Comments on: The sheer brilliance of Spinvox http://www.stephenfry.com/2008/08/15/the-sheer-brilliance-of-spinvox/ Blessays, blogs and blisquisitions Wed, 21 Sep 2011 17:18:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Bens_teacher http://www.stephenfry.com/2008/08/15/the-sheer-brilliance-of-spinvox/comment-page-1/#comment-19463 Bens_teacher Sun, 27 Dec 2009 09:50:30 +0000 http://stephenfry.com/blog/?p=49#comment-19463 Lon-time fan, first-time caller. You have recommended international-orders.com . I would never ever have anything to do with them again. Ever. My experiences were negative. I have only bad things to say about them. Lon-time fan, first-time caller.

You have recommended international-orders.com . I would never ever have anything to do with them again. Ever.

My experiences were negative. I have only bad things to say about them.

]]> By: avatarirl http://www.stephenfry.com/2008/08/15/the-sheer-brilliance-of-spinvox/comment-page-1/#comment-13653 avatarirl Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:25:43 +0000 http://stephenfry.com/blog/?p=49#comment-13653 as another poster mentioned Jott and Dial2Do are extremely clever, the Dial2Do to Jahjah bridge is genius. No idea how they (or jahjah) make money out of it, but hey, thats what being a pioneer is all about... they'll probably end up doing some kind of advertising tie in.... meh. as another poster mentioned Jott and Dial2Do are extremely clever, the Dial2Do to Jahjah bridge is genius. No idea how they (or jahjah) make money out of it, but hey, thats what being a pioneer is all about… they’ll probably end up doing some kind of advertising tie in…. meh.

]]> By: martlist http://www.stephenfry.com/2008/08/15/the-sheer-brilliance-of-spinvox/comment-page-1/#comment-13526 martlist Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:20:50 +0000 http://stephenfry.com/blog/?p=49#comment-13526 Stephen, fantastic that you finally have a Chumby. Have had mine for a year and love it. Make sure you checkout the Squeezebox support. Any chance of a Stephen Fry channel on Chumby? Stephen, fantastic that you finally have a Chumby. Have had mine for a year and love it. Make sure you checkout the Squeezebox support. Any chance of a Stephen Fry channel on Chumby?

]]> By: AlfredoGarcia http://www.stephenfry.com/2008/08/15/the-sheer-brilliance-of-spinvox/comment-page-1/#comment-13417 AlfredoGarcia Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:54:46 +0000 http://stephenfry.com/blog/?p=49#comment-13417 Mr Fry, like the rest of us, wants to believe that little Spinvox has some awesome (British) technology that has eluded all the world's universities and major technology research organisations for thirty years. The answer of course lies in Spinvox's patent (freepatentsonline.com). "...it seems impossible to achieve high enough speech recognition accuracy for fully automatic conversion for more than a tiny fraction of utterances." Their solution is "... using speech technology to support the agent." The bulk of their patent discusses how various technologies can make it easier for human agents to transcribe your messages. That said, Spinvox is still a great product: Doulton and his chums at Spinvox should be applauded for their lateral thinking, entrepreneurialism, and PR! Mr Fry, like the rest of us, wants to believe that little Spinvox has some awesome (British) technology that has eluded all the world’s universities and major technology research organisations for thirty years. The answer of course lies in Spinvox’s patent (freepatentsonline.com). “…it seems impossible to achieve high enough speech recognition accuracy for fully automatic conversion for more than a tiny fraction of utterances.” Their solution is “… using speech technology to support the agent.” The bulk of their patent discusses how various technologies can make it easier for human agents to transcribe your messages.
That said, Spinvox is still a great product: Doulton and his chums at Spinvox should be applauded for their lateral thinking, entrepreneurialism, and PR!

]]> By: sammybaby http://www.stephenfry.com/2008/08/15/the-sheer-brilliance-of-spinvox/comment-page-1/#comment-13415 sammybaby Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:56:02 +0000 http://stephenfry.com/blog/?p=49#comment-13415 True, we poor Yanks may not have our own Spinvox. On the other hand, there's no Jott.com on your side of the pond. A friend of mine in the UK said that Spinvox "isn't as cool" as Jott, partially because Jott uses a single phone number followed by a speech recognition system to determine where your next missive is going. I've used it to add appointments to multiple Google Calendars, the "I Want Sandy" online assistant, and Twitter, the last of which generated some fairly hilarious transcription errors. True, we poor Yanks may not have our own Spinvox. On the other hand, there’s no Jott.com on your side of the pond. A friend of mine in the UK said that Spinvox “isn’t as cool” as Jott, partially because Jott uses a single phone number followed by a speech recognition system to determine where your next missive is going. I’ve used it to add appointments to multiple Google Calendars, the “I Want Sandy” online assistant, and Twitter, the last of which generated some fairly hilarious transcription errors.

]]> By: zfiledh http://www.stephenfry.com/2008/08/15/the-sheer-brilliance-of-spinvox/comment-page-1/#comment-13414 zfiledh Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:57:43 +0000 http://stephenfry.com/blog/?p=49#comment-13414 I wonder how well this would work when one of the callers has a strong accent... I wonder how well this would work when one of the callers has a strong accent…

]]> By: Miche http://www.stephenfry.com/2008/08/15/the-sheer-brilliance-of-spinvox/comment-page-1/#comment-13410 Miche Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:03:24 +0000 http://stephenfry.com/blog/?p=49#comment-13410 "You can trial it for free" Poor little noun, forced to do the work of a verb. “You can trial it for free”

Poor little noun, forced to do the work of a verb.

]]> By: Gertrude Susanne http://www.stephenfry.com/2008/08/15/the-sheer-brilliance-of-spinvox/comment-page-1/#comment-13409 Gertrude Susanne Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:00:54 +0000 http://stephenfry.com/blog/?p=49#comment-13409 Their a many few who think its hellishly difficult to get to grips with the English language and some of it´s intricacies (not me - honestly). Fortunately a thing of the past, what with SpinVox scriptoria full of diligent (trans)scribes – just when we thought the profession of scribes had lost most of its importance with the advent of the printing press (which reminds me of yet another excellent documentary presented/narrated by Mr Fry…) And what about a De Luxe Upgrade that returns illuminated SMS (SpinVox Master Scribe) text messages? ;o) Toodle-pip! GSK :o) Their a many few who think its hellishly difficult to get to grips with the English language and some of it´s intricacies (not me – honestly).
Fortunately a thing of the past, what with SpinVox scriptoria full of diligent (trans)scribes – just when we thought the profession of scribes had lost most of its importance with the advent of the printing press (which reminds me of yet another excellent documentary presented/narrated by Mr Fry…) And what about a De Luxe Upgrade that returns illuminated SMS (SpinVox Master Scribe) text messages? ;o) Toodle-pip! GSK :o )

]]> By: JamesSpratt.org http://www.stephenfry.com/2008/08/15/the-sheer-brilliance-of-spinvox/comment-page-1/#comment-13408 JamesSpratt.org Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:42:09 +0000 http://stephenfry.com/blog/?p=49#comment-13408 Yeah I tried this a while back and loved it too but just couldn't justify the addition to my bill. Would definietly have gone for it had it been cheaper - I was/am hoping that the service was going to be sold to the networks and then included. And, VAT actually stands for Various Additions to the Total. Yeah I tried this a while back and loved it too but just couldn’t justify the addition to my bill. Would definietly have gone for it had it been cheaper – I was/am hoping that the service was going to be sold to the networks and then included.

And, VAT actually stands for Various Additions to the Total.

]]> By: Gwenzilla http://www.stephenfry.com/2008/08/15/the-sheer-brilliance-of-spinvox/comment-page-1/#comment-13407 Gwenzilla Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:55:39 +0000 http://stephenfry.com/blog/?p=49#comment-13407 I have been enjoying posting to my blog via Spinvox. The memo service is pretty spiffy too-- and free at the moment. If I'm out and about and I get an idea or need to remember something, I just ring the Spinvox memo number, and presto! I have an email message with my idea or reminder right there. Saves typing on the iPhone and can then be moved into OmniFocus or an idea file when I am back at my desk. I have been enjoying posting to my blog via Spinvox. The memo service is pretty spiffy too– and free at the moment. If I’m out and about and I get an idea or need to remember something, I just ring the Spinvox memo number, and presto! I have an email message with my idea or reminder right there. Saves typing on the iPhone and can then be moved into OmniFocus or an idea file when I am back at my desk.

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