jeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoBefore Smartphones, an Army of Real People Helped You Find Stuff on Googlewww.wired.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1220arrow-down111
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minus-squareerwan@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·5 months agoGOOG-411 was created specifically for Google to gather voice samples, with different ages, accents, etc. to train voice recognition. It was never for the sake of providing a service.
minus-squareFredselfish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoNot talking about that one. The article mention multiple different types of platforms.
GOOG-411 was created specifically for Google to gather voice samples, with different ages, accents, etc. to train voice recognition. It was never for the sake of providing a service.
Not talking about that one. The article mention multiple different types of platforms.