Subj : Re: Microsoft emulates Star Trek... To : All From : Wouter Valentijn Date : Thu Jun 05 2014 19:18:42 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos From Address: liam@valentijn.nu Subject: Re: Microsoft emulates Star Trek... Daniel schreef op 5-6-2014 16:19: > On 5/06/2014 11:11 AM, Your Name wrote: > > >> There will always be errors in any automated translation, especially >> spoken translation. Computers simply are intelligent enough to >> understand context, etc. I think you meant 'not intelligent' :-). But yeah, context is extremely important. > > Back in 1985-88, I was doing my Associate Diploma for Technical Teaching > and had to write a paper. I did mine on Computer vs Human interfaces > and, apart from pointing out the confusion with there/their/they're, I > gave another, sailing, example, " *Wind* in the sails as the *wind* is > getting up" and asked how a computer might distinguish between a written > *wind* and *wind* ?? Yeah, the /way/ something is said. The tone, the intonation. A computer would also need to be able to understand stuff like sarcasm. They have a long way to go. -- Wouter Valentijn http://www.j3v.net "Nothing in Hell can stop the Timberwolves" Motto of the 104th Infantry Division (United States) http://zeppodunsel.blogspot.nl/ liam=mail --- Synchronet 3.15a-Linux NewsLink 1.92-mlp --- SBBSecho 2.12-Linux * Origin: telnet & http://cco.ath.cx - Dial-Up: 502-875-8938 (1:2320/105.1) .