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conference call tech
2016-05-21 01:09:09.015468+02 by
Dan Lyke
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Using open source software and IBM's Watson to zone out during conference
calls:
Newlan's python script starts to run when a meeting begins and his computer's
microphone listens in the background. It uses an open source speech recognition program to
recognize phrases based on the silences between people's sentences. Then it uses IBM
Watson's speech-to-text service to transcribe what's said.
Whenever his name is mentioned, the program sends him a 30 second transcript of
what was said before his name was mentioned (and a little after).
Newlan's script then waits 15 seconds and plays a pre-recorded audio file of
him saying, "Sorry, I didn't realize my microphone was on mute."
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comments in ascending chronological order (reverse):
#Comment Re: conference call tech made: 2016-05-21 02:52:22.434116+02 by:
Jack William Bell
Brilliant! Want!
#Comment Re: conference call tech made: 2016-05-22 04:47:11.644624+02 by:
mkelley
Not an IBM shill but I've looked at the Watson services for work. Sign up for Bluemix and you'd
have free access to this same thing.
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