Re: SimonSays(tm): the Review

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2 total messages Started by Paul Verket Sun, 12 Apr 1992 18:10

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Author: Paul Verket
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 18:10

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 In article <1992Apr10.223830.9294@stb.info.com> michael@stb.info.com (Michael
Gersten) writes:
> 
> For what it's worth, here's my view of Simon Says.
> ...
> As a dictator, Simon gets overthrown. As a macro, I found keys to be
> easier to type. My goal was to be able to control my computer from
> anywhere in the room; this doesn't work well with the built in Mike.
> 
> I did try an external mike (a cheap radio shack one). It did reduce the
> noise level, but it also reduced my voice level -- the ratio stayed at
> 3:1.
> 
> My comments? Try it. Get the demo version, play with it. If your drive
> fans are not noisy, you may love it.

I've used Simon for a number of weeks now with a number of mics and can
definitely say that the mic's quality and it's rejection of background noise
make a large difference in recognition rate.

Now that the "newness" of Simon has worn off, I've gone back to doing a _few_
thing with the keyboard/mouse that I had trained but I still use Simon a lot.
Simon is now another tool in my kit to optimize my interaction with the
machine. Great tool though!

Paul Verket (NeXTmail ok)

Re: SimonSays(tm): the Review

#1369

Author: Izumi Ohzawa
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 21:16

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In article <1992Apr12.181020.775@venice.sedd.trw.com>
verket@venice.sedd.trw.com (Paul Verket) writes:

> I've used Simon for a number of weeks now with a number of mics and can
> definitely say that the mic's quality and it's rejection of background noise
> make a large difference in recognition rate.

When you change the mics, do you have to retrain Simon?

Or can the recognition rate be improved by retraining?

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