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  • hansmuff - Wednesday, November 5, 2014 - link

    "Key-click removal" would be so awesome to have when playing games, instead of having to use PTT. But how this would effectively filter out the various, different mechanical clicks is a mystery to me.

    A blue cherry switch sounds very different from an ALPS or an old IBM tactile. Perhaps this feature isn't really addressing this particular, small niche?
  • Murloc - Wednesday, November 5, 2014 - link

    it would probably filter out any short impulse.
    Or maybe it would listen for impulses and if it detects a certain sound happening frequently, it will filter it out.
    Or maybe it will have a bunch of settings so you move the cursors around until it filters out your specific keyboard.
    Or maybe it has a training program which asks you to write with your keyboard for 10 seconds.

    There's plenty of solutions for that and they've surely thought about the different click sounds.
  • epobirs - Friday, November 7, 2014 - link

    A training mode can allow for sampling the distinctive noises produced by your system. It's still a necessity for the best possible voice recognition but nearly as much of a hassle as it once was.
  • 3DoubleD - Wednesday, November 5, 2014 - link

    How is 80% word accuracy at library-level noise conditions even remotely acceptable? One in 5 words are unintelligible? That explains why I hate talking on cell phones/video calls/anything-that-is-not-in-person so much.

    Voice quality, whether it is on a cell phone, VoIP call, video conference, or during gaming needs some very serious attention. If an Android phone could boast a significant increase in call quality (both input and output), I'd seriously considering buying that phone. Call quality is quickly becoming my #1 concern.
  • Murloc - Wednesday, November 5, 2014 - link

    I think it's about speech-to-text or voice assistants like cortana hearing you.
  • hpglow - Wednesday, November 5, 2014 - link

    The level of English modern Americans comprehend is just terrible. You can talk face to face with many people these days and have them not understand a thing. It's like they feed kids mercury and whiskey for lunch these days. Everyone can't be a genius but I really think something is making people dumber by the day.
  • Alexvrb - Wednesday, November 5, 2014 - link

    They're more interested in brainwashing children than educating them. You don't need to know proper English (reading and writing? wat a noob), math is for nerds, history isn't important... but you damned well better be a good little progressive. Oh and we're cutting down on your salt and ketchup intake. It's bad for you.
  • dananski - Thursday, November 6, 2014 - link

    Given it's words rather than % of words, I'd guess that it was an 80 word sample.

    Alternatively, maybe they had to talk really, really quietly since they were in a library.

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