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Rich S. and Kat N. have mentioned the "talking head"
online help that is supposed to offer a more
human-friendly help. Kat remarked that she had had
interactions with a talking copier some time ago, and
she eventually disconnected that annoying voice
mechanism.
I feel the same way about talking machines. I don't
want a machine to speak to me unless we can have a
civil conversation; i.e., unless the machine can
pass the Turing Test.
Live long & prosper,
Mike LaTorra
Documentation Supervisor
Accugraph Inc.
mikel -at- accugraph -dot- com
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The opinions expressed are my own, and not necessarily those of my
company -- but they probably should be.
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