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MOTOROLA taught TVs to understand human speech

16.06.2004

With the help of a small company, AgileTV, Motorola has redesigned its DCT2000 cable TV set-top box so that it can now be controlled by voice.

To tell her something, it is not necessary to shout at the whole apartment. To do this, you can use the microphone built into the remote control. The DCT2000 program is capable of handling approximately 100 words and phrases in multiple languages and understands simple command combinations. For example, for the phrase "Find the Sopranos", the prefix will display a list of channels on which the series "The Sopranos" is or will be on.

Before releasing the updated DCT2000 for sale, it was tested for more than a year among American cable subscribers. "Our users who have tried this feature have given it a high rating. Many of them have even discovered interesting channels they didn't know about before," says Jim Faircloth, CEO of cable TV provider USA Media.

Generally speaking, the desire of cable operators to provide customers with new opportunities has led to the development of a voice control system.

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