Comments on: SpinVox - speak, and it shall be written

By: Hannah

Hannah — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 23:32:16 +0000

-and then they’ll tattoo an ID on our foreheads at birth, and use our genetic profile to determine who gets the top government jobs… Yes, while all of these scenarios _could_ happen and should be thoughtfully considered, I think that there’s a balance that can be achieved between living in fear and experiencing new technological possibilities.

My motto for the day - be smart, but don’t be afraid!

By: ignorance

ignorance — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 18:59:56 +0000

Interesting! If this technology works well, it means that government agencies can use it to keep better public records of voice mail, and publicly funded companies can use it to keep better records for financial reporting purposes. I wonder if anyone will make us do it? On the paranoid tip, the FBI would no longer need to sit in a van listening to our conversations, they could simply translate them to text and get an alarm when certain keywords appear.