- Software downloads 2008-09-19
- Have you had difficulty understanding offshored Vonage support reps?
- Have you had difficulty understanding offshored Vonage support reps?To answer your questions - Yes, Yes, Maybe.1. Yes, I've had difficulty understanding some of Vonage's tier 1 support personnel.2. Yes, I'd like to see tier 1 support brought back to the US.3. Maybe I'd pay $5 more per month for Vonage...
- Discussion threads 2008-02-26
- Microsoft Mobile Memory Mouse 8000
- While Microsoft isn't usually the first brand name that springs to mind when you think of computer hardware (software's another story), the tech giant wants to be your peripheral provider of choice, offering a variety of mice, Webcams, and keyboards. Microsoft has a handful of new laptop mice, including the...
- Product reviews 2007-09-21
- Call centers put accent on speech recognition
- Call centers put accent on speech recognitioncall centerspersonally I am tired of speaking to people that speak english,but their accent makes it impossible to understand.Then thet get irrate when you ask for a representative who can speak english that can be understood.I guess another price we pay for our global...
- Discussion threads 2007-08-23
- Type International Characters 2 (Windows)
- Type International Characters foreign text made easyType International Characters is a useful taskbar icon that allows quick access to hard-to-find non-English letters. No more wrestling with unwieldy shortcuts to accents, or impossible to find umlauts and circumflexes. Upgrade your character map. Features Allows you to type non-standard letters with ease....
- Software downloads 2006-06-23
- Dirk's Metronome 1 (Windows)
- Free metronome plays tick tack sounds accurately indicating the measure and its accents in the desired tempo. The tempo is configurable from 40 to 160 beats per minute. The following measure types are supported: 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 5/4 en 6/8.
- Software downloads 2006-06-08
- Collection of tongue-twisters for Palm OS 1.0 (Mobile)
- Has a friend ever challenged you to try a tongue twister? You know what tongue twisters are: those crazy phrases that tie your tongue in knots when you say them ten-times-fast and make whoever''s listening collapse with laughter. Next time someone suggests you say one, be prepared with one to...
- Software downloads 2005-05-26
- Dell 'learns lesson' from Indian call center chaos
- Dell 'learns lesson' from Indian call center chaosThe biggest problem with Indian tech supportI'm not saying this to be xenophobic, but my biggest problem with outsourcing to India is understanding them through their accents. My hearing isn't all that good (too much listening to Pink Floyd in headphones at the...
- Discussion threads 2004-03-31
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- Vizio VO320E
- Photo gallery: Vizio VO320EVizio chose to adorn its VO320E 32-inch LCD with claims of environmental consciousness, saying the little set exceeds Energy Star guidelines by 15 percent. But that's not a very high standard, and according to our tests the Vizio, while definitely no power hog, sips just...
- Product reviews 2009-11-16
- Accent Composer 2.01 (Windows)
- Accent Composer simplifies the process of entering accented characters and other symbols into any Windows program. It lets you enter any character, in any program, with an easy-to-remember sequence of keystrokes. To create an accented character simply press the designated 'Compose' key (the right-hand Alt key by default), then press...
- Software downloads 2009-11-13
- Microsoft bracing for malware attacks from embedded fonts
- Not too worried here......Been using group policy for a long time with font downloads always being disabled for all users on my network. I am patching no doubt, but much less concerned knowing I have always had this blocked. I'm coveredno windoze , no threat.Again with the fear...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-12
- NBA Live 10.1.18 (Mobile)
- With real NBA rosters, you can dominate the game as Dwight Howard and other NBA ALL-Stars. Or unlock legends from favorite NBA teams like the Lakers, Celtics, Sixers, and more. Match up all 30 NBA teams in the new 82-game Season Mode. Play a casual game in Exhibition Mode, or...
- Software downloads 2009-11-12
- Sony KDL-46VE5
- Photo gallery: Sony KDL-VE5 seriesIn case you haven't noticed, "green" is big business. One way for HDTV makers to cash in on the public's craving for efficiency is to label a TV "eco-friendly." Sony's KDL-VE5 series does just that, but unlike a lot of so-called green electronics, this...
- Product reviews 2009-11-06
- Windows 7 will shine in medicine
- not convinced by touchI have a touch phone & a tablet.Frankly, never use the tablet, use keyboarded machines instead, and hanker for a phone with buttons again and not a slide phone.If you want to try to look cool, I can understand having one, but really, they are pretty awkward...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-23
- Sharp LC-52LE700UN
- Photo gallery: Sharp LC-LE700UN seriesLCD TV makers have always charged a premium for LED backlighting. In fact, the first LED-based LCD TV Sharp released, the inch-thick XS series, debuted last year at a cool $11,000 MSRP for the 52-inch model. LED has become a lot more mainstream since...
- Product reviews 2009-10-16
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