Voice Activated MP3 player

g0dsp33d writes "A US company is working on a voice controlled MP3 player for applications like cars where touch control is not as feasible. Considering technology like radar breaking and AI steering for robots, it reminds me of the possibility for a real life version of the car from Night Rider, KITT. Minus the cool jump effects, of course."

clapper syndrome

[evilmousse]

will it suffer from clapper syndrom, like when you have a stereo plugged into the clapper and the song includes clapping?

idunno what the control words would be, but i bet there's enough songs with the word "louder" in it to make it suck.

A few thoughts

[Anonymous Coward]

A few thoughts:

How will this react to similar words to its commands being used?
if the song has the command words?
if the music is too loud for the device to hear the words?
if at least two people in a small area have the device and are trying to use it at the same time?

Does it only respond to a given vocal pattern?
Voice imprint?
Words that sound too similar to its commands?
Its command words not directed at itself (as in telling someone to stop doing something)?

Re:My two cents...

[pchan-]

I have a phatbox [phatnoise.com] too (Nissan version). When you tell people it uses voice navigation, they automatically assume that you talk to it. But the way it talks to you is really ingenius. You don't need to look down to find the controls, because you already know where they are, and you don't need to read the display, because you hear the titles. Sure, pronounciation is not perfect, but I can figure out what it's saying, and would rather have that than be screaming "B-jork" (*you* you have to be mis-pronouncing it for it to understand what you want) in my loud car with the windows down. I guess that's why Audi and Volkswagen sell Phatboxes, It's a safety thing. Plus, you can't beat true integration with your native stereo.