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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...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Microsoft Corp., accent, Microsoft Recite, WM Phone, phone

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...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Mobile, Note, Microsoft Corp., Accent, Microsoft Windows, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Advertising & Promotion, Wireless And Mobility, Software, Hardware, Marketing, Zack Whittaker

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...

Tags: Speaker, Microsoft Windows, Language, Accent, Cleverhead Software

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...

Tags: voice recognition function, accent, Apple iPhone, English Speakers, British accent

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...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Web Site, Accent, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Telecommunications, Internet, Andrew Nusca

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...

Tags: Mobile, Palm Inc., Accent, Entertainment, Palm OS, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Handhelds, Software, Marketing, Hardware

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...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, accent, Vonage Holdings Corp., phone

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...

Tags: Mice, Notebooks, cable, mouse, laptop computer, battery, Mobile Memory Mouse 8000, flash memory, receiver, Microsoft Corp.

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...

Tags: Call centers, Customer relationship management (CRM), call-center, accent, speech recognition

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....

Tags: Accent, Character, UnicodeSoft, Mice, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Peripherals, Operating Systems, Software

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.

Tags: Accent, Beat, Dirk, Tempo, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

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...

Tags: Mobile, Palm Inc., Accent, Entertainment, BEIKS LLC, Palm OS, Mobile Operating Systems, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Mobile Applications, Handhelds, Wireless And Mobility, Software, Marketing, Hardware

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...

Tags: Call centers, Customer relationship management (CRM), Product marketing, call-center, Dell Computer Corp., accent

Discussion threads 2004-03-31

Additional Resources

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...

Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows, Startrek, Microsoft Windows 7, tablet, wireless

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...

Tags: Monitors & displays, Engineering, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Sharp Corp., Sharp LC-LE700UN series, Sharp LC-LE700UN, LCD, light-emitting diode

Product reviews 2009-10-16

Sharp LC-40LE700UN

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...

Tags: Monitors & displays, Engineering, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Sharp Corp., Sharp LC-LE700UN series, Sharp LC-LE700UN, LCD, light-emitting diode

Product reviews 2009-10-16

Sharp LC-46LE700UN

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...

Tags: Monitors & displays, Engineering, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Sharp Corp., Sharp LC-LE700UN series, Sharp LC-LE700UN, LCD, light-emitting diode

Product reviews 2009-10-16

Ballmer questions open-source code security

Steve Ballmer talks smackWell, at this point Ballmer sounds like a politician, painting Open Source developers as "hackers in China or other foreign countries" vs. Microsoft's "controlled" environment. He doesn't "buy that". He never had to. Open Source is free.Unlike Microsoft's mega-crap that uses all resources as possible until you...

Tags: Unlike Microsoft, ZDNetter, security, Steve Ballmer, open source, Ubuntu

Discussion threads 2009-10-06

Now there's a switch: New Belkin surge protector timed to power down certain outlets

An interesting devicehttp://www.belkin.com/conserve/features/I am not sure how much this would save. I think it is a good idea, but it is a band-aid approach.My PC only draws 2.4 watts when it is sleeping and I would not want to remove all power to it and have it reboot (45 seconds)...

Tags: Printers, Cable, timer, protector, Belkin Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-29

Sony Bravia KDL-46W5100

Photo gallery: Sony KDL-W5100 seriesThis year most major TV makers are using interactive features to distinguish themselves from the others, and unlike differences in black level performance and off-angle viewing, it's easy for shoppers to tell the various interactive add-ons apart. Whether they actually want said add-ons is...

Tags: Performance management, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Sony Corp., W5100, Sony KDL-W5100, Sony KDL-W5100 series

Product reviews 2009-09-08