simon hudson Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 I've been in the TV trade for so many years B&W to Colour to the new super dooper?? smart TV's I thought I would share this with you. We have taken delivery of a new all signing all dancing 40" LED TV Voice activated TV.I think it finds it hard to understand the Queens english never mind a Durham lad!!.to be honest this sort of thing doesn't interest me it's a TV for goodness sake!! still what floats your boat.So I go to demo it this morning and start of like a d**** "Hi TV" thats what you have to say "Volume up" sound goes up "Volume down" sound goes down "Channel 50" (BBC HD) only goes to channel whatever BABESTATION !!.Cue "Hi TV" then b thing flashes up "please speak clearly" then after frantic shouting flashes up"Are you in a noisey area" find remote b thing locks up. Quickly pull plug.both I and the customer luckily found it highly amusing.but had it been one of our usual types little old dear etc it could have been a little embarrasing.I'm still chuckling about it as I grab dinner.Keep thinking about the episode in "Last of the summer wine" where Seymour unveils his voice activated door to codfanglers!!.Yes I shouted that at it as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Re6/6 Posted May 19, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 19, 2012 Perhaps technology ultimately will eat itself. It appears to be getting too clever for it's own good to the detriment of the owner/user. Going a little off-topic (apologies) a friend bought a brand new motor last year and there was a fault that drained the battery flat. Because there was an electrical handbake (i.e no 'mechanical' handbrake handle) he couldn't get it released to bump or roll start down the hill. There are several built-in 'gadgets' that he's never ever found the need to use! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
34theletterbetweenB&D Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 Douglas Adams had this taped in the radio episodes of 'Hitch hikers guide to the you know what'. There was random hand waving actuated tuning for the radio in Heart of Gold, and the problem was that once you had got the channel you needed only remaining still in whatever contorted position you had arrived at would keep you tuned in... My favourite SF author PK Dick was the master though. Consider that this was written back in the 60's. A guy is trapped in his leased apartment because he has no credit in his bank account. There's an up front charge payable to release any door lock in the apartment, and that includes the fridge door, so he cannot even get something to eat. Arguing with the voice response automatic management system gets him nowhere: no cash, no action. I am so sure this will come true. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Welly Posted May 19, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 19, 2012 So what happens if you yell,"B*ll*cks!" at the twerp/s on the TV then? Will it change to the "Gay Rabbit" channel? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted May 19, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 19, 2012 I have a similar thing on my cars radio as you voice activate it to get an artist playing on your system.For example if you say 'Queen' Bohemian Rhapsody will start playing or 'The Who' and My Generation plays. Its very good system until one day driving down my road some children playing football ran out in front of me.I shouted at them fu****g kids ! Michael Jackson started playing..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted May 19, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 19, 2012 My car has voice activation for the comms link stuff - which I never use - and all you need to do is press one of the steering column stalks to activate it, which is easily done accidentally. On my very first trip in it I did exacty that, and the satnav screen went blank at the same time much to my chagrin. So I uttered a single word which i think summed up my feelings at the machine taking over, but it didn't work because the four letter word I uttered simply got the response 'command not understood'. And to be honest I thought that was a pretty poor answer to come from a female voice response built into a French car. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Natalie Graham Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 "Channel 50" (BBC HD) only goes to channel whatever BABESTATION !!. It's advanced voice recognition. It recognised your voice and picked the channel you usually watch. I think my neighbours across the road might have bought one of those, that would explain why they have been watching hard-core porn on their giant, wall-mounted telly the last couple of evenings. Doesn't explain why they don't close the curtains though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcm@gwr Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 That's a good point, why is it that people who buy huge, flat-screen/plasma tv's can't afford curtains. Or maybe they don't know how to work them without a remote! [perhaps because they are too lazy to get off the sofa] Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon hudson Posted May 19, 2012 Author Share Posted May 19, 2012 A couple of the fellows at work are taken with this particular TV believe me it would do your head in it also has motion control ??? (like a wi) and built in camera so guess what you can go to mirror mode wow.I mean I can go down to Colwyn Bay (any town) market and buy a b mirror for a few bob.But as it was stressed to me "YOU CAN USE IT FOR SKYPE" I think get a life and as you can guess everytime I walk past it I shout a swear word at it. Good job I see the funny side of it Thats the North Eastern sense of humour We've finally done it the human race has bred a generation of idiots.Why did it have to be my generation though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
noiseboy72 Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 We recently attached a sign to the photocopier at work stating it now had a voice activated module, so all one needed to to was tell it how many copies etc. You can imagine the mirth we had, particularly when we worked out how to remotely control the thing via a web browser. This allowed us to "demonstrate" to the unbelievers that it was indeed voice controlled as one of us would talk to the copier while the other secretly controlled the copier from their PC... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
APOLLO Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 Many years ago boss at work bought a brand new "talking" MG Maestro, had nothing but trouble, he was allways arguing with it !! He got so fed up with it at the end he threatened to drive it through the garage showroom window. Laugh a minute for us lot !! At the same time I bought a new Austin Montego, boring car but did 60,000 miles over 3 years and not one bit of trouble. Think mine was made wednesday morning. Mine didn't talk, not alot of torque either !! Brit15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 Hmmmm, hang on isn't there a risk that the telly microphone will pick up what the telly itself is saying and cause a free for all? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Fatadder Posted May 20, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 20, 2012 Ive been messing around with the fancy voice activation Siri on my new phone Ask it what the arsenal score is and it looks up a films details Completely useless taking far longer to use the voice activation than to do it manually Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Trainshed Terry Posted May 20, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 20, 2012 Oh joy of joys modern technology is going to be the death of the human race, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium skipepsi Posted May 20, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 20, 2012 Only when they install it in nuclear silos and subs........ though where they will land could be trickey, moaning about the boss Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted May 20, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 20, 2012 Some of the early TV remotes used audio tones that allegedly annoyed dogs. With a smart TV the dog's bark could do all sorts of things, probably select Animal Planet or turn it off as a subtle hint to go for a walk. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDolfelin Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 The most fun I get from TV is shouting at it. If it started shouting back it would spoil it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon hudson Posted May 20, 2012 Author Share Posted May 20, 2012 It's true some of the very early remotes where ultra-sonic and it is possible it would upset some of our furry friends personally I never found it did.I do know from personal experience when repairing them you could get quite a kick from the transducers especially the old Bush Murphy ones. Funnily enough the manufacturer of the Smart TV in Question I noticed last night started an advert campaign over the weekend I took notice they didn't mention the voice operation mode!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Trainshed Terry Posted May 20, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 20, 2012 It's true some of the very early remotes where ultra-sonic and it is possible it would upset some of our furry friends personally I never found it did.I do know from personal experience when repairing them you could get quite a kick from the transducers especially the old Bush Murphy ones. Funnily enough the manufacturer of the Smart TV in Question I noticed last night started an advert campaign over the weekend I took notice they didn't mention the voice operation mode!! That remonds me of the day I rattled my keys and the telly switched off, much to annoynace of my farther. Terry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren01 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 HI It won't be long before the TV starts telling you what to do!.... OH hang on thats what the adds try and do now !. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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