News Tagged: Voice Recognition
News: The Long Road to Kinect Voice Commands is Not Over
Will continue to grow
The point of voice commands is to feel totally natural and responsive, but a Microsoft Research article has gone behind the scenes to detail the research and development that went into creating one of Kinect's most useful features. Xbox principal program manager Thomas Soemo laid out the challenge facing the group as "how do we achieve what feels like Star Trek?",.. Continue Reading »
News: ESPN Gets Kinect Voice Commands Later this Month
Hut hut hut!
Sports fans, your couch entertainment is about to get a lot more vocal, if you can imagine such a thing. ESPN on Xbox 360 will get a big update later this month that adds new features, including the long-anticipated Kinect voice control. You'll be able to use the traditional Kinect voice commands to navigate content, though with the controller handling the rest of the duties.. Continue Reading »
News: Correction: Xbox Music for Kinect is Not Launching This Year
Crossed wires
Scratch what we wrote yesterday about Xbox Music coming this year — it seems the source of the story misinterpreted Steve Ballmer's comments about the service. Rather than launch new music software, Kinect will add voice chat to Zune, as a Microsoft representative confirmed: A recent demonstration of upcoming Xbox features showcased what we will deliver later this fall on Xbox,.. Continue Reading »
News: Xbox Music for Kinect Launching Later this Year
"Xbox, party time!"
A big focus of Microsoft's E3 2011 press conference was a huge increase in voice commands for Xbox 360, particularly with the Bing slogan "you say it, Xbox finds it". Part of that new service is Xbox Music, launching this Fall. Xbox Music will offer 11 million songs and use Kinect's voice commands to let you search the catalogue and find the track right for you. With.. Continue Reading »
News: Kinect Voice Controls Coming to Australia This Year
Strewth
Voice control for Kinect isn't available everywhere yet, but it is coming to Australia before the end of 2011, Microsoft Australia's Xbox 360 boss has confirmed. David McLean told GameSpot that the territory would get voice support this year, though didn't — or couldn't — reveal more specifically when gamers Down Under would be able to use their voices in the Kinect Hub. Continue Reading »
News: Kinect Voice Commands Confirmed for Mass Effect 3
Shephard, don't die!
Microsoft's E3 show is happening right now, and EA's Mass Effect 3 is confirmed to include Kinect voice commands. The on-stage demo showed the sensor can be used at any time in-game — read the dialogue options aloud and Shepherd will respond appropriately, or use your voice to give commands to your soldiers in combat. The voice commands seemed to respond smoothly and.. Continue Reading »
Rumour: The Sims: Unleashed to Feature Kinect Voice Control
Fetch!
After a long wait, The Sims came to Xbox 360 last year in the moderately enjoyable form of The Sims 3, but we won't have to wait another half-decade to try the series again if this latest rumour is anything to go by. According to a leaked interview posted on a German site, The Sims: Unleashed is coming to 360 later this year with support for voice control through Kinect. According to EA.. Continue Reading »
News: Here's a List of Useful Kinect Voice Commands
Xbox, inform!
If your Kinect, like a naughty puppy, is failing to obey your simple commands then perhaps this helpful list of voice activation phrases for Kinect will help out. Most of these phrases are just for use in the Kinect Hub, though some are for use with Sky Player, for example. Remember that this is a partial list of phrases, so if you find any more useful sentences to speak then let us.. Continue Reading »
News: You Can't Turn Your 360 On or Off with Kinect for a Good Reason
You're saving the planet
"Xbox, Dashboard. Xbox, Kinect. Xbox, turn off." That last voice command doesn't work and probably won't, as Kinect project manager Alex Kipman explained on Major Nelson's podcast this week. The reason the company doesn't allow you to turn your machine on or off with the sensor is very simple: it would mean your 360 takes too much power whilst on standby, and.. Continue Reading »
News: Sorry Gamers Down Under, Kinect Can't Understand You
But it will in 2011
Kinect's voice recognition works a treat as long as you live in a supported country and speak a particular language – at the moment English, Mexican Spanish and Japanese. Not all varieties of English are accepted though, as Australians and New Zealanders are about to find when the sensor launches there without voice commands. Why should antipodean gamers be denied the.. Continue Reading »
