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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
- 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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- Samsung LN55B650
- Photo gallery: Samsung LNB650 seriesAmong Samsung's umpteen different model lines and feature variations for its 2009 HDTVs, the LNB650 series sits somewhere in the middle. It's significantly less expensive than the LED-based LCDs, like the UNB7000 series, and costs a bit less than the LNB750 series of non-LED...
- Product reviews 2009-06-26
- Samsung LN32B650
- Photo gallery: Samsung LNB650 seriesAmong Samsung's umpteen different model lines and feature variations for its 2009 HDTVs, the LNB650 series sits somewhere in the middle. It's significantly less expensive than the LED-based LCDs, like the UNB7000 series, and costs a bit less than the LNB750 series of non-LED...
- Product reviews 2009-06-26
- Samsung LN37B650
- Photo gallery: Samsung LNB650 seriesAmong Samsung's umpteen different model lines and feature variations for its 2009 HDTVs, the LNB650 series sits somewhere in the middle. It's significantly less expensive than the LED-based LCDs, like the UNB7000 series, and costs a bit less than the LNB750 series of non-LED...
- Product reviews 2009-06-26
- Samsung LN40B650
- Photo gallery: Samsung LNB650 seriesAmong Samsung's umpteen different model lines and feature variations for its 2009 HDTVs, the LNB650 series sits somewhere in the middle. It's significantly less expensive than the LED-based LCDs, like the UNB7000 series, and costs a bit less than the LNB750 series of non-LED...
- Product reviews 2009-06-26
- Samsung LN46B650
- Photo gallery: Samsung LNB650 seriesAmong Samsung's umpteen different model lines and feature variations for its 2009 HDTVs, the LNB650 series sits somewhere in the middle. It's significantly less expensive than the LED-based LCDs, like the UNB7000 series, and costs a bit less than the LNB750 series of non-LED...
- Product reviews 2009-06-26
- My Experience with Dell's Namastechnical Support
- My Experience with Dell's Namastechnical SupportMy experience has always been positiveI've always had a great experience with Dell technical support. I've had to use them on several occasions to support my Latitude XT. I've never actually had an indian support rep though.1) The digitizer on my tablet stopped working. I...
- Discussion threads 2009-06-24
- My Experience with Dell's Namastechnical Support
- Despite my dislike for all things outsourced, my first experience with DELL's call center in India was a largely positive one. So this week, during a particularly intense session of software testing, the 500GB hard drive on my DELL Precision 530 decided to...
- Blog posts 2009-06-24
- Sony KDL-52V5100
- Photo gallery: Sony KDL-V5100 series Sony's extensive LCD lineup includes a range of higher-end models, but the KDL-V5100 is not among them. This is Sony's least expensive series of 2009 HDTVs to include 120Hz processing, and it lacks the interactive extras and design complexities of its step-up brethren....
- Product reviews 2009-06-19
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