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Seamless conversation technology - Magical Realist - Jul 30, 2018
https://www.cabotsolutions.com/2017/05/conversational-technology-set-new-revolution-e-commerce
"As a young child, you may have probably dreamt of having a toy that responded to your commands.
Little girls wanted dolls that chatted with them, boys wanted toys that thought intelligently and as kids grew up, the dream grew with them; this is why we have conversational technology among our midst today.
It is all the result of a dream!
Here is an example: Kids enjoyed when they received the Radio Rex as a gift. It is a toy dog made of celluloid that jumps out of its kennel when you shout its name. This was way back in 1922, when Elmwood Button Co. manufactured and commercialized the toy.
Imagine the changes that have come over this technology in the past 95 years. You can even say that’s how speech recognition technology or conversational technology came about initially.
Through conversational technology, enterprises make it possible for users to collect information at any time by talking to devices in a natural, human-like manner.
The conversation would more or less be like talking to a normal person as you have sophisticated language applications for conducting intelligent dialogs. With the help of this and through Artificial Intelligence, users can entertain themselves, conduct meaningful conversations and make transactions by “talking” to a computer.
The most attractive feature about conversational technology is that users can utilize the technology anywhere, even when they are travelling. The device will converse with them in a realistic human voice, making it convenient for people to make use of the technology.
The main purpose of conversational technology is to enhance user experience and create value, so even if people use complex sentences or ask multiple pieces of questions where more than one request exists, then they can be easily processed with intelligent answers. If at all necessary, a customer representative can take over..."
RE: Seamless conversation technology - C C - Jul 30, 2018
On the flip-side of not desiring conversation with meddling infomorphs, I went to some mild effort to disable Cortana on a Win10 desktop. Supposedly one could do that easily in Settings prior to a later Microsoft update, but you have to venture into regedit to accomplish it now.
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