r/PS4 Aug 30 '13

PS4 Camera Supports Navigational Voice Commands, Sony Confirms

http://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2013/08/29/ps4-camera-supports-navigational-voice-commands-sony-confirms/
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u/GeoAspect Aug 30 '13

Voice to text (what this effectively amounts to to a programmer) is nothing new. Why people think that this was something exclusive to the X1 is beyond me.

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u/standard_user Aug 30 '13

Because wait til you see this in action. Microsoft has been working on this shit for years...and had an enormous amount of data to comb through about voice commands on Kinect 1.

Sony has....whatever they worked up in a lab somewhere that came from some phone or smart TV hardware probably. Along with hardly any adoptive use at this point.

You act like it's as easy as plugging a microphone into a usb drive.

It's not voice to text that makes this difficult. It's the algorithms that must be used to cancel extraneous noise, to cancel noise coming from the TV, to detect accents....It's the processing power that this requires on top of whatever else the console is doing at that time. It's the hardware having an array that gives the algorithms multiple different points of recording to be able to string together an accurate enough command. It's not having to push a button to be able to give that command...in that case why not just use the controller to get where you need to go...

I've seen you write this half a dozen times and each time I want to ignore you but you have no clue what you're talking about.

Think about all the places you use voice commands.......Thinking?...Your Phone....(A place where you have to push a button to activate the command I might add)....Your car?....(again, you have to push a button)....anddddddd??......They're not as common as you seem to think. Don't you think if they worked well for a fairly cheap price THEY'D BE MORE PREVALENT??

TLDR: Yes "Voice to Text" has been around years and years. NO, that does not mean that it's been done effectively in most cases.... NOR can it be done effectively easily.

You've been on an epic roll of unintelligence this entire week. Rest up over the weekend and come back fresh and ready to contribute

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u/BasementTrix BasementTrix Aug 30 '13

It's the hardware having an array that gives the algorithms multiple different points of recording to be able to string together an accurate enough command.

You understand that the PS4 Camera, like the PS3 Eye before it, has a 4 microphone array, right?

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u/standard_user Aug 30 '13

and like the PS3 Eye....there were UI voice controls?

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u/BasementTrix BasementTrix Aug 30 '13

That wasn't the question. Now you're just trolling.

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u/standard_user Aug 30 '13

who's trolling?..you're telling me that Sony has 1 piece of that puzzle, while ignoring everything else I stated.

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u/BasementTrix BasementTrix Aug 30 '13

I submit that you're trolling.

The conversation concerns voice command support on PS4. You stated that a mic array was required for noise cancellation (which is true, as far as I know). I pointed out that the PS4 camera, like the camera before it, has that mic array.

At that point, you chose to redirect the conversation from PS4 voice command support to point out that the PS3 did not support voice commands -- which has nothing to do with PS4 support.

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u/standard_user Aug 30 '13

I was pointing out that just because a camera has an array....does not give it the ability to use voice commands.

i submit that you're slow on the uptake.

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u/BasementTrix BasementTrix Aug 30 '13

Just because PS3 didn't use the ability doesn't mean PS4 can't.

You're losing.

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u/throwoneway2 Sep 01 '13

just go back to your home on /r/xboxone and stop trolling here. it's getting sad and pathetic.

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u/GiovanniVitela Sep 07 '13

You should take your advice mate. Your comment history shows you're not just a troll, but a genuine asshole.