Gaming

In Case You Were Thinking About Checking Out Kinect Voice Control Today…

Gizmodo AU

It’s worth telling you that the Australian Kinect doesn’t support voice control. As Kotaku reported back in September, Microsoft has decided that any region outside of America, the UK, and Mexico will have to wait until Autumn next year before voice controls work. Damn.


November 10, 2010
Gaming

Why You Still Can’t Tell Your Xbox To Shut Down

The future that we see in science fiction promises that we will soon be able to trash our Clappers and start activating our favourite household electronics with our voice. But there are limits today. Blame Earth.


August 19, 2010
Software

Why Isn’t There A Better Way To Text While Driving?

It’s deadly. It’s irresponsible. And we’ve all done it. Before you commute home think about this: Why isn’t there a better solution to texting while driving?


May 4, 2010
Software

Speech Recognition Isn’t Dead

Robert Fortner’s penned a fascinating post-mortem on speech recognition software. That’s right, post-mortem. Because it’s apparently very, very dead! Except that it’s not.


January 13, 2010
Computing

How Will We Type On The Apple Tablet?

Speculation about the Apple Tablet mostly focuses on what the device is, not how it works. Text input, more than anything else, is the problem Apple needs to solve to make this work. So how will they do it?


August 17, 2009

Klipsch Image S4i Lightning Review

The Gadget: One of the only non-Apple iPhone headsets on the market that supports both the iPod Shuffle’s VoiceOver function and the iPhone 3GS’s Voice Control.


February 24, 2009
Gaming

Singstar Moves To Wireless Mics

Gizmodo AU

The next time you get really, really drunk and decide it’s a good idea to pull out the Singstar mics for some Absinthe-fuelled karaoke, you’ll be able to do it without tripping over wires thanks to Sony releasing wireless mics with their next version of Singstar.


February 3, 2009

Accenda’s iPod Voice Controller Listens to Your Commands When No One Else Will

Accenda’s iPod Voice Controller lets you control your iPod by speaking commands without ever having take off your gloves again in the wintertime for $US79. Let’s be truthful here: it’s just great for being lazy.