MSI Reveals Voice-Activated Motherboards at IDF
MSI showcased a PCIe card that enabled voice control on select MSI motherboards featuring the "JDLED3" header.
Theo Valich over at the Bright Side of News reports that MSI showcased select motherboards at the Intel Developer Forum which featured a unique add-on PCIe x1 card enabling voice control.
According to the report, the add-on card contains mic/line input jacks and connects to a header labeled "JDLED3" that's already available on some MSI motherboards on the market. The add-on is also driven by the company's Voice Genie software which tracks voice patterns so that users can perform basic control functions.
"For instance, to turn the computer on, user needs to say 'MSI Big Bang Power On,' and to shut it down the user only needs to say 'Power Off MSI Big Bang' (in case of MSI's Big Bang motherboard)," Theo reports. "You can also 'Open Control Panel,' 'Open Browser' and customize the commands. For instance, you can start the computer with a customized theme such as 'Open thyself Sesame' or 'Warp One Engage,' but bear in mind that shutting the computer down will require a reverse order of words (hence the MSI Big Bang Power On - Power Off MSI Big bang)."
Other than what was seen at the show, MSI has remained tight-lipped on the board, and there's no known release date at this time. Still, the company promises that the accessory will be available at a "more than affordable" price whenever it decides to appear on the market.
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Cool idea, hope they patented it or some other patent troll company will and sue em claiming it was their "innovation"
[insert Jean Luc Picard voice]"Computa, initiate auto-destruct sequence..."
And does the motherboard respond?
"By your command."
Not interested if I have to say a full sentence just to turn on/off my computer.
Windows Vista/7 already has speech function where you can do basic commands like open media player, click start and so forth.
Oh YAY!!... a new way to troll.
Voice activated things never work that great. You always have to say the commend over and over. This is not a feature I would use.
wait till it learn more phrases like 'overclock', 'shut off cpu fan', 'format hard drives' and things will get pretty interesting
You mean I get to say a long phrase to power the computer now instead of an instant push of the power button? Awesome!
@jtt283
no the correct response for a motherboard would be
"im afraid i cant do that Dave"
Hello Computer
You mean I get to say a long phrase to power the computer now instead of an instant push of the power button? Awesome!
Agreed.
Before card: Press button to turn on.
After Card: Sit down and position mic. Clear throat. Say oddly long phrase and hope system understands.
Let's hope it understands odd accents, like Brooklyn New Yoikers accent, or the Deep South Alabaiyma, not to mention all the pig-latin from Chinese, Russian or African people.
Since I already named all my PCs at home, it will be very cool and showoff to my friends when I can say something like, "Release the Kraken" to turn on and off a pc of mine.
Haha, I'm ready to pay $50 for it as long as it works most of the time.
"Complete homework"
New entry for a malicious virus. You download some music, video or game and when played out from your speaker comes "Power Off MSI Big Bang" and down goes your machine!
I already spoke to computers in the past: "Why don't you turn the **** on? Why are you ******* beeping at me you piece of ****! Turn on you ************* computer! TURN ON!"
LOL @ the "new way to troll"
This is a cool idea, but I just don't see it being super useful. The thing is newer versions of Windows already have voice controls built in. So the "open control panel" etc. seems like a moot point. So the only new thing this is really offering is the ability to turn on your computer with voice.
Which brings me to my second point. The power saving features in newer versions of Windows make it so I (and probably most people) never even shut my system off anymore. I simply let it go to sleep. Maybe there is a "wake up" voice command?
Im from Argentina, does the motherboard understand?:
Enciendete condensador de flujos!!
Just wonder, do you have to "voice train it " ?
If that's the case "new way to troll" won't work
Hello Computer
The mouse is not a microphone!!
How long before I can say "computer, scan the planet for Z-particles"?
How long before I can say "computer, scan the planet for Z-particles"?
You can do that already, it just won't find any Z-particles
Don't forget to ask for tea, Earl Gray, hot
The computer won't make the tea either, but maybe your Mum will, while she is there, tell her to make you a sammich!
Oh Great This is just one step closer to what we need.
HAL, Please open the POD Bay door.
I'm Sorry I'm afraid I can't do that.
MSI Big Bang hmmmmmm....I would rather Finger.............Bang my button.
LMAO, i would run my ass off if the motherboard response LOL
Good for them for trying, but voice activation is still years away for me.
BURN PROCESSOR
Lets see what happens.....
We found people talking to people on voice chat funny enough, now, we'll have mobo's being the best of chat friends.
Or just imagine what would happen to all those customer care people talking to customers to try and troubleshoot their rigs....
Lol one wrong word and it's...... RMA
Like the Taxi movie from France, Luc Besson, he say Ninja to start the Car and Nip to switch it off and the visiting dignitaries are Nips.....lol
I've had the up-to-date version of Dragon Naturally Speaking on my comptuer for years and only use it for special situations. It's slow to boot up and a resource hog, among other problems. Speech recognition would be a big deal if it could do any useful work besides take dictation for doctors and lawyers and lower the flaps for sim pilots. Talking to a computer has a learning curve like learning to type. Most people won't take the trouble to learn something with no useful purpose for them.
I've had the up-to-date version of Dragon Naturally Speaking on my comptuer for years and only use it for special situations. It's slow to boot up and a resource hog, among other problems. Speech recognition would be a big deal if it could do any useful work besides take dictation for doctors and lawyers and lower the flaps for sim pilots. Talking to a computer has a learning curve like learning to type. Most people won't take the trouble to learn something with no useful purpose for them.
dragon works awesomely for me...
so long if its a fresh start...
the program works almost 100% better than my typing, mainly because my hands suck, and are in pain almost 24/7 now, and my pinkys don't like to move.
if the program isnt fresh, its a miserably pain in the (dont want sanction) because it can take up to 15 minutes to re load all the crap to the point it can work properly.
once they get that out of the way, i will use it all the time again.
Bah - I can already turn my computer on and off by sound more quickly with The Clapper - no voice training required!