http://www.softwarebyrob.com/2006/07/29/microsofts-glitchy-product-demo/ Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:42:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.softwarebyrob.com/2006/07/29/microsofts-glitchy-product-demo/comment-page-1/#comment-127 rwalling Sat, 09 Sep 2006 18:24:54 +0000 http://www.softwarebyrob.com/2006/07/29/microsofts-glitchy-product-demo/#comment-127 I agree with you, RMD. I've seen the MS voice recognition software at another demo and it was awesome. I just had to chuckle (and feel bad) at the akwardness of the demo, and the "ambient noise" comment, which was obviously not the case as you've pointed out. I agree with you, RMD. I’ve seen the MS voice recognition software at another demo and it was awesome. I just had to chuckle (and feel bad) at the akwardness of the demo, and the “ambient noise” comment, which was obviously not the case as you’ve pointed out.

]]> http://www.softwarebyrob.com/2006/07/29/microsofts-glitchy-product-demo/comment-page-1/#comment-126 http:// Sat, 09 Sep 2006 17:40:50 +0000 http://www.softwarebyrob.com/2006/07/29/microsofts-glitchy-product-demo/#comment-126 It wasn't ambient noise. It was a combination of the gain of the mic being set far too high (notice it was spiking 100% most of the time?) and an old build of the software that lacked the gain-compensation features. If you try this stuff out yourself it works *very* well. It wasn’t ambient noise. It was a combination of the gain of the mic being set far too high (notice it was spiking 100% most of the time?) and an old build of the software that lacked the gain-compensation features. If you try this stuff out yourself it works *very* well.

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