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'Hello, Computer!'

Smart voice recognition comes into its own

By Rick Gilman, APR, CMP | Updated on November 30, 2011

The 1986 “Star Trek” movie sequel “The Voyage Home” has a classic scene in which the crew has traveled back in time to 1986 to recover two humpback whales, the only Earth beings that can respond to a destructive space probe orbiting the planet in the future, where whales have become an extinct species.

In one scene, James Doohan’s character Scotty offers to share some future scientific knowledge with a materials manufacturer in exchange for the aluminum walls needed to enclose the whales for transport back to the future. When shown the computer on which Scotty will display the formula, the non-responsive machine confounds him when it doesn’t answer his “Hello, computer” request. It’s not until the scientist suggests using the keyboard that things start to happen.

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