Tz, I almost forgot that I meant to ask my question: Where is Allan? On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 12:20 PM, gabbydott <[email protected]> wrote:
> Good points, Molly! > > As for the Dalai Lama in his painted and sculptured by the people shape, > his murder has already begun. Whether they'll still be able to create the > mystery of detecting the right next reincarnation is already written in the > stars, as Pat would say. > > The passion market over the time has had many approaches of best practice > exploitation. Nothing new here either. > > > On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 10:52 AM, Molly <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Interesting notion, Neil. My brother Micheal was a software engineer >> for Intel and worked with global teams to develop software like this >> for market. Life certainly is reflective. Enormous amounts of money >> and effort are put into product development and marketing for >> technologies like this. My hunch is it has already been worked on as >> long as quantum computing but the technology is catching up with the >> idea. >> >> A universal translator for understanding has been the life's work of >> the Dali Lama, hasn't it? Compassion. The market so far seems >> undeveloped. >> >> On Sep 29, 10:12 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: >> > After one discovers the idea (such as lip reading plus sound to text) >> > was only 'inventive' because you didn't know anyone else had thought >> > it up, you are left with technical development - which we usually give >> > up because we lack expertise or think others can do better. One might >> > think of getting the expertise together and going into product >> > development. Funding is a clear block to this. What's left to us? >> > What came to me was a form of murder mystery set in a team developing >> > products like my 'universal translator' and new gadgets helping with >> > detection. >> > >> > On Sep 29, 10:38 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > Incidentally, Intel gave away the code for its lip reading software in >> > > 2003 and attempts to integrate facial speech and sound had been made >> > > then,tough I don't know of any on the market (haven't looked). >> > > Currently, if I say something like 'Islamic banking still leaves its >> > > poor poor' I get something Orn would ban me for. It's the non- >> > > technical development of ideas and writing that interests me. >> > >> > > On Sep 29, 10:25 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > > > My work with other people has usually been disappointing. It's >> > > > limited to a little university teaching and reading graduate >> > > > submissions in the main. Trying to write with other people is >> broadly >> > > > a disaster and I'm in need of getting my own into focus. I've been >> > > > ill with energy sapped and the exercise I need to take hasn't helped >> > > > much yet, though the new dog is a real treat when not eating my >> > > > socks. It's a bit of a new start. Quite a few people write,some >> very >> > > > well and This is an invitation to share and perhaps develop work >> > > > between group members. >> > >> > > > I've tried speech-to-text software with dismal failure over the >> years, >> > > > once building a monster pc with shed-loads of memory to no effect. >> > > > More recently, trying the latest stuff on university approval, I >> found >> > > > the stuff as hopeless and that it varied with my partial denture in >> or >> > > > out. This led me to the germ of an idea,which if any good I should >> > > > patent before mentioning. I video conference from a small netbook >> > > > with its own webcam and colleagues use text translation when stuck >> for >> > > > understanding. This now works very well, but we obviously want >> voice >> > > > translation to prevent repetitive stress injuries from the keyboard. >> > > > I've seen some old films (silent) with a voice over lip-reading >> > > > software - the best known are from Hitler's archive. There's a >> > > > product development possibility in this. >> > >> > > > I'd like to know whether this makes as instant sense to other ME >> > > > people as me. I haven't looked into this much as.it spurred me >> into a >> > > > sub-plot in my novel and that's what I'll be up to for a while. We >> > > > could 'write' this 'product development'. I'm partly suggesting >> this >> > > > for real but also as a metaphor (maybe) for more developmental >> writing >> > > > on our ideas generally. I won't say more at this stage. >> > >
