From Matt Kelland
You report that Bosch have patented speech-recognition circuits that respond
only when given a command twice in quick succession
(This Week, 13 February, p 7).
This is apparently to avoid receiving unwanted commands from the TV or
radio.
How long will it be, I ask, before scriptwriters, in their search for ever
more realism, depict characters controlling equipment in just such a manner,
forcing Bosch, or some other enterprising company, to patent circuits that
require the command to be given three times?
Cambridge
