• zerofk@lemmy.zip
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    2 months ago

    If YouTube’s automated subtitles are anything to go by, it’ll randomly start thinking I’m speaking Vietnamese.

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    2 months ago

    Hahhaha you misunderstand to whom you are speaking. Give me my coding plague trough immediately.

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    2 months ago

    I would rather do almost anything than talk to a device, except in very specific circumstances.

    I set timers and play music on a smart speaker somewhat often.

    Occasionally, when I am alone, know exactly what I want to say, and my hands are full, I might dictate a text message.

    But other than that, I will not be talking to my device, thanks. The human voice is primarily for talking to other humans, with all the imprecision and uncertainty and emotional resonance that entails. Keyboards are great tools designed for precise computer input, and I would like to continue to use them.

    • applebusch (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      2 months ago

      i dont think ive ever used a speach computer interface that wasnt hot garbage and misunderstood half of what i said unless i talked to it really slow like it was an idiot. pretty much every time it would have been faster to use the tactile interface. i dont even have that much of an accent compared to generic american.

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      2 months ago

      “Ah, dang it, I showed up late and they’re out of masks. I guess that means I’ll have to use the voice-cancelling ball gag again…”

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    2 months ago

    Fuck AI, but if this was something those loud public phone people could wear that would be great. Like the dude shouting into his phone on the bus, pair it with some headphones leave us in peace

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    2 months ago

    So they know their products would be useless in a noisy environment? They can’t pick out the voice they need like an actual human being can in a crowd (excluding some with hearing difficulties)?

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    I forget where I read it, but apparently this is being pushed to replace or augment court stenography. Apparently, there is more demand for court recorders than stenographers to fulfill (not sure if this is true, but that’s the claim), so this option is being proposed as the AI dictation requires less training than stenography.

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      2 months ago

      It’s a different tool, but for much the same end. I want to say it’s more because the device is cheaper than a typical stenography machine would cost.

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        2 months ago

        It doesn’t appeal to the emotional needs of a bunch of my colleagues who are in the office every day voluntarily either.

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          Yeah, I have colleagues who choose to work in the office when work from home is available because they like the separation of work from home, don’t have a good spot to work from home, are aware they would be distracted at home, prefer to see other people in person, and a bunch of other reasons. At least they get a choice!

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          Every day I’m a little surprised there’s no news story of some workers beating their “no, you have to come into the office” manager to death. They’ve got means, motive, and opportunity, and it’s extra funny because if they’d been allowed to work at home they wouldn’t have at least two of those.

          But really we’re ruled by the worst of us. Cowards and fools.

          Maybe unionizing is safer than hitting the decision makers with an office chair while screaming “you made this possible” until they can’t even cry anymore.

          • FishFace@piefed.social
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            2 months ago

            Well what I’m trying to tell you is that there are probably more people than you realise who want to be in the office. My partner, and a bunch of my coworkers, hated being forced to work from home during the pandemic. So maybe that’s part of the reason.

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              Oh, I read your thing backwards then.

              I can’t imagine wanting to go into the office on the regular. The commute. The lost time (can math out to like a 20% pay cut, if you spend two hours a day traveling + getting ready). The sickness. The lack of control over environment (temperature, sound).

              Can’t relate to it. And I’m a very social person that likes interacting with people.

              • mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works
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                2 months ago

                I live 15 minutes from work. If I got out of bed early enough I could easily bike there (and have done so).

                Really the only thing I miss from work from home is the ability to take a short break once per hour to do some bodyweight exercises or kettbell swings during lunch.

                But on the flipside, it’s hard for me to stay concentrated while at home. I personally get way more work done in the office.

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                  But on the flipside, it’s hard for me to stay concentrated while at home.

                  While I believe that is true for you, I don’t believe it justifies the lost time, health, and environmental damage of mandating in-office for everyone.

                  The office is super distracting for many people.

    • FishFace@piefed.social
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      2 months ago

      A water key* is needed in wind instruments because they have long tubing that is likely to be cold enough to condense water out of breath and which hence gets trapped inside it. Not applicable here.